16 May 2008 English | На русском языке
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Jarkoye for a Hearty Meal
Russian weather particularly in the winter months can chill you to the bone. The traditional meals in Russia therefore tend to be comfort foods that are hearty, filling and consumed without much delicacy or as separate courses. The severe climate in Russia also means that the vegetables consumed are those that grow below the ground, unaffected by frost the way the green leafy or soft vegetables would be. This is not to say that Russian food is not delicious
MiscellaneousPeter the Great
Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov or Peter the Great - as he was more famously known - was born in 1672 in Moscow. He was one of fourteen children born to Alexei Mikhailovich and his second wife Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina.
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