RussiaRussia occupies a large territory. It strech almost 10 000 (ten thousend) kilometres from east to west and nearly 5 000 (five thousend) kilometres from north to south. It's population is 150 000 000 (one handred and fifty) million people.From spring till autmn the sun never sets over Russia: in Kaliningrad peole see it sitting in the Baltic, while in Kamchatka it rises out of the Pasific Ocean at the some time. People in our country see the New Year in eleven times in one night.If you begin to trevell in the Far East by air and fly 8 000 (eight thousend) kilometres towards the west, you will land in Moscow on thr same hour same day that you left the Far East.
It is a wonderful sight yo see our country from the plane. One can hardly imagine a country more interesting to trevellers whan Russia.Siberia covers millions of square kilometres. You fly over mountain, endless forests, large and small rivers, railways, motorways. You leave behind the lights of young and small towns, plants and factories. Siberia is a rigeon of untold riches.
Father West are the Ural Mountains the border between Asia and Europe. The Urals are riche in different minerals.The country's European part covers the territory from Urals to the Baltic Sea. The largest cities of the Russia are situated between theBlack Sea in the south and the Black Sea in the north. Such an our country from East to West. There is no over countrys in which the climet differs so much from one part to another. When it is still winter in the northen regions of our country the first warm days arrive in the south. In the central regions, show storms and cold are still in power, while in the south people begin to think of spring crops. In the same season, nature looks different in different parts of our country.
Russia is rich in oil, coul, iron, gold, silver and other minerals