Russia Berbeshkina T.I.

«And even when Around all the planet Around all the planet Hostility of tribes will stop, Hostility of tribes will stop, And lie will get away And lie will get away Then I shall glorify Then I shall glorify With all my heart and talent With all my heart and talent The part of our land The part of our land Which, Rus’ has as its name»? Which, Rus’ has as its name»? S. Yesenin (translated by A. Kovantsev)

Sergey Yesenin is outstanding poet of the 20th centure. “A poet so pure and so Russian” is how Maxim Gorky described Sergey Yesenin. Famous poet is known as a “poet of the village”. He believed that “there is no poet without a homeland”.. Motherland is a lot for a man. Every man has his own Motherland.

Our homeland is the Russian Federation or Russia as it is often called. It is a very large country which stretches for thousands kilometers from north to south and from west to east.

The surface of our Motherland is various. It has high mountains (the Urals, the Altai), the lowlands (the Russian Lowland, the West-Siberian Lowland) and highlands, grasslands and deserts.

Its population is over 150 million people. People of many nationalities live in Russia. The largest nation is the Russian one. There are also nationalities numbering only some hundreds of people.

The territory of Russia is 17 million square kilometers. 3/4 (three quarters) of Russia lie in Asia and 1/4 (one quarter) in Europe. The state border is very long.

Our neighbours are such countries as China, Mongolia, and Republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the south, Ukraine, and the Baltic States in the west.

In the north and in the east Russia is washed by 12 seas which are the parts of two oceans (The Arctic and the Pacific Oceans).

Moscow The capital of Russia is Moscow. The history of Russia is connected with the history of Moscow. The Kremlin is the real heart of Moscow. Its walls are very ancient and beautiful.

The longest rivers are the Volga, the Amour, the Ob, the Lena, the Yenisei, which flow into seas and oceans and they are used for producing electricity The Volga

The country is full of large and beautiful lakes. The Baikal Lake, the deepest fresh- water lake in the world, is the real pearl of Siberia, of the whole country.

Russia is rich in coal, gas, oil, iron and other natural resources.

Answer the questions 1.What is the full name of our country? 2. How many nationalities live in our country? 3.How many kilometers is the area of Russia? 4.What is Moscow? 5.What sightseeing of Moscow do you know? 6.What are the names of the largest rivers of Russia? 7.What is the deepest lake of our country? 8.Where does Russia lie?

Russia is our country and we love it very much.