The Russian Federation. Акопян Л.Г. - 35 стр.

importance. Three quarters of the country’s minerals and fuels including oil, natural gas,
coal, diamonds and gold are concentrated in Siberia and the Far East.
     There are also iron-stones ores near Kursk and in the Urals, where half of the
world’s variety of minerals can be found.
     Russia is a producer of heavy machines, agricultural machines, airplanes, lorries
and cars, tractors, trenchdiggers, refrigerators, railway carriages, ships and boats, TV
and radio-sets and a lot of other things. Approximately 10 million people are engaged in
agriculture, they produce grain, milk and other dairy products. The largest granaries are
located in the North Caucasus and the Volga and the Arur regions. So the country is
very different. The northern regions surprise everybody by the beauty of their vast
forests stretching away for hundreds of kilometres and by the beauty of their lakes and
rivers. The southern regions surprise us by the beauty of the Black Sea coast. The flora
of the central region is not less beautiful with its grassy meadows and hills with its
wheat fields stretching away for hundreds of kilometres to the horizon.

     7.2 State if there are answers to the following questions in the text read.
    1) What territory does Russia cover?
    2) What kind of country is Russia?
    3) What is the country like in the northern regions?
    4) What are the names of the biggest lakes and rivers of the North?
    5) Do the southern regions surprise us by the beauty of the Black Sea coast?
    6) When is the flora of the central regions more beautiful, in early spring or in early
autumn?
    7) Russia is rich in mineral resources: forests, waters, minerals and fuels, isn’t it?
    8) What industrial items does Russia produce?
    9) What are the biggest hydroelectric stations in Russia?
    10) What do people use the energy of the power stations for?



      7.3 Write down the contents of the text read in Russian

      7.4 Text 2. Title the text being read by the teacher.

      The Russian Federation is a multinational state. It comprises many national
districts, several autonomous republics and regions. The population of the country is
about 140 million people. Russian is the official language of the state. The national
symbols of the Russian Federation are a white-blue-red banner and a double-headed
eagle.
      The Russian Federation is a constitutional republic headed by the President. The
country government consists of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The

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