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Russia-

     Russia has quite a bit of mountains. On the western side the Ural Mountains run through it, and the Stanoveor Mountains on the eastern side. I has several major rivers, Volga, Ob, Yenisey, and Lena River. The Arctic Ocean is to the north of Russia. To the west of Russia is Finland, Estonia, Ukraine, and others. to the east and south is Japan, China, Mongolia, and Kazakstan.

     Russia is a constitutional federation. This means that there is a court that decides whether the laws or policies that the president creates are following the constitution. The members of the government are the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and the federal ministers. Dmitry Medvedev is the current president of Russia. Before him Vladimir Putin was the leader.

     In 1237 there was a Mongol invasion. Russia was in world war I against Germany. In WWII Russia (Soviet Union) was attacked by Germany. Russia was in the Cold War with the U.S. , which was a time of tense negotiations that came close to nuclear war.

     The Ural Mountains in Russia are supposedly on of the first mountains in the world. there are many glaciers in Russia. The Volga River Delta is famous for a lotus flower called the Caspian Rose.

St. Petersburg and Moscow in Russia a godd vacation spots for there beauty, architecture, and diversity. Also moscow is the capital of Russia.

    Russia has alot of oil, coal, and metals that it is a big money maker for the economy.

I used .... There are places.com, wikipedia, and worlda atlas.com.

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