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25.12.2021 14:23 •  Английский язык

Переведите следующий текст. russia [1] the total area of russia is a little more than 17 million square kilometres. the population is about 150 million people. the capital of russia is moscow. the greater part of the territory of russia is vast plains with low mountain ranges and long rivers. the urals divide russia into the european and asian parts. [2] the volga and the ural are the longest rivers in the european part of the country. the longest rivers in the asian part are the ob, the yenisei and the lena which flow into the arctic ocean. the world's largest inland sea is the caspian. lake baikal is the world's deepest lake. our country is very rich in 39 mineral resources; especially it is rich in gas, oil and forests which are exported to different countries on a large scale. [3] as russia is a very large country, its climate is very different. however, we can say that it is mainly continental. the arctic ocean influences the weather on a great territory of the country. in some parts of our country winter lasts as long as six months. the european part of russia is in the temperate zone with warm or hot summers and rather mild winters. [4] from an agricultural country our country has become a highly developed industrial and agricultural state. heavy industry has been created. there have appeared such new branches of industry as aviation, machinebuilding, chemical, automobile and many others. a number of hydroelectric power stations have been constructed as well. [5] it is to be noted that the first atomic power station in the world began operating in obninsk near moscow in 1954; the first atomic ice-breaker in the world was also built in russia. for a number of years our country played a leading role in the field of space exploration. in 1957, the first artificial satellite in the world was launched in russia. the first space flight was carried out by yury gagarin in 1961.