If you are going abroad on business or on a trip, it would be nice to bring something as a gift to foreign partners or owners of the apartment in which you will live.
1. The first thought is something national, for example, a matryoshka, a samovar, a balalaika, a ushanka hat, felt boots, bast shoes, a blouse or a stuffed bear. These gifts will especially delight residents of distant countries, for whom Russia is a mysterious country, where bears still walk the streets of Moscow.
2. Russian honey. Such a sweet gift in a beautiful jar or package will also come in handy.
3. Traditional treats: dryers, bagels, Tula gingerbread. Homemade cookies will also be a wonderful gift.
4. Russian chocolate or chocolates in a beautiful box. It is better to take products from well-known manufacturers, for example, Krupskaya or Babaevsky chocolate factories.
5. Products from birch bark. Indeed, for the inhabitants of many countries, birch is as exotic as a palm tree for us.
6. Dishes with Khokhloma or Gzhel painting. Perhaps not all foreigners have an idea of folk crafts in Russia, but beautiful patterns will not leave them indifferent.
7. Souvenirs with images of cities. Every city has landmarks that are depicted on mugs, notebooks, T-shirts and other things. St. Petersburg is especially rich in such souvenirs.
8. If this is your good friend or a person whom you have known for a long time, you can order an individual gift, for example, his image next to the Kremlin on a mug or T-shirt.
Russians who have lived abroad for a long time are often asked to bring certain products. For example, in many countries there is no simple black bread, kefir or processed Druzhba cheese.
A gift does not have to be expensive at all, it is rather just a sign of attention and something that will remain as a keepsake, so be sure to please foreigners with souvenirs from Russia.
