Russia is my country. It is the biggest country in the world. It is situated on two continents: Europe and Asia.

There are 1030 towns and cities in Russia. Moscow is the capital. Its population is about 9 million people. Its the largest political, scientific, cultural and industrial centre.

The population of Russia is 142 million people. More than 100 nationalities live in our country. Its total area is about 17 million square kilometers.

The country is washed by 12 seas and 3 oceans: the Pacific, the Arctic and the Atlantic.

The Black Sea, the White Sea, the Barents Sea, the Laptevs Sea, the Okhotsk sea are the largest ones.

There are over two million rivers in our country. There are over two million rivers in our country.The Volga, the Ob, the Enisey, the Amur are the longest rivers.

Baikal is the deepest freshwater lake on the Earth. It is 1741 metres deep.

Alexander Pushkin Michael Lomonosov Isaak Levitan Peter Tchaikovsky Yuri Gagarin Andrei Sakharov

The plant and animal worlds of my country are also very rich. There are a lot of different animals, birds and plants in our forests, fields and mountains.