1. The total area of Russia is 17 100 000 square km.
2.Russia is washed in the north by the Arctic Ocean and its seas: the Barents, Chukchee, East Siberian, Kara, Laptev and White Seas, in the south by the Black, Azov, and Caspian Seas; in the east by the Bering Sea, the Sea ot Japan, and Okhotsk Sea: in the west by the Baltic Sea.
3. The enormous size of the country and the remoteness of many areas from the sea result in the dominance of the continental climate, which is prevalent in European and Asian Russia except for the tundra and the extreme southeast
4.According to the Russian Constitution, the Russian Federation consists of republics, krais, oblasts, cities of federal importance, an autonomous oblast, and autonomous okrugs, all of which are equal subjects of the Russian Federation
5. Russia is a land ot long rivers and large lakes. Among the world's longest rivers rank the North Dvina, the three mighty Siberian rivers:the Ob, Lena and Yenisei, and the Amur.
6. The largest of all Russia's rivers is the Volga.
7. The population of Russia is 143,5 million people.
8. Russian is the official language of Russian Federation.
9.The flag of Russia is a tricolor flag consisting of three equal horizontal fields: white on the top, blue in the middle and red on the bottom
10. Moscow is the capital of the Russia.
11. Moscow is situated on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District of European Russia.
12. The Moscow Kremlin is one of the most ancient parts of the city and symbolises the whole of Russia.
13. Mount Elbrus is located in the Caucasus Mountain Range in Southern Russia. Situated on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, the Valley of Geysers is the second largest geyser field in the world. Located in Karelia, a region in Northwestern Russia that borders Finland and the White Sea, Kizhi Island is best known for its incredible open-air museum. Once the capital of several Russian principalities, Suzdal is the jewel of Russia’s “Golden Ring,” ancient cities that the country has preserved as living museums of Russia’s cultural past.
14. the head of the country is V.V.Putin.