Russian Club

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(Hello! Welcome!) This is the KHS Russian Club! Our meeting times are during homeroom in C220 (Mr. Kresja’s room):

Most meetings are during the first or last Wednesday of the month, but meeting times vary.

In order to stay connected to the Russian Club and never miss a fantastic meeting, then get in touch with the following people:

Mr. Kresja

Hannah Jordan

Cole Lombardi

Ellen Model

We hope to see you there!

Current Club Leaders:

Presidents: Cole Lombardi & Hannah Jordan
Vice President: Ellen Model
Fun Russian Facts

-Russia launched the world's first satellite, called Sputnik, in 1957.
-St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum has cats that protect the art from rodents.
-In the USSR, many prisoners got tattoos of Stalin and Lenin because guards were not allowed to shoot at pictures of national leaders.
-Russia is bigger than Pluto!
-During Peter the Great's reign, there was a beard tax for anyone with a beard.
-Since 1959 foxes have been domesticated like dogs.
-Raisa Gorbachev, former Russian First Lady, once claimed to a British official that there were over 300 ways to cook a potato in Russia. In order to prove her point, she mailed him a potato cookbook with a note saying she was wrong...there were actually over 500.
-The city of Moscow has more billionaires per capita than any other city in the world.