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The Russian Federation
The Russian Federation
Our country, the Russian Federation (Russia), has an area of more than 17 million square kilometres. It is the largest country in the world. It covers the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia. The country stretches for 4.000 kilometres from north to south while from west to east it stretches for about 9.000 kilometres. Russia is washed by 12 seas of 3 oceans: the Pacific, the Arctic and the Atlantic. Russia borders (on) 14 countries on land and it also has a sea-border with the USA.
The relief of our country is varied: there are mountains, vast plains, steppes, tundra regions and semi-deserts in it. There are over two million rivers in Russia. The longest rivers are: the Lena (in the Asian part) and the Volga (in the European part). Russia is rich in beautiful lakes. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world.
Russia has one-sixth of the world’s forests. They are concentrated in the European north of the country, in Siberia and in the Far East.
Our country is very rich in oil, coal, iron ore, natural gas, copper, nickel and other mineral resources.
On the territory of the Russian Federation there are all the main types of climate except one: there is no tropical climate.
Russia is a parliamentary republic. The Head of State is the President.
The population of Russia is more than 150 million. The capital of Russia is Moscow. It is the largest political, scientific, cultural and industrial centre. It is one of the oldest Russian cities.
WORDS
to cover - охватывать
Asia - Азия
to strech - простираться
border - граница
relief - рельеф
varied - различный
vast - огромный
steppe - степь
tundra - тундра
region - регион, область
semi-desert - полу-пустыня
deep - глубокий
Siberia - Сибирь
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