Russia has a large territory. It is nearly 10,000 (ten thousand) kilometres from east to west and nearly 5,000 (five thousand) kilometres from north to south. Its population is 150,000,000 (one hundred and fifty) million people. Russia is a parliamentary republic. Head of State in the country is President. The capital of the Russian Federation is Moscow, with a population of about 11 million people.
From spring till autumn the sun never sets over Russia: in Kaliningrad people see how it sets in the Baltic, when in Kamchatka it rises out of the Pacific Ocean at the same time. People in our country can see the New Year eleven times in one night.