On the 1st of January we celebrate New Year's Day. It is a national holiday celebrated by people with their families and friends.
A few weeks before the holiday cities and towns of our country turn into a wonderland of colourful lights and decorations. On the eve of the holiday people clean their homes, decorate New Year trees and prepare gifts for their friends and relatives. At schools and kindergartens there are New Year's costume parties where children sing, dance and get gifts "from Father Frost".
On the 31st of December people have the New Year’s Eve dinner with such traditional dishes as roast chicken, Russian salad (called "Olivier") and herring in "shuba-coat". At about midnight we listen to our President's New Year message and to the bells chiming marking the start of the New Year. After that people go to watch fireworks or they stay at home and watch New Year TV-shows.
After the celebration people are full of hope and keep feeling happy for a few days. This is another reason why I like this holiday so much.
1 января мы празднуем Новый год. Это национальный праздник, который отмечают люди со своими семьями и друзьями.
За несколько недель до праздника города и поселки нашей страны превращаются в страну чудес с разноцветными огнями и украшениями. Накануне праздника люди убирают свои дома, украшают елки и готовят подарки для друзей и близких. В школах и детских садах проходят новогодние костюмированные утренники, где дети поют, танцуют и получают подарки «от Деда Мороза».
31 декабря люди устраивают новогодний ужин с такими традиционными блюдами, как жареная курица, салаты "Оливье" и "сельдь под шубой". Около полуночи мы слушаем новогоднее послание нашего президента и звон колоколов, знаменующих начало нового года. После этого люди идут смотреть фейерверки или остаются дома и смотрят новогодние телешоу.
После праздника люди полны надежды и продолжают чувствовать себя счастливыми в течение нескольких дней. Это еще одна причина, почему мне так нравится этот праздник.
Talnikovy (or Talnikovsky) waterfall - the highest waterfall in Russia, and the same in Asia. It is located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory on the Putorana Plateau (Central Siberian Plateau) in the Putorana Reserve, near Lake Dupkun, between the mouths of the 1st Gagar and the 2nd Gagar River.
The waterfall is formed by a seasonal stream from the mountainside of Trapezia, with a period of 1-2 months. The waterfall is cascading, fifteen-step, with a height of more than 600 m.
The waterfall is considered as a place of attracting tourists, however, due to the lack of transport and hotel infrastructure, the transportation and accommodation of tourists to these places is extremely difficult.
Height of the waterfall [edit] | edit wiki-text]
Initially, popular scientific literature reported that the height of the cascade near the mouth of the Talnikova River is visually estimated at 600 meters. Instrumental measurements of the waterfall (with the help of a theodolite) on the initiative of the author of the book "Geographic Kaleidoscope" by Pyotr Kravchuk produced on September 7, 1990 the expedition of the water sports tourist section of the sports club "Steel" at the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Plant. The expedition consisted of 8 people, it was headed by the Master of Sports of the USSR Boris Ilyich Babitsky. According to their measurements, the height of the cascade of the waterfall is 482 meters. The result of measurements was recorded in the book by Petr Kravchuk "Records of Nature".
According to the independent research project "Talnikova Falls: Myth or Reality?" During this expedition, another waterfall was measured, and the true height of the Talnikovo waterfall is then considered to be 600-700 m. Later sources also give the height of the waterfall at 600-700 m.
New Year's Day
On the 1st of January we celebrate New Year's Day. It is a national holiday celebrated by people with their families and friends.
A few weeks before the holiday cities and towns of our country turn into a wonderland of colourful lights and decorations. On the eve of the holiday people clean their homes, decorate New Year trees and prepare gifts for their friends and relatives. At schools and kindergartens there are New Year's costume parties where children sing, dance and get gifts "from Father Frost".
On the 31st of December people have the New Year’s Eve dinner with such traditional dishes as roast chicken, Russian salad (called "Olivier") and herring in "shuba-coat". At about midnight we listen to our President's New Year message and to the bells chiming marking the start of the New Year. After that people go to watch fireworks or they stay at home and watch New Year TV-shows.
After the celebration people are full of hope and keep feeling happy for a few days. This is another reason why I like this holiday so much.
1 января мы празднуем Новый год. Это национальный праздник, который отмечают люди со своими семьями и друзьями.
За несколько недель до праздника города и поселки нашей страны превращаются в страну чудес с разноцветными огнями и украшениями. Накануне праздника люди убирают свои дома, украшают елки и готовят подарки для друзей и близких. В школах и детских садах проходят новогодние костюмированные утренники, где дети поют, танцуют и получают подарки «от Деда Мороза».
31 декабря люди устраивают новогодний ужин с такими традиционными блюдами, как жареная курица, салаты "Оливье" и "сельдь под шубой". Около полуночи мы слушаем новогоднее послание нашего президента и звон колоколов, знаменующих начало нового года. После этого люди идут смотреть фейерверки или остаются дома и смотрят новогодние телешоу.
После праздника люди полны надежды и продолжают чувствовать себя счастливыми в течение нескольких дней. Это еще одна причина, почему мне так нравится этот праздник.
Talnikovy (or Talnikovsky) waterfall - the highest waterfall in Russia, and the same in Asia. It is located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory on the Putorana Plateau (Central Siberian Plateau) in the Putorana Reserve, near Lake Dupkun, between the mouths of the 1st Gagar and the 2nd Gagar River.
The waterfall is formed by a seasonal stream from the mountainside of Trapezia, with a period of 1-2 months. The waterfall is cascading, fifteen-step, with a height of more than 600 m.
The waterfall is considered as a place of attracting tourists, however, due to the lack of transport and hotel infrastructure, the transportation and accommodation of tourists to these places is extremely difficult.
Height of the waterfall [edit] | edit wiki-text]
Initially, popular scientific literature reported that the height of the cascade near the mouth of the Talnikova River is visually estimated at 600 meters. Instrumental measurements of the waterfall (with the help of a theodolite) on the initiative of the author of the book "Geographic Kaleidoscope" by Pyotr Kravchuk produced on September 7, 1990 the expedition of the water sports tourist section of the sports club "Steel" at the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Plant. The expedition consisted of 8 people, it was headed by the Master of Sports of the USSR Boris Ilyich Babitsky. According to their measurements, the height of the cascade of the waterfall is 482 meters. The result of measurements was recorded in the book by Petr Kravchuk "Records of Nature".
According to the independent research project "Talnikova Falls: Myth or Reality?" During this expedition, another waterfall was measured, and the true height of the Talnikovo waterfall is then considered to be 600-700 m. Later sources also give the height of the waterfall at 600-700 m.