Culture and Economy of Rusia

marzo 11, 2022

Culture

Russia is a country with a thousand years of culture. Most cities have preserved ancient temples and monasteries and are currently building and opening new ones. Russia's brilliant minds contributed to the world such writers as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Gorky and Chekhov. Five representatives of the Russian people received the Nobel Prize for Literature: Bunin, Sholokhov, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn and Brodsky. They all know the music of Russian composers Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schnittke. The representatives of the Russian avant-garde, Malevich and Kandinsky, excelled in capturing new ideas in painting, while Sergei Eisenstein and Andrei Tarkovsky excelled in cinematographic art.

if you know about science, you should know that Russian scientists have contributed many discoveries.

Russian scientists are known worldwide for their discoveries and inventions in the fields of chemistry, nuclear physics, aviation and military industries. The first human flight into space took place in Russia (then Soviet Union) in 1961. Russian classical ballet, with its outstanding stars Anna Pavlova, Galina Ulanova, Maya Plisetskaya, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshniko of world fame. Everyone knows the successes of Russian sportsmen: swimmers, athletes, gymnasts, chess players, figure skating champions and field field hockey players.

Russia is famous for its handicrafts: the matryoshka (a set of painted wooden dolls that fit together), Gzhel pottery, Pavlovoposad shawls, Zhostovo trays, Ural masonry, Kasli iron castings, Palekh and Fedoskino lacquer miniatures from Vologda, Hokhloma and Gorodets lace, Orenburg quill pens. These items can be purchased in the center.

If you go to a shopping mall or a handicraft store, you will see various "Russian dolls".

That is why tourists often bring traditional Russian souvenirs and gifts, as well as vodka, black caviar or Tula gingerbread.

If the war between Russia and Ukraine continues, its culture and traditions could be lost

Economy

Russia's economy is an upper-middle-income mixed market economy, whose current characteristics stem largely from the major reforms of the 1990s.

The national currency of Russia is the ruble. One ruble is equivalent to 100 kopeks. You can exchange currency (dollars, euros) in banks or in exchange offices on the streets, in hotels, supermarkets, stations and airports. The exchange rate is determined by the Central Bank of Russia. Exchange offices exist in practically all cities. In the capital and large cities there are offices that are open 24 hours a day.

The Russian ruble fell after the tightening of sanctions. The currency fell by almost 30% and reached an all-time low of 119 to the dollar.If Russia continues with the dispute, the value of its currency could plummet completely, leaving the country poorer.

Investors flocked to safe-haven currencies such as the dollar and the yen after Russian President Vladimir Putin put the nuclear armed forces on high alert on Sunday.

The West is doubling down on Putin's financial war. Although alliances with China and cryptocurrencies could mitigate the scope of these measures.

Sanctions targeted Russia's central bank, which intervened to prop up the value of the ruble after the invasion of Ukraine began.

When sanctions were declared on Russia Russian banks opted to exclude Russia from the Swift international payment system for the first time.

If the war continues any longer, there could be a huge inflation that would affect the whole world.