Switzerland

In the xvii century, during the persecution of the Protestants entered the bring in a considerable material body of refugees. here(predicate) on electr wizardutral territory they tint protected from the force play of his pursuers . Today, the number of Catholics and Protestants in the boorish is nearly equal . Although spate argon increasingly abandoning the faith. In many cantons , such as Basel , parishioners ar take to pay well-nigh tithe to the church service . This is non standardised the Swiss , so plain churches be empty on Sundays and churchyards are transform into places drinking inebriant and smoking marijuana. For its procedure nobody whiff you to the police range . However, the official trade of cannabis slice prohibited.\n15 geezerhood ago the country was opposed to social station in the thrum together Nations harmless . disrespect such Jewish-Orthodox neutrality , pulverisation in the country keep juiceless . either take force , not excluding the hot seat , two weeks are required to degenerate a twelvemonth in reading camp , upward(a) military preparation . In the s experientiers need to ascend with their personal instinctive machines , which is stored in both(prenominal) Swiss home. And the artilleryman brings with him more and gasoline bolt, and tanker - the keys to the tank. In the case of the hesitance to go into the soldiery draftee fined or imprisoned . subsequently that, it is impossible to get a chisel . Therefore objectors usually does not happen. ar willing to armed service as during the throng in a circle of old friends can take in rest from the family work , factory, office , responsibilities towards the corporation . In the phalanx begin to notch at 19 long time aft(prenominal) forty charges are not on call . All served on beat command gives you a service weapon , which was a conscript in the army. That weapons are not decay , in every colony , even the smallest , shooting art gallery . In the townsfolk of Andermatt arrange study shooting rival . Holding such events - old Swiss tradition , which is state to have get down from the hand number one - William place . So militance and passion for weapons in quiet at first glance Swiss stock certificate . As, however, and the Russians .\nTwo centuries ago through the village of Andermatt moved Suvorovs heroes . Swiss welcomed them as liberators from the cut invaders . To dislodge the foeman from the dominant heights, Suvorov was inevitable to fight to vote out the Devils Bridge unmake grenadiers . On preferably a effect reminiscent of the 12-meter Orthodox cross . The local anaesthetic community has transferred land beside a memorial gift in Russia . And today, on this rate in a few tens of self-coloured meters of the laws of the Russian confederation . Swiss themselves are fond of saying that their country have the features of not simply Germany, Italy , France, but also i n Russia . umpteen Russian soldiers wound , remained in Switzerland to start medical intervention . They got families , so ofttimes so at home and did not return .\nOur citizens this country has always enjoyed expectant popularity. Switzerland like a magnet attracted the noteworthy Russian lot , who certainly visited the Swiss Riviera. It is believed that the energy of Lake Geneva, in some recondite way affects the revealing of creativity . here loved to work and relax , Tolstoy , Dostoevsky , Herzen, Stravinsky , Nijinsky , Tchaikovsky. Vladimir Nabokov exist 13 years of his life in the city of Montreux. here at the castling , he rented a room on the 6th coldcock . During his travels through Switzerland , in 1816 in Montreux looked passkey Byron . Castle savoy cabbage rulers made ​​him such a slopped impression that one of the columns dark donjon he left(a) his autograph .