1. The Russian Federation « I would like to present the Russian Federation to you… » Chazieva Rezeda Macsutovna

3. The official name of the country is the Russian Federation

4. The area of Russia is 17 million sq km

5. The population of Russia is 147 million.

6. There are many cultural groups in Russia : Russian 81,5%

9. The official language is Russian

10. The capital of Russia is Moscow

11. The major cities of Russia: St Petersburg,

12. Nizhniy-Novgorod,

13. Samara,

14. Tver,

15. Perm

16. The Russian flag consists of equal stripes of white, blue, red.

17. The Russian National Emblem is the golden double-headed eagle with a horseman ( St George) on a shield on the eagle’s breast with a red background.