Britain has recent by been described as a “leisure society.” This is because there are a great variety of leisure pursuits. Young people generally go out on Friday or Saturday nights to a disco, to a concert or to a pub. In recent years going out for a meal or getting a take-away meal have become popular too. During the past years there is a great increase in keeping fit and staying healthy. A lot of teens started running, jogging and going to different fitness clubs in their spare time. Aerobics classes and fitness clubs opened in every town, and the number of recreation centres greatly increased. Indoor pools, with their wave-making machines, water slides and tropical vegetation, have became very popular.
The same is true in Russia. A lot of teens go in for different kinds of sport. Sport helps them to feel as fit as a fiddle. In both countries there are special programmes for problem teenagers, such as a high-risk activities, for example they are taught to jump out of aeroplanes. But despite the increase in the number of teens participating in sport, the majority of young people still prefer to be spectators. They prefer to be couch potatoes. Watching sports on TV is a popular leisure activity, as is going to football matches on Saturday. Cinemas have been redesigned with four or more screens, each showing a different film at the same time, and a lot of teens like going to the cinemas too.
The young generation is fond of communication. There are many available methods of communication nowadays, and the most popular one is computers. A lot of teenagers spend plenty of time working on computers. The Internet seems really good fun. You may send e-mails to friends from different countries and get their answers instantly. You even may talk to them. It is easy and quick. A lot of teenagers have mobile telephones, so they can always be contacted, if they keep their telephone switched on, at any time of the day or night, or tend text messages.
Russia is the largest country in the world. It has rich culture and history.
The capital of Russia is a large and beautiful city of Moscow.
There are a lot of other small and large interesting cities in the country.The cities that one should definitely visit include Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Sochi, and, of course, the “Golden Ring” towns.
Tourists from other countries admire museums, art galleries, churches, cathedrals and other ancient sights and historical monuments of Russia. They admire its nature and wonderful boat trips, mountain trips, picturesque landscapes.
They are usually delighted with the purest water of the world's deepest lake Baikal and hot springs in the Far East in Russia.
The population of the country is about 150 million people.
Russia is a multinational country. Many nationalities live in it.
Russians are proud of their famous countrymen such as Yuri Gagarin, the first man to circle the Earth in a spaceship, V.Vysotskiy, P.I.Chaikovskiy, A. S. Pushkin, F.Dostoevskiy and L.Tolstoy, V.V.Putin, the present president of Russia and many others.
Russian people are believed to be hospitable, generous, and the country is known as surprising and interesting.For those, who want to try Russian cuisine, there are plenty of restaurants and cafes in every city or town. The most delicious Russian dishes are borscht and pancakes with caviar.
Come and see everything yourselves! Welcome to Russia!
