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«Winter morning» Through obscure both wary, misty, Silver moon is making way, On the saddened gladder of crystal Sadly pours her light in spray. Down the winter road much boring. Our troika swiftly runs, sparkling, Little bell unchanged in calling. Peals my heath with constant stuns. Pushkin A.S.

December31 st January1 st January7 th January13 th January19 th February – late February

Maslenitsa Shrovetide Butter Week Pancake Week Fat Tuesday Myasopust

Maslenitsa

Tuesday – Games ( заигрыш )

Wednesday – Feasting ( лакомка )

Thursday – Revelry, the Broad Thursday ( разгул )

Friday – Mother in law’s Eve ( тещины посиделки )

Saturday – Sister in – law’s Gathering ( заловкины посиделки )

Sunday – Forgiveness day ( прощенный день )

Cottage cheese pancakes Dough – 2,5 glasses Eggs – 5 Sugar – 100 g Dairy products – 200 g Milk – 3 glasses Salt – ¾ spoons per person Cheese – 300 g

Bear performance

Fist fighting

Petrushka’s comedies

Snow fortresses

Sleighing hills

Scarecrow

Maslenitsa by Boris Kustodiyev

1 noun A pancake 2 adjectives Tasty, round 3 verbs Warms, rejoices, symbolizes 4 a four - words phrase Maslenitsa makes me happy 5 synonyms Happiness, laugh, fun, scarecrow, Winter

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Smiles COOL BORING

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