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          <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02.xhtml#d5e4396"><span xml:lang="ru"
                  class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Добро́ пожа́ловать в
                    Росси́ю</em></span>! Welcome to Russia!</a></span></dt>
          <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml"><span xml:lang="ru"
                  class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Росси́я и ка́рта
                    ми́ра</em></span>.</a></span></dt>
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              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4431"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №1.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4503"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №2.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4684"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №3.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4695"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №4.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4716"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №5.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4727"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №6.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4773"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №7.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4846"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №8: <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                        xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Како́й</em></span>?</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4861"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №9: <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                        xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Что</em></span>? <span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Что</em></span>
                    <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                        class="foreignphrase">э́то</em></span>?</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4880"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №10:<span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                        xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"> где?</em></span>
                    <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                        class="foreignphrase">Вот</em></span>.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4983"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №11.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e4990"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №12.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5018"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №13.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5065"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Кли́мат Росси́и.
                        Пого́да.</em></span></a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5099"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №14.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5119"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Росси́я и
                        Бли́жнее Зарубе́жье.</em></span> Russia and the Newly Independent States of
                    Eurasia</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5262"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №15.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5297"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №16.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5337"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №17.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5400"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №18.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5423"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №19.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5446"><span xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №20.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5473"><span xml:lang="ru"
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                      >Упражне́ние</em></span> №21.</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5555">In case you were
                    wondering</a></span></dt>
              <dt><span class="section"><a href="ch02s02.xhtml#d5e5953">Useful words and
                    expressions</a></span></dt>
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              <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="d5e4396"></a><span xml:lang="ru"
                  class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Добро́ пожа́ловать в
                    Росси́ю</em></span>! Welcome to Russia!</h2>
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        <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">Росси́я</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">Сиби́рь</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">ту́ндра</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"
                  >тайга́</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 Петербу́рг</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
                    Вели́кий</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"
                    >Москва́</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>
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