Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

Space program

russia’s space program began with

the launch of the Sputnik satellite in

1957. In 1965, the russian cosmonaut
      aleksei Leonov became the first person to walk
      in space. In 1969, the russians lost the race
      with the US to land a spacecraft on the moon.
      The russian craft mir, which orbited earth
      from 1986 to 2001, was the first continuously
      inhabited research station in space. It was
      made up of modules that were added to the
      station at different dates. astronauts stayed
      on board for long periods of time, and supplies
      were delivered by visiting spacecraft.

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russian federation
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Volcano Mountain Capital
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StatiSticS
area: 6,601,668 sq miles
(17,098,242 sq km)
Population:
142,424,000
capital: moscow
Language: russian
Religion: russian
orthodox
currency: ruble
Main occupations:
engineering, research,
agriculture
Main exports: oil,
natural gas, electricity,
vodka
Main imports: cars,
machinery
cavIar
caviar, an expensive delicacy, is
made from the tiny black eggs of
the beluga sturgeon, a type of
fish that lives in the Black and
caspian Seas. Jars of caviar are
exported worldwide.
rUSSIan LacqUerS
Lacquered boxes have been made in the moscow
region for the last four centuries. The papier
mâché boxes are decorated with miniature
paintings of folk stories, rural scenes, dances,
forests, and fairy tales, and are then lacquered.
Lada
In 1965, the russians signed a deal
with the Italian car company Fiat to
manufacture an economy car called
the Lada in the Soviet Union. Today, the
Lada is part of a group of companies that
includes renault and nissan. relatively
few russians own a car; however, the demand
for luxury western cars is growing.
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