occupies some 17.000 million square kilometers. The country is situated in the North hemisphere on the continentof Eurasia. The territory of Russia is so large that it is situated in 11 time zones.
Russia has many rivers, the longest one is the Volga. The main plains are the Great Russian Plain and the West Siberian Lowland. There are several mountain chains of which the largest and the most important is the Urals, it separates the southern part of Russia from the Asian. About half of Russia`s territory is covered with forests and plains.
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Resources Russia is rich in many mineral resources, especially
in coal, natural gas, and ores. Russia is one
of few countries that have almost all mineral resources in its depths.
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Culture.
Russia is a country of ancient and unique
culture. It takes back to the pagan times. Now
the culture of Russia is famous for all over the world: Russian opera and ballet, music, fine arts, literature and circus are believed to be the finest examples of professionalism and genius. World-known names are Pushkin, Chehov, Krylov, Lermontov, Rublyov, Chernyshevsky and many others.