Russia

RUSSIA



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LOCATION The relative location of Russia is in the Europe but too in Asia. The country is surrounded by the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, and 14 countries: Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland and the Ukraine.



The absolute location of Russia is 55 ° 45 North latitude and 37 ° 42 longitude east.

POPULATION

At the estimated that the average population of Russia would be 143,420,300people.

Movement/Transportation There are the trains, trans siberian trains, airlines, buses, car and hitchhiking in Russia.



Place In the south, the vast place of Russia is hot and dry. Winters are short but cold. The Russian winter equal certainly a lot of snow and frost... but not everywhere. The Russia climate varies a lot, from the deep Arctic chill of the far north to the searing desert heat of further south. Yet, throughout much of the country there are only two distinct seasons – winter and summer. Spring and autumn are only brief spells of change in between. There are a lot mountains at Russia.
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REGION The region of Russia make part of Europe, but also a part of Asia called Eurasia.

Human/Environment Interaction

Forests cover most of the region but people continue cutting trees to make space for new cities and roads. Education System

Only 11 grades but it could be only 10 years of school because russian students skip 4th grade russian school is much harder than in america. Students have to take 10-13 classes a year. Classes consist of 15-25 students and each of them take the same classes. Classes last 45 minutes each and it is usually 6 classes a day Russian kids study on saturdays. Sports in russian school are not that as big as in the USA.

5 other interesting facts

-Until the 1917 revolution, Russian was the only official language of the Russian Empire. -About 100 others are used across the country.

The capital is Moscow with the population over 12 million people

In St.Petersburg (the 2nd biggest city) there are white nights during the summer time, so at 3 in the morning, the sky is bright.

soccer and hockey are the most popular sports

About three-quarters of Russian families live in small city apartments. Some families also have a country cottage, which is called a //dacha//.

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