ПЕРЕВЕДИТЕ Russia is the largcst country in the world. It covers half of Europe and the third part of Asia and is locatcd in Eastern Europe and North- erm and Central Asia. Russia borderS on Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, and other countries. Russia is washed by the Pacific Ocean in the cast and the Arctic Occan in the north. The main rivers are the Volga, the Yen- isey, the Ob and the Lena. The Baikal Lake, the deepest fresh water lake in the world, is in Siberia. It contains about twenty percent of the world's fresh water supply. There are several mountain chains in Rus- sia: the Urals and the Altai. Large part of Russia is covered with forests. On the vast territory of Russia there are four climatic zones. They are the arctic, the subarctic, the temperate, and the subtropical zones. The subtropical climate is the warmest. The central part of Russia has the moderate climate with four distinct seasons, which differ greatly in the weather. The most part of the territory of the country has continen- tal climate. Russia is rich in natural resources, including vast areas of fertile lands and forests, deep lakes and wide rives. It is rich in mineral depos- its, such as coal, oil, iron ore, gas, copper, lead, gold and others. Russia has a developed industry. It has made a great progress in science and engineering. The population of Russia is about 150 million people. It is a multi- national country. The highest legislative body of the Russian Federation is the Rus- sian Parliament (Duma). The executive power is held by the President and the Cabinet of Ministers. The President is Head of State. The Russian Federation is a free union of a number of regions, territories and autonomous republics, for example, Karelia, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mordovia and others.