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RUSSIAN

The majority of Russians consider themselves Christians, and belong to the Russian Orthodox Church.

This is a great achievement for a country where atheism was the official state religion for more than 70 years.

Russians are also very fond of live performances at the theatre, and since tickets are affordable (the prices in cinemas and theatres are comparable), a stunning range of options is available to everyone, including opera, symphony concerts, musicals, ballet, drama, etc.

Religion

Having a university or college degree is common. Russia has the highest education level in the world (more than 40% of the total population have college or university degree).

Dance performance

Education

Russians love their country. They may criticize it severely, but if you try to do the same they will defend it furiously. They are citizens of the largest county in the world, which has a rich history and deep cultural roots, and they are proud of it.

People

Russian Food Culture

CULTURE

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In a country as dissimilar and complex as India, it is not astonishing to find that people here depict the rich glories of the past, the culture, traditions and values proportional to geographic locations and the various distinctive manners, habits and food that will always continue to be purely Indian.

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DIVERSITY

According to our rich past, a country like India has been invaded by armies, traders and migrants who brought with them their own habits

Faiths, practices

Honourings which have all added to the rich feel of Indian life and living.

S O C I A L I Z A T I O N (1980-1990)

RUSSIA

Infant Care: .Most women give birth in often overcrowded and understaffed maternity hospitals. Childbirth practices reflect traditional ideologies: birthing mothers are supposed to be stoical and are criticized for crying or complaining.

INDIA

Infant Care: Infant care is almost completely the responsibility of mothers, older siblings, and grandmothers.

Child Rearing and Education.The Soviet state provided nurseries and preschools for children, from the smallest infants through seven-year-olds starting elementary school.

Higher Education.The Soviet Union had a world-class system of higher education, with forty universities and hundreds of institutions specializing in academic, scientific, professional, and technical disciplines.

Child Rearing and Education.In 1995, the government spent over 2 percent of its resources on education. Although the government's goal of eradicating illiteracy among people age fifteen to thirty five by the year 2000 has not been achieved, there has been a steady decrease in illiterary since the late nineteenth century.

Higher Education.There were 166 universities in 1996, including thirteen central universities which are the oldest, best known, and best funded. The rest are run by state governments or religious foundations

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In 1990s Soviet Union still existed and life was not bad, people were working so-so and got some salary. Life was peaceful, easy and uneventful, everything seemed to be very stable. The only bad thing was war in Afghanistan, some guys did not return at all, some returned a bit changed and too serious.

We did not know about western opulent lifestyle and considered our life quite normal and pretty good.

L I F E S T Y L E

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It was good, in fact. People had less choices but were happy. Now we have so much to choose from and money to get all, but happiness is not there. People were much more contented then.

We used to remember the phone numbers, birthdays, etc by heart. Now only our phones have memories and Facebook tells us about birthdays.

We used to send letters and cards on every occasion. Now nothing. Its okay it seems.

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E C O N O M Y (2000-2008)

RUSSIA

Between 2000 and 2002, there was a significant amount of pro-growth economic reforms including a comprehensive tax reform, which introduced a flat income tax of 13%; and a broad effort at deregulation which improved the situation for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Between 2000 and 2008, Russian economy got a major boost from rising commodity prices. GDP grew on average 7% per year. Disposable incomes more than doubled and in dollar-denominated terms increased eightfold. The volume of consumer credit between 2000–2006 increased 45 times, fuelling a boom in private consumption. The number of people living below poverty line declined from 30% in 2000 to 14% in 2008.

INDIA

In the late 2000s, India's growth reached 7.5%, which will double the average income in a decade. IMF says that if India pushed more fundamental market reforms, it could sustain the rate and even reach the government's 2011 target of 10%.States have large responsibilities over their economies. The average annual growth rates (2007-12) for Uttarakhand(13.66%), Bihar (10.15%) or Jharkhand (9.85%) were higher than for West Bengal (6.24%), Maharashtra (7.84%), Odisha (7.05%), Punjab (6.85%) or Assam (5.88%). India is the sixth-largest economy in the world and the third largest by purchasing power parity adjusted exchange rates (PPP). On per capita basis, it ranks 140th in the world or 129th by PPP.