The fact that Geography has a considerable impact on a people's History and together they determine a people's way of life has been known since very old days: Herodotus, the famous "Father of History", stated it very clearly and convincingly in Ancient Greece in the 5th century BC. Indeed, the habitat of people determines their means of survival depending on their food supply and production, habits, traditions, national anthropological cultures, arts, etc.
Language as the main means of communication and both – a mirror and a tool of culture – reflects and at the same time moulds the national identity and the national character.
These statements are illustrated by examples from the Russian and English languages and cultures as the output of the geography and history of the nations speaking these languages.
