The russian federation is the largest country in the world. it occupies about l/7(one-seventh) of the earth surface. the country is situated in eastem europe, northern and central asia. its total area is over 17 mil lion square kilometres the russian federation is washed by 12 seas of three oceans: the arc tic, the atlantic and the pacifie, in the south and in the west the country borders on fourteen countries, it also has a sea-border with the usa. there are no countries in the world where such a great variety of flora and fauna can be found as in our land. our country has numerous forests, plains and steppes taiga and tundra. highlands and deserts. the highest mountains in our land are the altai, lhe urals and the caucasus, there are over two thousand rivers in the russian federation. the longest of them are the volga, the ob', the yenisei, the lena and the amur, our land is also rich in lakes with the deepest lake in the world, the baikal, included читать, как читать?