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Russia is my country. It is the biggest
country in the world. Russia is situated on two
continents: Europe and Asia.
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RUSSIA is the state in Eastern Europe and
northern Asia. It shares borders with North Korea, China,
Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Norway.
Area 17 075.4 km2. (First place in the world).
The population of 144.53 million (seventh place in the world).
1092 cities
2270 towns
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One of the Russian symbols is the Russian
national flag. This flag has three wide stripes on
it.
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The stripes are white, blue and red. The
upper stripe is white, the middle stripe is blue
and the red stripe is at the bottom. These colours have always been symbolic in Russia: white – noble and sincere, blue – honest and devoted – devoted to friends, family and to the country. The red colour has always meant love and bravery.
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Another symbol of Russia which all Russian people
know and love is the birch tree. You can
find these trees everywhere. People sing beautiful songs with poetic words about birch trees.
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State Emblem of Russia
The State Emblem of Russia
is a golden double-headed eagle, placed on a red
heraldic shield, above the eagle - three historical crowns of Peter I. Two small - on each of the heads and one large over two small crowns, in the clutches of an eagle - the scepter and orb; on the breast of an eagle on a red shield - a horseman, slaying the Dragon.
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The capital of Russia is Moscow
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Other large cities: St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod,
Yekaterinburg, Samara, Omsk, Kazan, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Rostov-on-Don, Perm and
Volgograd.
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The Urals (the Ural mountains) form a natural
border between the continents.
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The Volga is the longest river in Europe.
It flows into the Caspian Sea.
There are many beautiful
old towns – both big and small – on its banks. Practically all of them are interesting places, famous for their history.
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Seas and oceans wash Russia in the north,
south, east and west. The Black Sea is in
the South; the Baltic Sea is in the West
The Baltic Sea
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The plant and animal worlds of my country
are also very rich.
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There are a lot of different animals, birds
and plants in our forests, fields and mountains.
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Russian people have always loved their country though
life in Russia has never been easy. Russian people
have always been devoted to their Motherland.
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Russia is my country and I love it
very much.