Mankind has always aspired to be the largest, biggest, strongest, highest, essentially the best in everything. This is not untrue for the Russians who have had the largest country in the world for quite some time now. Russia covers one-sixth of the entire world's land mass and has had a significant part in modern history. However, in order to understand why a country has become what it is now, one must look at its culture. …showed first 75 words of 1243 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1243 total…and literature of its writers and artists such as Pushkin, the image of what we now know as Russia has largely been created. Art and Religion have helped form the past and they will no doubt continue to influence Russian culture through the 21st century and beyond. Bibliography http://www.russian-orthodox-church.org.ru/hist_en.htm Microsoft Encarta http://www.und.edu/dept/lang/russian/162/culture.html http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/russian-culture/internet-resources.html