|It spans two parts of the world, Europe & Asia, | | |
|serving as a bridge between them. | | |
|It is washed by the seas of the Arctic & Pacific | | |
|Oceans. | | |
|The variety of climatic zones it the north down to | | |
|the subtropics in the south. | | |
|It has immense natural resources, such as coal, oil| | |
|& gas, all kinds of mineral deposits, great forests| | |
|& rivers, it has everything. | | |
|There are many branches of industry in Russia - | | |
|machine-building, steel production, chemical & | | |
|electronic industries, & numerous others. | | |
|Unfortunately, agriculture is in a rather poor | | |
|state, & we have to import foodstuffs, & even | | |
|wheat. | | |
|The potential of Russia & its people is great, & | | |
|with reasonable economic mechanisms & laws the | | |
|country will overcome the present difficulties, & | | |
|will occupy the place it deserves in the world | | |
|community. | | |
|The cultural heritage of Russia is rich & varied/ | | |
|The names of Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Tchaikovsky are | | |
|known all over the world/ | | |
|Russia’s history, like that of any other great | | |
|country, is full of glory & blood. | | |
|Russia twice saved Europe from the Dark Age - | | |
|stopping the Tartars, & crushing the German | | |
|fascists. | | |
|I’m proud of my country, I love Russia, my | | |
|motherland, & will do the best I can to improve its| | |
|economic & political situation. | | |
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|An Outstanding Person of Russia. | | |
|Russia gave birth to many wonderful people, who | | |
|made great contributions to all fields of human | | |
|activity, such as science, art, various | | |
|discoveries, & so on. | | |
|The world knows our composers, ballet dancers, | | |
|writers. | | |
|As for me, I think one of the greatest men, who | | |
|influenced Russian & world culture, was Alexander | | |
|Pushkin. | | |
|I believe that in his prose & poetry he actually | | |
|created the modern Russian language, the language | | |
|we use today. | | |
|He was born a nobelman & lived a life of a | | |
|nobelman. | | |
|He studied at an exclusive school, lycee. | | |
|He visited all those balls, & parties, & receptions| | |
|at court. | | |
|But he managed to feel & know the souls of ordinary| | |
|Russian people of all walks of life. | | |
|His power of observation was so great, that in his | | |
|works he drew a comprehensive picture of life in | | |
|Russia at that time. | | |
|It’s a strange phenomenon that poets do not live | | |
|long. | | |
|I think that is because the candle burns so | | |
|brightly & so fast. | | |
|Pushkin was killed at the age of 37 at a duel that | | |
|was a result of intrigue & scandal connected with | | |
|the name of his wife. | | |
|But poets do not die. | | |
|If you asked Russian people who their favourite | | |
|poets is, most would answer «Pushkin». | | |
|Small kids learn to read using his fairy tales, & | | |
|this admiration of his poetry just stays on. | | |
|His works are read & enjoyed by all those who love | | |
|the Russian language & Russia. | | |
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