Russia's 160 ethnic groups speak some 100 languages. According to the 2002 census, 142.6 million people speak Russian, followed by Tatar with 5.3 million and Ukrainianwith 1.8 million speakers. Russian is the only official

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Russian visual artworks are similar in style with the ones from other eastern Slavic countries like Ukraine or Belarus.
As early as the 12th and

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Russian folk music
Russians have distinctive traditions of folk music. Typical ethnic Russian musical instruments are gusli, balalaika, zhaleika, balalaika contrabass, bayan accordion, Gypsy guitar and garmoshka. Folk music had great influence on the

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Ethnic dress of Russian people
Not only the minorities in Russia but the Russian culture as a whole has in the different regions of the

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Historically, Russian athletes have been one of the most successful contenders in the Olympic Games, ranking second in an all-time Olympic Games medal count. Russia is the leading nation in rhythmic gymnastics; and Russian synchronized swimmingis

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State symbols
State symbols of Russia include the Byzantine double-headed eagle, combined with St. George of Moscow in the Russian coat of arms; these symbols date from the time of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The Russian flagappeared

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Radio and TV
Russia has almost 37 thousand media outlets, over 35 thousand newspapers, and 12 thousand magazines.

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