You might often hear that a balanced diet can keep you healthy and active until a very old age. You may ask what you should and what you shouldn’t eat in order to maintain a balanced diet. The answer is: you can eat everything, but what really matters is the amount of calories that are just enough for your body needs, the right ratio of macronutrients and the right amounts of micronutrients. More

 

Tea was first introduced in Russia in 1638 when the Russian ambassador exchanged sables for it from the Mongolian Khan. The tzar and the boyars found the aromatic beverage acceptable and soon tea became a favorite drink of the Russian nobility.
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Victory Day is celebrated in Russia on May 9. On that day in 1945 Nazi Germany announced its capitulation to the Soviet Union in the Great Patritic War (a part of World War II). More

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