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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Geography - The biggest territory of the world. It occupies more than one half of Europe ( eastern part ) and northeast of Asia.
Borders - in west - Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Byelorussia, Poland, Ukraine, in south - Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, Korea. The coasts of Russia are washes from the north with Northern Ocean, from the west - Baltic sea, from the south - Black sea, Azov sea, Caspian sea, from the east - Pacific ocean and Beringovo sea, Okhotskoye sea, Japanese sea.
Climate - The biggest part of Russia is in a moderate climatic zone; the islands of Arctic ocean and northern continental areas are in arctic and subarctic zones; Black sea coast of Caucasus is in subtropical zone. The climate in the south of Far East is moderately:
Capital - Moscow
State language - Russian
Form of government - democratic federal state with republican form of government.
Main religions - Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism.
Time - Moscow time
Currency - Ruble ( 100 kopeck )
Main sightseeing:
Some architectural and historic-cultural monuments of the Russian Federation are put on the list of World Legacy of UNESCO, that is Moscow Kremlin and Red Square, historical center of Sankt-Petersburg and palace-parking complexes of its suburbs, grave-yard Ki, historical monuments of Novgorod, complex Solovetskie Islands, whitestones monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal, Boris and Gleb Church in Kidekshe, Troitse-Sergieva Lavra in Sergiev Posad, Church of Ascension in Kolomenskoe, perfect in its harmonically link with russian nature Pokrov-na-Nerly Temple in Bogoljubov, near Vladimir, Novgorodsky Kremlin.
In Moscow: the oldest of the museums - The Armoury in the Kremlin ( 1806 ), and Museum of theater of the mane of Bahrushin, Decembrists' Museum, Museum of folk arts "Ostankino", Country-house museum of Sheremetyevs in Kuskovo; Tsaritsyno;country ensemble-museum Arkhangelskoye XVIII - XIX cent. with a regular park and palace in the classicism-style; State historical-architectural museum Kolomenskoe XVI - XVII cent.; Pushkin-museum of fine arts; Historical museum; Tretjakov gallery; Museum of East; Museum of music culture of the name of M. I. Glinka; Borodino panorama etc.
In St. Petersburg: the historical center of the city is a single ensemble - there are 120 museums there. The most famous museums are the Hermitage, Russkiy museum, Museum of the city sculpture, Museum of the city's history, Naval museum, Museum of anthropology and ethnography ( Kunstkamera ) of the name of the Peter the Great; Kazansky Cathedral-museum etc. There are a lot of magnificent ensembles, parks and gardens in the city: Letniy garden, about 40 channels ( "North Venice" ), Peter and Paul fortress, Alexandro-Nevskaya lavra - burial-vault of Russian emperors; the Admiralty; Palace square and Winter palace etc. There are near the town architectural-park's ensembles Pushkino, Krasnoye selo, Peter Palace ( Peterhof ) etc.
In Pskov: there is historical-artistic and architectural nature museum XII-XVII cent.: cathedrals of cloisters, stone palaces of Pogankins XVII cent., Pskovo-Petchersky cloister XV cent. near the town with Uspenskaya cave church and nature museum "Pushkinskiye gory". Solovetskie islands in the White sea are the historical-architectural nature museum, including the complex of fortress-cloister of XV cent. with preserving walls, dining-room, towers, Uspenskiy and Preobraghenskiy cloisters.
Telephone: you can pay with phonecards or counters ( you can buy it in every metro cash-desk ). You can phone all over the world from the automatic phone.
Necessary numbers: 01 - fire station; 02 - police; 03 - emergency


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