Russian cuisine

Russian cuisine is the face of a country that could explain you a lot about its history. Through mostly part of population of country used to live in country side and the level of living was not high, the cuisine is rich with all kind of meals out of grain. The perfect table couldn't be imagined without pies and other pasties. Pies were cooked with a cook cereals, all sorts of pancakes and baked puddings, and of course bread. Russian bread easily could be the meal it self, tasty and meaty, as they used to characterise it, it must be on the table or the guest would not be satisfied. Cattle-breeding was always popular in Russia as was hunting - hence a large choice of meat dishes included those of wild animals and fowl. Russian cuisine is very healthy and various, so travel to Russia would always be a pleasure for your stomach.

Large areas covered by woods and forests, were abundant in berries and mushrooms. This accounted for a wealth of "gifts of the forests" on the Russian table. Russian cuisine was renowned for diverse delicacies, especially refreshments, made of fish. Russian rivers, lakes and seas yielded much of this tasty and useful kind of food. Through the centuries, Russian cuisine have take a lot of innovations from Asia, with its spices, and the food dresses from the French cuisine. Russian cuisine would tell you about all traditions of the country. Travel to Russia and figure it out yourself.

Blagoveshensk

There is a city in Russia, located in the river Amur, right at the border line with China. It was founded in 1861, and was named Blagoveschensk, which in translation means "good news". The named come from the negotiation session that take place in a small vilage Ust-Zeysk between China and Russia governments, which states that territory of the Far East now belongs to Russia. The Russian Czar, satisfied with the result of negotiations stated to build a town in this place, with proud name Blagoveschensk.

Now the city have a population of around 260000 people, and called the "green city", because have a lot of parks and trees all over it. City is growing rapidly thanks to neighborhood of China. Many Chinese people when they think about travel to Russia mean travel to Blagoveshensk. Blagoveschensk also take the second place in the world, after Las-Vegas for the number of casinos per person. It is mostly because of the Chinese tourists, because casinos are not aloud by the law in China, so they come for satisfaction of they ardour in Russia.

At the other side of the river, only 300 miters from the city embankment located big Chinese city, called Hay-Hey. It is so close that you could see the people walking at the other side, see the streets and loud traffic, see the different culture just citing in a cafe with a cup of tea. This is hard to imagine, but for inhabitants in natural. When you travel to Russia you should take a chance to visit this city, because there is no other city in the world like that. Two cities of different countries, they are integrating with each other, and now it become an interesting hybrid of two different cultures.