Broadway

Broadway is the centre of the theatres and nightlife. It is a city that never goes to sleep. The subway and buses run all night. There are many drug stores and restaurants, which never close, cinemas with films that start at mid-night. Broadway is known as "The Great White Way" because of the electric signs, which turn night into day.

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Russia

The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world. It is situated in the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia. The territory of Russia is over 17 million square kilometres. The population of Russia is about 160 million people.

The country is washed by the Arctic Ocean in the North, and the Pacific Ocean in the Еast. It is known to be washed by 12 seas: the White Sea, the Lapteves’Sea, the Barents Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, etc.

On the vast territory of Russia one can find forests, steppes, lowlands and highlands, mountains and valleys. The main mountain chains are the Altai, the Caucasus, the Urals (the natural border between the European and the Asian parts of Russia).

Russia is rich in big and small rivers, the Volga River which flows into the Caspian Sea being the longest river in Europe. Most of the rivers are suitable for navigation, many rivers produce electric power. Russia is rich in beautiful lakes as well. The famous Russian lake Baikal is considered to be the deepest and the most beautiful lake in the world. It is 1620 metres deep, more than any other lake in the world. The lake contains four times as much water as the White Sea, almost 20 per cent of the world’s fresh water reserves. The water of Baikal is amazingly clear, its transparency is 100 times greater than that of many other lakes - in fact it is legendary. Over 300 rivers flow into Baikal, but if you count all those which appear and disappear according to season there are 500 altogether. Thousands of tourists coming to Russia try to visit the lake, to see the picturesque scenery around it, to taste the fish from the lake.

Covering such a large territory Russia certainly has different types of climate in different parts. It varies from arctic in the North to subtropical in the South. The coldest point of the northern hemisphere, where temperatures are minus 70 degrees, is located in Siberia. As far as the climate of the Smolensk Region is concerned it is moderately continental. Summers are relatively warm, and winters are moderately cold. The average annual temperature is + 4,4 ⁰C.

Russia is rich in natural resources. It has deposits of natural gas, coal, oil, iron ores, gold, nickel, silver, etc. Three quarters of the country's minerals and fuels are concentrated in Siberia and the Far East.

There is a diversity of animal life. One can name seal, walrus, polar bear and fox, reindeer, ermine, elk, sable, wolf, wild boar, tiger, etc.

The capital of Russia is Moscow. It occupies the territory of about 900 square kilometres. More than 9 million people live in Moscow. You are likely to remember that in 1997 Moscow celebrated its 850th anniversary.

Moscow is the political, economic, commercial and cultural centre of Rus­sia. It is also the centre of political life. The President of the Russia Federation and the Federal Government work in Moscow.

According to the Constitution, Russia is a Federal Republic. The head of the state is the President. The Federal Government consists of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The legislative power is represented by the Federal Assembly which consists of two chambers - the Council of Federation and the State Duma. The executive power belongs to the Government with the Prime Minister at the head. The judicial branch is represented by the Constitutional Court. The state symbol of Russia is a three-coloured flag (tricоlour). It has three horizontal stripes on it: white, blue and red.

Russia has a mixed economy. The production is controlled by both the government and private producers, though the share of private production is rather small. At present, the political and economic situation in the country is rather complicated. But in spite of the problems Russia is facing now, there are a lot of opportunities for the country to bесоme one of the leading countries in the world.

Russia, as any other country in the world, has its national and religious holidays. Some of them are very popular with the рeoрle. The main Russia national holidays are Victory Day, Independence Day, New Year’s Dау, Wo­men’s Day and May Day. There are some renewed holidays in Russia now which had been forgotten for many yеаrs. These are religious holidays: Christmas, Easter and some others.

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