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My name is Sveta Naryan. I’m an exchange student from Belgorod, Russia. I’d like to tell you some facts about my country. I tried to think over some small things that might be interesting for American teenagers.
Here are fifteen interesting facts about Russia.

1. The biggest time gap in Russia is SEVEN hours.
2. There are no high schools in Russia. All kids from the first to eleventh (senior) grade attend the same school.
3. Schoolchildren in Russia may not choose subjects to learn. We learn a lot of them (about 15), but we don’t have the same schedule every day.
4. September 1st is the first school day for every single school in Russia.
5. You can only drive at the age of 18 in Russia.
6. You can watch a lot of American movies and TV shows on Russian TV. All of them are translated to Russian. It’s fun to watch Terminator or House speaking Russian!
7. American music is popular in Russia too. We also have these huge crowds of Justin Bieber fans (yeah!)
8. The life in big Russian cities sometimes looks like life in American cities. People eat in McDonalds, drink coffee in Starbucks and shop in Target.
9. In the towns people usually walk to places or use the public transportation: buses, trolleybuses or the subway. Some families do not even have cars.
10. There are a lot of small corner shops in Russia. You only need to walk for a couple of minutes to buy food. Parents start sending their kids to go shopping at the age of 10-12.
11. It’s really cold in Russia! In winter the temperature drops to under 0°F. Your winter in Arizona is our summer.
12. Most people in Russia live in apartments rather than in separate houses. Apartments usually consist of 3-4 rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom.
13. Russians drink a lot of hot tea. Sometimes, they put lemon and sugar into it.
14. In Russian movie theaters, when you buy a ticket, your seat is written on it and you cannot change it.
15. «Хорошего дня!» (horoshego dnya) means “Have a good day” in Russian.

Хорошего дня!