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  <span style="color: rgb(0, 23, 255);">Здравствулте! Hello! Welcome to the magnificent world of Russia! We have many things to offer at this wonderful World's Exposition! Mother Russia would love to share with you our literature, music, visual arts, food, and (of course) our FURS! ** Alexander III:**The current great Tsar of Russia. A true Russian; strong and powerful. Under him as well as his father our country has strengthened culturally and expanded geographically.

__**Visual Arts:**__ Here at the World's Columbian Exposition we will present something rarely seen outside of Russia. Our visual arts: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Our main trade in America are these warm and lovely beaver furs and pelts. There are also many animals to hunt in your Alaskan territory, which you seem to take very little interest in. Believe us Russians, your Alaska is a //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">gold mine. // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> __**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Food **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have delicious foods that we would love to share with you such as: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">драники (Draniki) - Delicious potato panckes which can be either a sweet or salty treat! борщ (Borshch) - A staple of our daily meal, this beetroot soup is a classic. It goes very good with some sour cream! пельмени (Pelmeni) - A mouth-waterin<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">g main course, these dough covered meat treats are easy to make and can be frozen for long periods of time with losing any flavor. Perfect for the gathering furtra pper! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">квас <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> (kvas) - This delicious beverage could be described as a bread drink. However, this drink could also be accented with fruits and herbs. One of the most popular drinks in all of Russia! <span style="color: rgb(255, 11, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 11, 0);"> __**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Music **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Russia is home of the most beautiful music in the world. We have wonderful composers, the most famous being the following.
 * Furs:**

Pyotor Ilyich Tchaikovsky, writer of such famous compositions as The Nutcracker Suite and the 1812 Overture.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 11, 0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The other composers are the members of the nationalist group known as The Five.

Cesar Cui

<span style="color: rgb(255, 11, 0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aleksandra Borodin

<span style="color: rgb(255, 11, 0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mily Balakirev

<span style="color: rgb(255, 11, 0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Modest Mussorgsky, composer of the famous Pictures at an Exhibition

<span style="color: rgb(255, 11, 0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, compose  <span style="color: rgb(255, 11, 0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">r of the beautiful Flight of the Bumblebee



<span style="color: rgb(255, 11, 0);"> __**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Literature **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We in Russia have the most engaging literature in the world. We are home of many incredible writers, the most incredible being:

Fyodor Dostoevsky, writer of such classics as The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 11, 0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Leo Tolstoy, author of the unbelievable works Anna Karenina and War and Peace <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> This project is brought to you by: Liam Fletcher, Robert Morrison, and Christopher Lee

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