1. Russia is the biggest country in the world. It occupies the territory of 17 100 000 square kilometers (seventeen million one hundred thousand square kilometers).
2. Russia is washed by three of the world's oceans - by the Atlantic Ocean in the west and south, by the Pacific Ocean in the east, and by the Arctic Ocean in the north.
3. Russia has 20 neighbouring countries, they are: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Abkhazia, Georgia, Armenia, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, South Korea, Canada, Denmark, The USA, and Japan.
4. The main rivers of Russia are: the Volga, Don, Oka, Kama, Northern Dvina, Ob, Lena, Irtysh, Yenisey, Angara, Amur, Kolyma and Indigirka.
5. Russia is very rich in natural resources, the most important are oil, natural gas, mineral resources, metals, coal, uranium ore. The number and amoun of Russia's resources can seem endless.
6. The national banner of Russia is a tricolor flag, which consists of tree equal horizontal stripes, white on the top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom.