Russia in figures and facts 7 класс

and the north of Asia. It is contiguous with 14

states and has the longest borderline in the world. Its territory is 17,075,400 sq. km.










Russia's climate is very diverse, ranging from sub-tropical at the Black Sea to extremely continental in Siberia, where the temperature drop within a year may exceed 80°C, and arctic in the Far North; but most of the country lies within the zone of temperate climate.

varies from +2 hours in Kaliningrad to + 12 hours

in Kamchatka and Chukotka with respect to the Greenwich Time. The time in Moscow and St. Petersburg is GMT +3 hours.

territories, 46 regions, 1 autonomous region, 4 autonomous districts, and

2 cities of federal subordination: Moscow and St. Petersburg. The capital of Russia is Moscow. The largest cities (above 1 million) are: St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Omsk, Kazan', Chel'abinsk, Rostov-on-Don, and Ufa.

Moscow

St. Petersburg

Kazan'

is President, but the executive power is also exercised by

the Government under a Prime Minister. The legislative power belongs to the Federal Assembly which consists of two houses: the Federation Council and the State Duma.

(2009), 80% of whom are Russians. Besides, more than a

hundred different national and ethnic groups live in Russia. The most numerous of them are Ukrainians and Tatars, as well as Armenians, Azerbaijanians, Kazakhs, Hebrews and Germans.

The official (state) language throughout the whole territory of the Russian Federation is Russian.

Monetary unit is ruble (RUR).

believers are Orthodox Christians (the eastern branch of Christianity). Islam,

Catholicism, Judaism, and Buddhism are also practiced in Russia.

Motherland's Defender
8 March International Women's Day
1 May Day of Spring and

Labour
9 May Victory Day
12 June Day of Russia
4 November Day of National Unity