About Russian Wedding Traditions Russia is a country where the traditions of our parents are very important to us. We believe in customs and superstition. The wedding day is one of many other holidays when we use almost all of those. Everyone knows the more traditions you use the happier you will be in a marriage. The wedding is a very important event in every life. People plan it for many times before it actually happens and discuss every slight thing with their parents and their close friends. They are nervous about it, but anyway it is a nice experience. As a rule, on the eve of the wedding day, fiancé and fiancée celebrate the stag night and the hen night. On the morning of the wedding day the fiancé go to the home where his fiancée lives and he must “buy her out”. The bridesmaids play hoaxes, ask difficult questions and say “We won’t give you the fiancée! Go away or buy her out!” The fiancé needs to answer on everything from those, give money and chocolates to bridesmaids. Sometimes they hide the fiancée’s shoes and demand that the fiancé buy them. Obviously, the fiancé get his fiancée, because he did a “buy out” with his witness. To have witnesses is another Russian tradition. After “buy out’s actions” the future newlyweds are going to in a local registry office. The fiancé has a witness man and the fiancée, a witness woman. As a rule they are their best friends. Nowadays there is an increasing tendency for people to get married in a church. I dare say, the further we get from the USSR period, the more traditions become from Russian Empire. By the way, when the husband and wife go out from a local registry office, people who were invited to this ceremony strew newlyweds with rice, chocolates and coins. They are symbols of well-being and prosperity. Then the newlyweds should go home under seven bridges and the husband has to carry his wife through one of those. As a rule in this time they have a photo shooting and after it they go to the main place where they celebrate it. What’s more, when they arrive there their parents meet them with a loaf and salt. For one thing in married life everyone wants to know who the host in a home is and the newlyweds bite it. Whoever takes the bigger bite is the host of the home. Another wedding programmer is doing by a toaster, which includes numerous speeches, a great deal of music and dancing and countless toasts, frequently to the accompaniment of the refrain “Bitter!”

The Day of Victory The 9th of May the Russian Federation celebrates the Day of Victory. There is 66 year after ending terrifying war. It is a great exploit our population in the Second World War. Every year we congratulate our veterans with this holiday. On Red Square we have the greatest parade which everyone can see online by TV. At 12 o’clock in every city we have a local parade. In my countryside we have a local mass-meeting. It is very important for everybody today, because every family took part in that and after a long time we remember that awful descriptions, which we heard from our grand grandparents. Unfortunately, from year to year we have less and less people, who took part in that war. We, young generation, should save this great history and names our heroes.

The essay “What Is Happiness?” Happiness is a very difficult category, which everybody chooses for himself. We cannot describe these feelings. In my opinion, we can see it in people’s eyes. The happiness glows from inside of our soul. For one person happiness is health, for another it is love or spirit. Some people think that happiness is only a short time of their life. As a rule, we work to achieve our goal for a long time and if we are successful, we feel delight and joy. Sometimes we feel happiness when we see unbelievable scenery and beautiful buildings. For me, happiness is my life. I enjoy every moment. Of course, if I have a career and a family I will be very happy. I think that everybody can be a happy person, because everyone has relatives, and friends, and opportunities which he can realize in the future. Unfortunately, many people think they are not happy, because they have a lot of problems. We do not remember any good events and things for a long time. We remember bad times and this is very typical for people. I believe that all people in the world are happy, but everyone should recall all actions in their life, which brought happiness.

What is happiness?

My favourite teacher Lyudmila Anatolyevna is my favourite teacher. She was our first teacher in a primary school. She was very strict with us. Sometimes she reprimanded us, because we had bad behaviour. We never had students, who got only excellent marks. I think she brought up ambitious and zeal in our characters. Sometimes she was very friendly with us and she prepared wonderful class parties, contests and other good exersices, which helped us remember new knowledge. I am very happy that she taught me and my friends, she made a foundation of our characters.

Internship's note Internship is very important part of our education in the university, because everybody can try using theory's knowledge in real life. This time I waited very long, because I know that I can get very more new information about my future profession. Today was started my internship. I met with new persons, who works there and they shared with my their experince. I read laws and other important documents. These documents I read to lunch. After it I made a list of directors of organizations with their numbers and emails. After it I called everybody and gave information about event, which will be very soon. Of course, it is only my first day of my internship, but I really happy that I choosed correct profession!

Arkhangelsk's Quick Guide Arkhangelsk is the capital of Pomor in the north European part of Russia. This city has located on the both banks of the Naberezhnaya Dvina River, which has entered in the White Sea. Arkhangelsk has really interesting history, because for a long time this city was the most important seaport in Russia. Of course, if you want to visit this city, at the first place you will go to for a walk along an embankment. The Merchant Court has located at this street, which was built in 1684. One of the best places to visit is the Pisahov's museum. It is amazing place, which describes one the most creative persons our city. The Chumbarova-Luchinsckogo Street is the most popular street in out city, which has located near the Pisahov's museum. This street has many historical buildings and modern monuments. If you enjoy Russian wooden buildings, make sure include a trip to Malyje Korely. This museum located on open air near Akrhangelsk, which included different wonderful wooden buildings from all Arkhangelsk region. Finally, why not try to visit the Lomonosov's Motherland? Mikhail Lomonosov came from a Pomor village near Kholmogory. It is really calm countryside today and in this year we celebrate 300 years from Birthday of the greatest scientist in Russian history. Have a nice trip!

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