ответить на вопросы 2 how many republics are there in the russian federation 3. who was the first russian president? 4. what is the highest law of the russian federation? 5. who is the russian president at the moment? who is the prime ister? 6. when did russia stop being a monarchy i'mpnakil and become a republic? 7. what is its capital? hat can you say about it? can you name some other major cities of russia? 9. russia is the largest country in the world, isn't it? 10. where are the altai and the caucasus mountains situated? what other russian mountain chains do you know? 11. where are the rivers lena and ob situated? what other russian rivers do you know? 12. what are the names of the seas around our coasts? 13. what do you know about lake baikal? 14. what do you think are the most important events in the history of russia? 15. can you name any famous people of russia? who are they? what are they famous for? 16. what symbols of russia do you know? 17. what do you know about the russian national flag? say why white, blue and red have always been symbolic 4 colours in russia and what they symbolize.

1. Российская Федерация - Россия (по конституции) The Russian Federation - Russia is the official name of our homeland
2. There are 21 republics in Russian Federation (Adygea, Altai, Bashkortostan, Buryatia, DAgestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Karelia, Komi, Mari El, Mordovia, Sakha (Yakutia), North Ossetia-Alania, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Tuva (Tyva), Khakassia, Chechnya, Chuvashia)
3. Boris Yeltsin was the first Russian President
4. constitution is the highest law of Russia
5. Dmitry Medvedev is the Russian President at the moment. The Prime Minister is Vladimir Putin
6. Russia stopped being a monarchy and became a republic in 1917
7. Moscow is the capital of Russia. It's the biggest city of Russia.
8. St-Petersburg, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk
9. Yes, it is
10.The Altai Mountains are a mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together. The Caucasus are situated in the south-west of Russia.
11. The Lena is situated in the northeastern Siberia. The Ob is situated in western Siberia. There are many rivers in Russia. Their nemes are the Volga, the Kama, the Terek, etc
12. The country is washed by the Pacific and Artic oceans and by the Baltic, the Black and the Azov seas
13. Lake Baikal is the world's deepest, purest, most ancient and most capacious freshwater lake. Lake Baikal alone contains over one fifth of the world's fresh surface water
14. There were many impotant events in russian history: Mongol invasion, the rise of Moscow, reforms of Peter the Great, etc.
15. Yuri Dolgoruky is famous for foundation of Moscow. Alexander Nevsky and Dmitry Donskoi are famous rulers. Yuri Gagarin is the first cosmonaut in the world
16. The official symbols of Russia are Double-headed eagle, coat of arms of Russia, FLag of Russia. Other symbols of Russia are beryoza, bear, balalaika, vodka
17. Russian flag is a tricolour of three equal horizontal fields, white on the top, blue in the middle and red on the bottom. The flag was first used as an ensign for merchant and war ships and only became official in 1896.
The three colours purportedly came from the coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which depict Saint George wearing white (silver) armor, riding a white horse, wearing a blue cape and holding a blue shield, on a red field. According to another version, these three colours were associated with the robes of the Virgin Mary, the holy protectress of Russia.
Yet another interpretation of the three colours is that the order that they are placed in reflected the Russian social system under the monarchy: white represents God, blue the Tsar and red the peasants. Another very common interpretation is the association of colours with the main parts of the Russian Empire: white thus represents Belarus ("White Russia"), blue Ukraine (or Malorossia, "Little Russia"), and red "Great Russia".
A different interpretation associates white with the bright future (where the colour itself is associated with brightness, while its placement at the top - with future); blue with clouded present, and red with bloody past.