E. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

capital in terms of covers in the south symbolizes vast borders on approximately according to destroyed in the west

1) Mongols… the main population centers except for Novgorod and Pskov in the 13th century.

2) Peter the Great moved the … from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

3) … of population, Russia is the ninth largest country in the world.

4) Russia … most of Eastern Europe and north Asia.

5) Russia … Norway and Finland in the northwest; Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania …; Georgia and Azerbaijan in the southwest; and Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, and North Korea …

6) The population of Moscow is …10,500,000.

7) … the census there are more than 140 languages and dialects in Russia.

8) Two-headed eagle … two parts of Russia – European and Asian.

9) Siberia is a very … territory.

 

SPEAKING

Speak about Russia using the prompts.

 

STATISTICS