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- <!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="no-js"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/><title>Chapter 2. Lesson 2</title><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/><link href="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" rel="schema.dc"/><meta name="dc.modified" content="2020-12-31T15:54:41Z"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook xslTNG version 1.3.1 / e40a642 / SAXON HE 10.2"/><link href="./css/docbook.css" rel="stylesheet"/><link href="./css/docbook-screen.css" rel="stylesheet"/><link href="./css/docbook-toc.css" rel="stylesheet"/><link rel="prev" href="ch01s09.html"/><link rel="next" href="ch02s02.html"/><link rel="up" href="index.html"/><link rel="home" href="index.html"/></head><body><nav class="top"><div><a href="index.html">Home</a> <a href="index.html">Up</a> <a href="ch02s02.html">Next</a> <a href="ch01s09.html">Previous</a></div></nav><main><div id="R_ch2" class="chapter"><header><h2><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">2<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 2</h2></header>
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- <figure id="R_ch2_informaltable1" class="informaltable"><table><tbody>
- <tr><td class="bleft btop center colsep">Lesson №2</td></tr>
- <tr><td class="bleft center colsep">GEOGRAPHY</td></tr>
- <tr><td class="bleft center colsep">УРОК № 2</td></tr>
- <tr><td class="bleft center colsep rowsep"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><span class="imageobject"><span class="media"><img src="file:/mnt/Raid/eric/Devs/Docbook-Projets/Russe/fsi/Images/FsiRussianFast-Lessons2-5-1.png"/></span></span></span></td></tr>
- </tbody></table></figure>
- <section id="R_ch2_s1" class="section"><header><h2><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Добро́ пожа́ловать в Росси́ю</span>! Welcome to
- Russia!</h2></header>
-
- <p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Росси́я</span></strong></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 lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Сиби́рь</span></strong></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 lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">степь</span></strong></span> steppe. Siberia itself is comprised of
- a northern belt of permanently frozen, treeless plains <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ту́ндра</span></strong></span> and, more southerly, vast evergreen
- forests <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тайга́</span></strong></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 lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Санкт
- Петербу́рг</span></strong></span> St. Petersburg , founded by
- <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Пётр
- Вели́кий</span></strong></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 lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Москва́</span></strong></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>
- </section>
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- </div></main><nav class="bottom"><table width="100%"><tr><td class="previous"><a href="ch01s09.html">Previous</a></td><td class="up"><a href="index.html">Up</a></td><td class="next"><a href="ch02s02.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td class="previous"><span class="number">9<span class="sep"> </span></span>Learning Russian script</td><td class="up"><a href="index.html">Home</a></td><td class="next"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Росси́я и ка́рта ми́ра</span>.</td></tr></table><nav class="tocopen"></nav><nav class="toc"></nav><!-- Hide ToC details from user agents that don’t support JS --><script type="text/html" class="tocopen"><span>[toc]</span></script><script type="text/html" class="toc"><header><span>Table of Contents</span><span class="close"><span>╳</span></span></header><div><ul class="toc"><li><a href="pf01.html">Preface</a></li><li><a href="pf02.html">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="pf03.html">Fast tapes</a></li><li><a href="ch01.html"><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">1<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 1</a><ul class="toc"><li><a href="ch01.html#R_ch1_s1"><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Ру́сский алфави́т</span></a></li><li><a href="ch01s02.html"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span>The Russian alphabet</a></li><li><a href="ch01s03.html"><span class="number">3<span class="sep"> </span></span>Russian phonetics</a></li><li><a href="ch01s04.html"><span class="number">4<span class="sep"> </span></span>Practice in Russian phonetics</a></li><li><a href="ch01s05.html"><span class="number">5<span class="sep"> </span></span>Spelling and pronunciation</a></li><li><a href="ch01s06.html"><span class="number">6<span class="sep"> </span></span>Rule 1: the vowels o and a</a></li><li><a href="ch01s07.html"><span class="number">7<span class="sep"> </span></span>Rule 2: The vowels <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">е</span> and <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">я</span></a></li><li><a href="ch01s08.html"><span class="number">8<span class="sep"> </span></span>Reading exercises</a></li><li><a href="ch01s09.html"><span class="number">9<span class="sep"> </span></span>Learning Russian script</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="ch02.html"><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">2<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 2</a><ul class="toc"><li><a href="ch02.html#R_ch2_s1"><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Добро́ пожа́ловать в Росси́ю</span>! Welcome to
- Russia!</a></li><li><a href="ch02s02.html"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Росси́я и ка́рта ми́ра</span>.</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="ch03.html"><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">3<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 3</a><ul class="toc"><li><a href="ch03.html#R_ch3_s1"><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Дава́йте познако́мимся!</span></a></li><li><a href="ch03s02.html"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span>Russian names</a></li><li><a href="ch03s03.html"><span class="number">3<span class="sep"> </span></span>When to use <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Вы</span> and <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Ты</span></a></li><li><a href="ch03s04.html"><span class="number">4<span class="sep"> </span></span>Addressing friends and acquaintances in Russian</a></li><li><a href="ch03s05.html"><span class="number">5<span class="sep"> </span></span>Examples of names and patronymics</a></li><li><a href="ch03s06.html"><span class="number">6<span class="sep"> </span></span>Getting someone's attention/Addressing strangers</a></li><li><a href="ch03s07.html"><span class="number">7<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch03s08.html"><span class="number">8<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ния</span></a></li><li><a href="ch03s09.html"><span class="number">9<span class="sep"> </span></span>Beyond "how do you do?"</a></li><li><a href="ch03s10.html"><span class="number">10<span class="sep"> </span></span>In case you were wondering</a></li><li><a href="ch03s11.html"><span class="number">11<span class="sep"> </span></span>The Russian intonation system</a></li><li><a href="ch03s12.html"><span class="number">12<span class="sep"> </span></span>Useful words and expressions</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="ch04.html"><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">4<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 4</a><ul class="toc"><li><a href="ch04.html#R_ch4_s1"><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Семья</span></a></li><li><a href="ch04s02.html"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch04s03.html"><span class="number">3<span class="sep"> </span></span>Numbers from 1-10</a></li><li><a href="ch04s04.html"><span class="number">4<span class="sep"> </span></span>Listening comprehension exercise</a></li><li><a href="ch04s05.html"><span class="number">5<span class="sep"> </span></span>In case you were wondering</a></li><li><a href="ch04s06.html"><span class="number">6<span class="sep"> </span></span>Useful words and expressions</a></li><li><a href="ch04s07.html"><span class="number">7<span class="sep"> </span></span>Numbers</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="ch05.html"><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">5<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 5</a><ul class="toc"><li><a href="ch05.html#R_ch5_s1"><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Где вы рабо́таете?</span></a></li><li><a href="ch05s02.html"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch05s03.html"><span class="number">3<span class="sep"> </span></span>Numbers from 11-20</a></li><li><a href="ch05s04.html"><span class="number">4<span class="sep"> </span></span>Days of the week</a></li><li><a href="ch05s05.html"><span class="number">5<span class="sep"> </span></span>Months of the year</a></li><li><a href="ch05s06.html"><span class="number">6<span class="sep"> </span></span>Listening comprehension exercise</a></li><li><a href="ch05s07.html"><span class="number">7<span class="sep"> </span></span>In case you were wondering</a></li><li><a href="ch05s08.html"><span class="number">8<span class="sep"> </span></span>Useful words and expressions</a></li><li><a href="ch05s09.html"><span class="number">9<span class="sep"> </span></span>Numbers</a></li><li><a href="ch05s10.html"><span class="number">10<span class="sep"> </span></span>Days of the week</a></li><li><a href="ch05s11.html"><span class="number">11<span class="sep"> </span></span>Months of the year</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="ch06.html"><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">6<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 6</a><ul class="toc"><li><a href="ch06.html#R_ch6_s1"><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Где вы живёте?</span></a></li><li><a href="ch06s02.html"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch06s03.html"><span class="number">3<span class="sep"> </span></span>Listening Comprehension Exercise</a></li><li><a href="ch06s04.html"><span class="number">4<span class="sep"> </span></span>In case you were wondering</a></li><li><a href="ch06s05.html"><span class="number">5<span class="sep"> </span></span>Useful words and expressions</a></li><li><a href="ch06s06.html"><span class="number">6<span class="sep"> </span></span>Numbers</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="ch07.html"><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">7<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 7</a><ul class="toc"><li><a href="ch07.html#R_ch7_s1"><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Мы идём в магази́н!</span></a></li><li><a href="ch07s02.html"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">В магази́не</span></a></li><li><a href="ch07s03.html"><span class="number">3<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch07s04.html"><span class="number">4<span class="sep"> </span></span>Beyond matryoshka</a></li><li><a href="ch07s05.html"><span class="number">5<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Ско́лько?</span>
- <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ско́лько сто́ит?</span></a></li><li><a href="ch07s06.html"><span class="number">6<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Мы идём на ры́нок!</span></a></li><li><a href="ch07s07.html"><span class="number">7<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">На ры́нке</span></a></li><li><a href="ch07s08.html"><span class="number">8<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch07s09.html"><span class="number">9<span class="sep"> </span></span>Beyond apples and oranges</a></li><li><a href="ch07s10.html"><span class="number">10<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch07s11.html"><span class="number">11<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch07s12.html"><span class="number">12<span class="sep"> </span></span>What's going on?</a></li><li><a href="ch07s13.html"><span class="number">13<span class="sep"> </span></span>Numbers from 100-1000</a></li><li><a href="ch07s14.html"><span class="number">14<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch07s15.html"><span class="number">15<span class="sep"> </span></span>Whats going on?</a></li><li><a href="ch07s16.html"><span class="number">16<span class="sep"> </span></span>Beyond samovars</a></li><li><a href="ch07s17.html"><span class="number">17<span class="sep"> </span></span>Listening Comprehension Exercise</a></li><li><a href="ch07s18.html"><span class="number">18<span class="sep"> </span></span>In case you were wondering</a></li><li><a href="ch07s19.html"><span class="number">19<span class="sep"> </span></span>Personal Pronouns</a></li><li><a href="ch07s20.html"><span class="number">20<span class="sep"> </span></span>Useful words and expressions</a></li><li><a href="ch07s21.html"><span class="number">21<span class="sep"> </span></span>Numbers</a></li><li><a href="ch07s22.html"><span class="number">22<span class="sep"> </span></span>Colors</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="ch08.html"><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">8<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 8</a><ul class="toc"><li><a href="ch08.html#R_ch8_s1"><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span>«<span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Щи да ка́ша, пи́ща на́ша</span>»</a></li><li><a href="ch08s02.html"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span>Restaurants:</a></li><li><a href="ch08s03.html"><span class="number">3<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch08s04.html"><span class="number">4<span class="sep"> </span></span>A Russian menu</a></li><li><a href="ch08s05.html"><span class="number">5<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch08s06.html"><span class="number">6<span class="sep"> </span></span>Beyond chicken Kiev</a></li><li><a href="ch08s07.html"><span class="number">7<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch08s08.html"><span class="number">8<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">На столе</span>́ / on the dinner table</a></li><li><a href="ch08s09.html"><span class="number">9<span class="sep"> </span></span>Listening Comprehension Exercise</a></li><li><a href="ch08s10.html"><span class="number">10<span class="sep"> </span></span>In case you were wondering</a></li><li><a href="ch08s11.html"><span class="number">11<span class="sep"> </span></span>Ordinal Numbers</a></li><li><a href="ch08s12.html"><span class="number">12<span class="sep"> </span></span>The Instrumental Case</a></li><li><a href="ch08s13.html"><span class="number">13<span class="sep"> </span></span>Personal Pronouns</a></li><li><a href="ch08s14.html"><span class="number">14<span class="sep"> </span></span>Useful words and expressions</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="ch09.html"><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">9<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 9</a><ul class="toc"><li><a href="ch09.html#R_ch9_s1"><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">На маши́не по го́роду</span></a></li><li><a href="ch09s02.html"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Доро́жные зна́ки</span> / Road signs</a></li><li><a href="ch09s03.html"><span class="number">3<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch09s04.html"><span class="number">4<span class="sep"> </span></span>Beyond the metro</a></li><li><a href="ch09s05.html"><span class="number">5<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch09s06.html"><span class="number">6<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch09s07.html"><span class="number">7<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">По у́лицам Москвы́</span></a></li><li><a href="ch09s08.html"><span class="number">8<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch09s09.html"><span class="number">9<span class="sep"> </span></span>Listening Comprehension Exercise</a></li><li><a href="ch09s10.html"><span class="number">10<span class="sep"> </span></span>In case you were wondering</a></li><li><a href="ch09s11.html"><span class="number">11<span class="sep"> </span></span>In case you were wondering</a></li><li><a href="ch09s12.html"><span class="number">12<span class="sep"> </span></span>Useful words and expressions</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="ch10.html"><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">10<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 10</a><ul class="toc"><li><a href="ch10.html#R_ch10_s1"><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">В гости́нице</span>.</a></li><li><a href="ch10s02.html"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch10s03.html"><span class="number">3<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Како́й но́мер вам ну́жен?</span></a></li><li><a href="ch10s04.html"><span class="number">4<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch10s05.html"><span class="number">5<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Когда́?</span>
- <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">В кото́ром часу́?</span></a></li><li><a href="ch10s06.html"><span class="number">6<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch10s07.html"><span class="number">7<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch10s08.html"><span class="number">8<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">У меня́ в но́мере нет</span></a></li><li><a href="ch10s09.html"><span class="number">9<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch10s10.html"><span class="number">10<span class="sep"> </span></span>Using what you've learned in this lesson</a></li><li><a href="ch10s11.html"><span class="number">11<span class="sep"> </span></span>Listening Comprehension Exercise</a></li><li><a href="ch10s12.html"><span class="number">12<span class="sep"> </span></span>In case you were wondering</a></li><li><a href="ch10s13.html"><span class="number">13<span class="sep"> </span></span>Useful words and expressions</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="ch11.html"><span class="label">Chapter<span class="sep"> </span></span><span class="number">11<span class="sep">. </span></span>Lesson 11</a><ul class="toc"><li><a href="ch11.html#R_ch11_s1"><span class="number">1<span class="sep"> </span></span><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Телефо́н</span></a></li><li><a href="ch11s02.html"><span class="number">2<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch11s03.html"><span class="number">3<span class="sep"> </span></span>Review the months of the year in Russian. (The forms in parentheses are the GENITIVE
- CASE.)</a></li><li><a href="ch11s04.html"><span class="number">4<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch11s05.html"><span class="number">5<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch11s06.html"><span class="number">6<span class="sep"> </span></span>Setting the scene</a></li><li><a href="ch11s07.html"><span class="number">7<span class="sep"> </span></span>Review dialogs</a></li><li><a href="ch11s08.html"><span class="number">8<span class="sep"> </span></span>Listening Comprehension Exercise</a></li><li><a href="ch11s09.html"><span class="number">9<span class="sep"> </span></span>Useful words and expressions</a></li><li><a href="ch11s10.html"><span class="number">10<span class="sep"> </span></span>End!</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></script></nav><script src="./js/persistent-toc.js"></script><script src="./js/chunk-nav.js"></script></body></html>
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