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R USSIA

Name: Ramon Corral Pujol Teacher: Esther Berbel Subject: Speaking Course: 1r ESO B Date: 12-12-11

I NDEX

Territory Geography Main Cities Russian population Flora and fauna

Politic and economy


Culture Gastronomy

T ERRITORY

T ERRITORY

Russia is the most extensive country in the world. Its surface is about 17.075.400 km2.

It occupies all the north of Asia and about 40% of Europe.


Russia is limited by Artic ocean, north Pacific ocean, and by interior seas like Baltic sea, Black sea and Caspian sea.

G EOGRAFY

Because its big extension, exist a lot of varieties of landscapes and climates in Russia. Principal rivers: Volga, Ob, Yenisi, Angara i Lena. Main lakes: Baikal lake, Ladoga lake and Onega lake. Relief: Ural Mountains, Carpats... Ural Mountains, at central part, are the principal division between Europe and Asia.

M AIN C ITIES

The capital of Russia is Moscow.

Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk are also important cities of Russia.

R USSIAN P OPULATION

With a population of 142.000.000 of habitants, Russia is the sixth country most filled in the world.

There are 160 ethnic groups in Russia which speak in approximately 100 different languages. The official language is Russian.

F LORA AND FAUNA

The vegetation of Russia guards relation with the different climatic zones of the country.

The Russian forest territory constitutes about a fourth part of the world forests.

The fauna is abundant and changed in the whole Russia, there are polar bears, polar foxes, reindeers, white owls, mooses, dun bears

P OLITIC

AND ECONOMY

Russia is a federation and a republic semi-presidential, where the President is the Head of State and the Prime Minister is the Head of Government. The Federation of Russia is constituted as a representative democracy.

The currency of Russia is the ruble (RUB).

Russia have les reserves of natural gas grans month, Segone them grans month of carbonic and grans vuitenes them Petrolia month. L'is leading exporter of natural gas and the Second exporter of oil.

C ULTURE

Architecture: Saint Basils Cathedral, Kremlin Palace

Russian Ballet

Crafts: Matrioska doll

G ASTRONOMY

Abundance of fish, mushrooms, fruits of the forest and honey.

Abundant variety of breads, pancakes, cereals, kvass, beer and vodka, elaborated from rye, wheat, barley and millet.
Abundance of different forms of soups and pottages elaborated with meats and fish.

G ASTRONOMY

Borscht. Pirozki

THE END.

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