Russia or the Russian Federation

Plan :

1)The geographical location of Russia 2 ) The area of Russia

3) The administrative division 4 ) Flag of Russia

5 ) The political system of Russia

6 ) The population and language

7) Famous cities

8) The major rivers

9) The largest lake

10 ) Golden Ring of Russia

11) Crafts

Questions

Literature

Official name: Russia or the Russian Federation Capital: Moscow

Geographical location:

The state, located on two continents - Europe and Asia.

In the south and south-eastern borders with China, south-east - North Korea - in the South Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, on the south-west - with Ukraine in the west - with Finland, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia and Norway.

In addition, the Kaliningrad region, Russian enclave on the Baltic coast and borders with Poland and Lithuania.

Russia also belong to the island of New Land, Northern Land, Vaigach, the archipelago of Franz Josef Land, New Siberian Islands, Wrangell Island in the Arctic Ocean, the Kurile Islands and Sakhalin Island in the Pacific .

In the east , Russia is washed by the Japan, the Okhotsk and the Bering seas and the Bering Strait in the north - the Barents, Kara, Chukchi and East Siberian seas, the Laptev Sea in the west - the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland, in the south - the Black and Azov Seas.

Area Russia

Its territory is about 17075400 square meters kilometers.

The main cities of Russia, the administrative division.

The Russian Federation consists of:

• 21 republics,
• 6 territories,
• 49 regions,
• federal cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg,
• autonomous region and 10 autonomous counties.

The capital of Russia is Moscow

( 9000 thousand people )

Russian flag

The national flag of the Russian Federation is a rectangular panel consisting of three horizontal stripes: the upper - white, middle - blue, lower - red.

• white means peace, purity, integrity, excellence;
• blue - the color of faith and fidelity, constancy;
• red symbolizes energy, strength, blood shed for their country.

Political system

Russia - a federal republic.

The highest legislative body of the Russian Federation is the Russian Parliament (Duma).

The executive power is held by the president and the cabinet of Ministers.

The President is Head of State.

The population and language

The population of Russia is about 150 million people.

In terms of population, it takes 7 place in the world.

Ethnic composition of population in Russia is very diverse.

There are more than 100 nations and nationalities. Most of the population - Russian (80%). Of the many nationalities should be noted: the Tatars (over 5 million people.), Ukrainians (over 4 million people.) , Chuvash, Bashkir, Belarus, etc.

The official (state) language throughout the Russian Federation – Russian, also common Ukrainian, Belorussian, Armenian, Tatar, Uzbek, Georgian.

More than 100 languages.

Famous cities

Yaroslavl

Nizhniy Novgorod

Sergiev Posad

Kostroma

Smolensk

In Russia, about 120 thousand rivers .

The major rivers: the Lena, the Irtysh, the Yenisei, the Ob, the Volga and the Amur.

the Ob

the Lena

the Volga

the Yenisei

the Irtysh

the Amur

In Russia, nearly 2 million fresh and saltwater lakes.

The largest lake - the Caspian (Sea), the Baikal, the Ladoga and the Onega.

the Baikal

the Caspian Sea

The Ladoga

The Onega

Golden Ring of Russia - a group of ancient Russian cities, which were preserved the unique historical and cultural monuments in Russia, or are centers of handicrafts.

•   Distinguish "Small Golden Ring" (or simply "Golden Ring") and "The Great Golden Ring . "
• In the Golden Ring consists of eight major cities :

• Sergiev Posad,
• Pereslavl - Zaleski,
• Rostov,
• Yaroslavl,
• Kostroma,
• Ivanovo,
• Vladimir and Suzdal.

Crafts

Khokhloma Zhostovo Rostov

Gorodets

Gzhel

Palekh

Tula

Questions

• Where is the Russia situated ?
• What land area does it cover ?
• What countries does the Russia border on ?
• How large is the population of the Russia ?
• What seas and ocean is it washed by ?
• What are the most important rivers and lakes in the Russia ?
• What is the capital of the Russia ?

Literature

• http://www.niceplaces.com/articles/russia/gold_ring/387
• http://www.russian-goldenring.ru/
• http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F

• http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%A4

Completed student group T - 605 Anna Ozerova