Russia
is the largest countries in the world. It occupies about one-seventh
part of dry land. It is situated in Europe and in Asia. It's total area
is over 17 million square kilometers, with population of 200 million
people. There are 1,030 towns and cities in this country. Moscow, with
9,5 million people, is it's capital. The country is washed by seas and
oceans. By Arctic Ocean in the north and the Pacific Ocean in the east.
There are many rivers in Russia. The largest rivers are the Volga in
Europe and the Yenisei and OB in Asia. The deepest lakes are the Baikal
and Ladoga. All rivers flow in the seas. The relief of Russia is
mostly flat. Russia is located on two plains the Great Russia Plain and
the Western Siberian Plain. There are three main mountains chains in
Russia. The Caucasus is a range of mountains which extend from the
Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. The highest mountain is the Caucasus. The
highest mountain in Caucasus in Russian Federation and in the whole
Europe Mount Elbrus is. The Urals extend from the Arctic Ocean to the
steppes. This mountain chain divides the European and Asian parts of
Russia. The Urals are famous for their valuable minerals. There are 150
volcanoes in Kamchatka, 30 of which are active. Russia Federation is
very rich in minerals resources, such as oil, natural gas, coal,
iron,gold and others. Russia borders on fourteen countries including
the former republics of the USSR, which are now independent states.
Russia borders with Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Poland, China, Mongolia,
Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan and so on. Today Russia is one of the world's
largest grain products and exporters. It produced 78 % of all its
natural gas, 60 % of steel,80 % of timber and 91 % of oil. So, today
Russia becomes greatest industrial country. The main cities of Russia
are: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Ufa, Perm, Rostov - on - Don,
Vladivostok. Many villages in Russia are famous for their specific
crafts: painted boxes in Palkn, Wooden tableware in Khokhloma, and toys
in Dymkovo. Moscow is the capital of Russia. It is one of the biggest
and most beautiful cities in the world. Moscow is the modern city. It's
the political center, here the government of our country work. Moscow
is the port of five seas, as the Volga Canal links Moscow with the
Baltic, White, Caspian and Black seas and with Sea of Azov. Moscow is
the cultural center. There are a lot of theatres, museums, institutes,
libraries and cinemas. Young people like to visit The Central Military
Museum. There are many tanks, guns and war documents there. Everyone
can see The Kremlin and Red Square in the city. There are many fine
buildings, wide streets, green parks, large squares, churches and
monuments in Moscow. There are a lot of famous monuments to Pushkin,
Fedorov, and many, many others. Moscow is a very big city and it's
transport must be very comfortable and fast. There are a lot of buses,
trolley-buses, trams, a lot of metro station(about 190 stations). There
are 9 railway stations in Moscow and some airports around the city.
The main stations in Moscow is The Central station in Luzhniki. Many
competitions and football matches are held there. The Olympic village
was build for the 22 Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980. It's a big complex
for sport games. So I'm a patriot of my country and I love it very
much.