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1、Russia is the biggestcountryonEarth.RussiaissobigthatthewholeUnitedStatescouldfitinsideitnearlytwice.Infact,ifyoustartedfromoneendofRussia,youwouldtravelalmosthalfwayaroundtheworldbeforeyoureachedtheotherend!Russia extends acrosstwocontinents.Aboutone-thi
2、rdofitliesinEurope.ThereststretchesallthewayacrossnorthernAsia.TheUralMountains,whichrunnorthtosouth,divideEuropeanRussiafromAsianRussia.Inall,about141millionpeopleliveinRussia.Russia’s weather is alotlikethatofCanada—theworld’ssecondbiggestcountryinarea.
3、RussialiesaboutasfarnorthasCanada.Theweathertendstobecold,withlongwintersandshortsummers.FactsAboutRussiaOfficialnameRussianFederationCapitalMoscowOfficiallanguageRussianPopulation141,000,000peopleRankamongcountriesinpopulation8thMajorcitiesMoscow,St.Pete
4、rsburg,NizhniyNovgorodArea6,590,000squaremiles17,100,000squarekilometersRankamongcountriesinarea1stHighestpointElbrus18,510feet/5,642metersCurrencyRubleEUROPEANRUSSIAA great plain stretchesoverEuropeanRussia.Slow-movingriverscrisscrossthisplain,includingt
5、heVolga,theDaugava,andtheDon.MostRussiansliveinthispartofthecountry.In the north, many swampsandlakesdottheplain.Inthesouth,therichsoilsmakegoodfarmland.MOSCOWANDSAINTPETERSBURGMore than ten cities inEuropeanRussiahaveover1millionpeople,butthelargestbyfar
6、isMoscow,Russia’scapital.MoscowgrewuponthebanksoftheMoscowRiver.Today,itisacityofmorethan10millionpeople.At the heart of MoscowisafamousoldfortresscalledtheKremlin.Today,theKremlinistheseatoftheRussiangovernment.AtthefootoftheKremlin’seasternwallsisRedSqu
7、are,avastpublicsquarethathasbeenthesceneofmanyfamouseventsinRussianhistory.OnthesouthendofRedSquareisSaintBasil’sCathedral.Thecathedral’smulticolored,onion-shapeddomesareworld-famous.The next largest cityisSaintPetersburg,Russia’sbiggestseaport.SaintPeter
8、sburgisontheGulfofFinlandtothewest.ItslavishpalacesandgrandcathedralsmakeitoneofEurope’smostbeautifulcities.Formorethantwocenturies,from1712to1918,SaintPetersburgwasRussia’scapital.ASIANRUSSIAThe Asian part of Russi
