been told that I pick them up rather easily. That might be true, although I did not pick any Greek up in Greece but that might have been because they spoke so damn fast that I could not tell if it was a word or an entire sentence. The first foreign language I learned was Russian. Considering I was ten when Estonia became a Republic, it makes sense. We began studying Russian in first grade, though it was simplified – "koška" instead of "kot", "medvešonok" instead of "medved", "saichik" etc. Did not make much sense and we mostly played some games in Russian (Tare-tareke etc). Learned as much playing outside, since we had Estonian-Russian kids around as well. Not that we played with them. It's sad to say but it was not a nice time to be a Russian kid. We were mean to them, and we did not even know why. I think that's the only time I've ever been part of bullying someone, but there was this
kus kasvavad samblad ja samblikud, põõsad ja kohati kääbuspuud. Tundrast lõuna poole laiutab taiga (türgi-tatari keeltes tähendab ,,taiga" tukkuvat metsa), mis ulatub Siberi lõunapiirini. Taigas kasvavad põhiliselt okaspuud: kuusk, mänd, nulg, lehis, seeder. Tuntud taigaasukas on karu. Muide, välismaalased armastavad venelasi võrrelda karuga ja Venemaad nimetada karude maaks. Karu on teadupärast tugev ja osav loom, kes väga armastab mett. Looma venekeelne nimetus medved pärineb sõnadest mjod (mesi) ja vedatj (teadma). Taiga lõunaosas võib leida lehtpuumetsi, kus puud - nagu meil Eestiski - heidavad talveks oma leherüü maha. Keskvöötme levinuimaks puuks on kask - Venemaa tõeline sümbol. Kaug-ldas on ülekaalus segametsad, mis oma olemuselt sarnanevad keskvöötme metsadega. Maa lõunarajoone hõlmavad stepid ja metsaste-pid: puid leidub seal vähe, see-eest on taimkate päris tihe. Metsastepp on iseloomulik Kesk-Volga aladele, Lõuna-
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