Ex.6. Your pen-friend asked you to write him about your native town.
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Moab, UT
Hi, Richard!
How are you doing? I hope everything is OK at your end. Last time you asked me to write about my native town.
The city of Ufa is the capital of the multinational sovereign Republic of Bashkortostan within the Russian Federation. It was founded in 1574.
Ufa is located in the east of Europe at the confluence of the Ufa (Ufimka), the Agidel (Belaya) and the Dyoma Rivers.The city covers the area of 468.4 square kilometres. Its population is over 1 million people.
Ufa today is a major industrial, agrarian, scientific and cultural centre of the country. It produces diesel fuel, petrol, herbicides, caustic soda, aircraft and car engines, agricultural machinery, light and food industry products, medicines. The city exports machinery and equipment, raw materials and consumer goods.
There are a lot of higher educational institutions, high schools, lyceums, gymnasiums, colleges, the Bashkir Academy of Sciences and a number of research institutes in Ufa.
There are a lot of theatres, cinemas, museums, libraries, a circus, the Bashkir State Philharmonic Society and the Palace of Sports.
There is a number of monuments, parks, hotels, banks and historical buildings in Ufa. There are two bus stations, a railway station, an airport and a river port in our city.
I hope you will come to Ufa some day and enjoy it! I’m looking forward to writing about your native town.
Keep in touch. Best wishes, Max.
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