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Traditional Russian pastimes
1. Traditional Russian pastimes
2. Dacha
3. Dacha
In summer it is customary for city people tostay at a dacha, or country retreat.
Children swim and play at the dacha,
while adults fish, swim, tend the garden,
walk in the woods, and enjoy a life in
complete contrast to the bustle of the
busy city.
4. Mushrooms
5. Traditional Russian pastimes
In autumn thick clusters ofmushrooms spring up in
the woods and fields.
Armed with baskets and
buckets, people scour the
countryside, and even
city parks, for the many
varieties of edible
mushrooms. They take
their trophies home to
eat straight away, or to
dry for future use
6. Skating, skiing
7. Traditional Russian pastimes
Outdoor ice-skating has long been anational pastime in Russia for people of all
ages. In winter, frozen ponds or flooded
artificial rinks attract crowds of skaters,
who glide gracefully to piped music. The
ice regularly swept free of snow, and
heated cabins allow skaters to put on their
skates in comfort.
8. Fishing
Fishing is one of the most popularpastimes of the Russian people.
Fishing under the ice is as
important as summer angling
in a country with such long
and arduous winters as Russia.
This pastime is particularly
challenging and exciting in
early spring, when the ice
loses its firmness and begins
to crack in places.
9. Hunting
Hunting wastraditionally one of
the most popular
pastimes in Russia.
10. Shashlyk
11. Bliny
12. Borsh
13. Pelmeni
14.
For Russians there is nothing healthierand better than native Russian food
15. Samovar
16.
Russians are very fond of drinking weak blacktea at any time of the day. they use a samovar
which is a self-boiling urn.
The tea in the pot on top of
the samovar can then be continually
refreshed with the boiling water.
Now the samovars are run by electricity.
17. The Russian Banya
18.
A popular tradition in the Russian culture isthe bathhouse
or banya.
It involves steam, high heat,
cold, and an invigorating beating with birch
leaves and branches.