UNIT 1 people in Russia belong to the Orthodox Church. There are other reli-
gions too and there are a lot of people who are non-believers.
7. To know a country means to know its people. These are the portraits
of some famous people of Russia. Imagine that your foreign guests have
asked you about them. Use the information below and tell your guests
about these people.
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), the greatest poet
['pəvit) and writer.
born in Moscow into a family belonging to the
“cream” of Moscow society
received his early education at home
at the age of eight composed his first poem
published his first poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila”
in 1820 and became famous
created literary Russian, wrote a lot of poems
had political views close to the “Decomhrint

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