Sometimes people lie on top of the great
stove to keep themselves warm.
[Illustration: A Russian Carriage.]
In most of the houses in the country, they have no beds. There are
benches along the wall, which they use both for chairs and beds. In
some houses the children sleep on the floor on pieces of felt.
Most of the people in Russia are farmers. They raise a great deal of
wheat. The people in many other countries get wheat from Russia.
[Illustration: A Russian Farmer and his Family.]
The children have to wear very warm clothes because it is so cold the
greater part of the year. Their coats are lined with fur. In winter
the children in the towns have great fun on the ice hills. Ice hills
are made in all the towns.
First they build a high tower, and down from the top of it they make a
steep hill. Blocks of ice are laid on this hill and water is poured
over them. The water freezes, and thus the ice hill is made. On one
side of the ice hill there is a place to draw up the sleds. The boys
and girls start at the top, and down they go with merry laughing and
shouting! So you see they have fine sport on their ice hills.
When the children are not playing on the ice hills, they go skating or
sleighing.
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