Russia

Russia is the largest country in the world. It borders 13 countries to the west and south and has long coastlines on the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
The climate and vegetation range between the Arctic tundra in the north and the steppe towards the Black and Caspian Sea coasts. In general the climate is extreme continen-tal.
The economy is dependent on exploitation of its vast mineral resources. Russia is a major producer of oil, natural gas, coal, steel, machinery, chemicals and textiles.
In Russia live about 130.000.000 people in an area of about 18.000.000 square kilome-ters. The main langue is Russian with Tater and Ukraine as dialects. Only in the large cities some English and German is spoken.