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							<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"><head xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" profile=""><title>Chapter 2. Lesson 2</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/></head><body><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d0e6286" shape="rect"/>Chapter 2. Lesson 2</h1></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="1"><colgroup span="1"><col span="1"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Lesson №2</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">GEOGRAPHY</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">УРОК № 2</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="Images/FsiRussianFast-Lessons2-5-1.png" alt="Lesson 2"/></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d0e6306" shape="rect"/><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Добро пожаловать в Россию</em></span>! Welcome to
      Russia!</h1></div></div></div><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Россия</em></span></strong></span></em></span> Russia covers more than 6.5 million
      square miles or, roughly speaking, an area more than TWICE the size of the United States. The
      Ural Mountains divide the country into a European (western) half and an Asian (eastern)
      half.</p><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Россия</em></span></strong></span></em></span> Russia covers more than 6.5 million
      square miles or, roughly speaking, an area more than TWICE the size of the United States. The
      Ural Mountains divide the country into a European (western) half and an Asian (eastern)
      half.</p><p>To the west, Russia shares borders with Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia and Estonia. Southern
      Russia extends to the Caucasus Mountains, which form the frontier with Georgia and Azerbaijan.
      In the east, that portion of Russia known as <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Сибирь</em></span></strong></span></em></span>
      Siberia stretches from the Arctic Ocean in the north to Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China in the
      south.</p><p>The southern portion of Russia is composed primarily of flat, treeless plains known as
        <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">степь</em></span></strong></span></em></span> steppe. Siberia itself is comprised of
      a northern belt of permanently frozen, treeless plains <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тундра</em></span></strong></span></em></span>
      and, more southerly, vast evergreen forests <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тайга</em></span></strong></span></em></span>. The
      tundra region has one of the harshest climates known to mankind, with extremely long, cold
      winters and brief, often sweltering summers.</p><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Санкт
            Петербург</em></span></strong></span></em></span> St. Petersburg , founded by
        <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Пётр
            Великий</em></span></strong></span></em></span> Peter the Great on the Gulf of
      Finland as a "window to the West", has been nicknamed the "brain" of Russia. This is mostly
      due to its "European" look, thanks to a regular, grid-like pattern of city planning.
        <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Москва</em></span></strong></span></em></span> Moscow, on the other hand, is often
      referred to as the "soul", thanks to its more chaotic growth over the years and a more
      "Russian" look.</p><p>The climate of Moscow is more continental than that of St. Petersburg, with summer
      temperatures averaging in the high 70s. Summers in both cities can be humid (though the level
      of humidity there can hardly compare with that of a typical DC summer!), with frequent
      thunderstorms that seem to come up without much warning. Winter can begin as early as October,
      with the first significant snowfalls in early November. Winter temperatures in Moscow, as in
      St. Petersburg, average in the mid-teens. Thanks to the effects of the Neva River and the Gulf
      of Finland, winters in St. Petersburg tend to feel more damp than those in Moscow. In general,
      the weather in these cities is similar to that in the northeastern U.S.</p></div></div></body></html>