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  1. <!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>
  2. <figure id="R_ch2_informaltable1" class="informaltable"><table><tbody>
  3. <tr><td class="bleft btop center colsep">Lesson №2</td></tr>
  4. <tr><td class="bleft center colsep">GEOGRAPHY</td></tr>
  5. <tr><td class="bleft center colsep">УРОК № 2</td></tr>
  6. <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>
  7. </tbody></table></figure>
  8. <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
  9. Russia!</h2></header>
  10. <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
  11. square miles or, roughly speaking, an area more than TWICE the size of the United States. The
  12. Ural Mountains divide the country into a European (western) half and an Asian (eastern)
  13. half.</p>
  14. <p>To the west, Russia shares borders with Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia and Estonia. Southern
  15. Russia extends to the Caucasus Mountains, which form the frontier with Georgia and Azerbaijan.
  16. 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
  17. in the north to Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China in the south.</p>
  18. <p>The southern portion of Russia is composed primarily of flat, treeless plains known as
  19. <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">степь</span></strong></span> steppe. Siberia itself is comprised of
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. harshest climates known to mankind, with extremely long, cold winters and brief, often
  23. sweltering summers.</p>
  24. <p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Санкт
  25. Петербу́рг</span></strong></span> St. Petersburg , founded by
  26. <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Пётр
  27. Вели́кий</span></strong></span> Peter the Great on the Gulf of
  28. Finland as a "window to the West", has been nicknamed the "brain" of Russia. This is mostly
  29. due to its "European" look, thanks to a regular, grid-like pattern of city planning.
  30. <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><strong class="bold"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Москва́</span></strong></span>́ Moscow, on the other hand, is often
  31. referred to as the "soul", thanks to its more chaotic growth over the years and a more
  32. "Russian" look.</p>
  33. <p>The climate of Moscow is more continental than that of St. Petersburg, with summer
  34. temperatures averaging in the high 70s. Summers in both cities can be humid (though the level
  35. of humidity there can hardly compare with that of a typical DC summer!), with frequent
  36. thunderstorms that seem to come up without much warning. Winter can begin as early as October,
  37. with the first significant snowfalls in early November. Winter temperatures in Moscow, as in
  38. St. Petersburg, average in the mid-teens. Thanks to the effects of the Neva River and the Gulf
  39. of Finland, winters in St. Petersburg tend to feel more damp than those in Moscow. In general,
  40. the weather in these cities is similar to that in the northeastern U.S.</p>
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  42. </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
  43. 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>
  44. <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>
  45. <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
  46. 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>