This video lesson in a Russian language course focuses on basic facts about the country, the people who live there, and the Russian language.
The official name of the country is the Russian Federation. The capital of Russia is Moscow. Everything related to Russia is denoted by the adjective «русский» “Russian”. The official language is Russian. The official currency is the ruble. The population of Russia, 2012 as, is 143 million people.
By land, Russia borders with such countries as Norway, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. Countries with which Russia has a water border: Japan, Sea of Okhotsk; USA, Bering Strait.
Russian is spoken in many countries of the former Soviet Union. Approximately 250 million people speak Russian around the world. Russian is the United Nations official languages one.
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