Country profile: Russia

Region:

Europe

Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting introduced:

1991

2,175 Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

Age groups

Leader 18+

Senior Girl Scout 14-18

Girl Scout 10-13

Junior Girl Scout 6-9

Address

Rossiskaya Assotsiatsia Devochek-Skautov (RADS)
International Commissioner WAGGGS
Kirov Street, 132.B, Apt.34
400079 Volograd
Russia

Girl Scout Promise

On my honour, I promise that I will do my best
To serve my country
To strive for spiritual perfection
To help those who need my help, and
To live by the Girl Scout Law

Girl Scout Law

A Girl Scout’s honour is to be trusted

A Girl Scout always finishes what she has started

A Girl Scout does her best to be useful and help others

A Girl Scout is friendly, affable and courteous

All Girl Scouts are sisters

A Girl Scout is a friend to nature

A Girl Scout is loyal to her parents, disciplined, and obeys her Leaders’ orders

A Girl Scout is always cheerful

A Girl Scout is thrifty and respects others’ property

A Girl Scout is pure and noble in thought, in word and in deed

MDG 7 in Russia

Russiaused to do very little to control pollution, and a lot of its problems today are leftover from this time. Water pollution is a major problem in Russia: around half of all its water is polluted and around three quarters of all water found above ground is polluted too. Partly this is because very little water used is properly treated before being put back into water sources like rivers and many waste chemicals are thrown into water sources. Russia’s air is also polluted and it is one of the worst countries for air pollution in the world. This pollution comes from industry, and also from vehicles. As more people get cars and other vehicles, this problem becomes more widespread.

Nuclear reactors are a major source of energy in Russia, and there are over 30 in operation. Nuclear waste is very difficult to get rid of safely, and in Russia it has sometimes been dumped in a way that is not safe. Although the waste may have been dumped many years before, it still pollutes environments.

Environmental Indicators

  • More than 9 per cent of land and marine areas are now protected as nature reserves
  • 1.5 per cent of water sources are used to provide water for people, industry and agriculture
  • 7 per cent of people use solid fuels to heat their homes
  • 96 per cent of people have access to good quality drinking water
  • 87 per cent have access to basic sanitation

Focus country activity

Tin Can Blinis

Blinis are a favourite food inRussia, as they are cheap to make, filling and very tasty! Try making these tiny pancakes using an unusual cooking method – candles and tin cans! Be careful, as the can edges may be sharp.

  • Mix together a cup of flour with two eggs, a pinch of baking powder and a pinch of salt. Add enough milk to make a smooth, thick batter.
  • Take an empty tin can, the bigger the better, and throw away the lid. Turn the can upside down, making the solid bottom of the can your frying pan.
  • Punch holes in the sides of the can, just below the bottom, to let air in.
  • Clean the can thoroughly then light a tea-light/candle stub and put the tin can over it. The can will get very hot so be careful.
  • Pour some oil on the bottom surface of the tin can and when it is hot, drop one spoon of blini batter on itLet it sizzle and when bubbles appear in the blini, flip it over.
  • Cook until your blini is light golden brown then eat with butter, cheese, jam or whatever you like!

Your comments

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Susan Hunt - 8 March 2012 - 1.41AM (GMT)

I did a search for Girl scouts in Russia and got a link to Wikipedia, which then had a link to the Russian Girl Scout Website. You can click English. There are lots of pictures and tons of great info there.

Ciela - 21 February 2012 - 7.57PM (GMT)

What kind of cookies do they sell there?

Sandy - 8 February 2012 - 7.50PM (GMT)

Can someone send me a site that I can use to print pictures of the girls in uniform (Russia) for World Thinking Day 2012? We are having such a hard time finding some. Thanks a bunch!

Jetsyn - 23 October 2011 - 1.04PM (GMT)

If time is money you've made me a wealhtier woman.

Vikki Z - 18 October 2011 - 4.23AM (GMT)

We do this kind of cooking at camp each year ~ you can make bacon & eggs, a burger, or anything. The more you use your vagabon stove (tin can) the more it cooks like a real pan! We use a tuna can, wrap it with corrigated cardboard inside til you can't fit in any more then fill with melted wax ~ light it with a match, we cut a slit out of the top side that we turn over to put in the buddy burner as we call it ~ we use the lid with a long wire attached to control the burner ~ cut the cardboard just a bit shorter then the tuna can (or cat food can) you can usually cook with it 2 times if you put it out when done ~ We never tried blitz but we will this year ~ Thank you!

Karina Peña - 17 October 2011 - 11.03PM (GMT)

We´ve just got a great idea for ur celebration!! thanks!

Kristin Hiles - 30 September 2011 - 6.29PM (GMT)

I found all of this info very use full. We are doing our Thinkday project on scouts from Russia.this info will be very useful.

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