1. The size of Russia is 17,098,246 km2 (6,601,670 sq mi)
3. The enormous size of Russia and the remoteness of many areas from the sea result in the dominance of the humid continental climate, which is prevalent in all parts of the country except for the tundra and the extreme southwest. Mountains in the south obstruct the flow of warm air masses from the Indian Ocean, while the plain of the west and north makes the country open to Arctic and Atlantic influences.[193]
Most of Northern European Russia and Siberia has a subarctic climate, with extremely severe winters in the inner regions of Northeast Siberia (mostly the Sakha Republic, where the Northern Pole of Cold is located with the record low temperature of −71.2 °C or −96.2 °F), and more moderate winters elsewhere. Both the strip of land along the shore of the Arctic Ocean and the Russian Arctic islands have a polar climate.
The coastal part of Krasnodar Krai on the Black Sea, most notably in Sochi, possesses a humid subtropical climate with mild and wet winters. In many regions of East Siberia and the Far East, winter is dry compared to summer; other parts of the country experience more even precipitation across seasons. Winter precipitation in most parts of the country usually falls as snow. The region along the Lower Volga and Caspian Sea coast, as well as some areas of southernmost Siberia, possesses a semi-arid climate.
What are you ( doing) here at such a late hour? Are you ( writing) your composition? — No, I (have written) it already. I (am working) at my report. — And when did you ( write) your composition? — I ( finished) it two days ago. 2. I say, Tom, let's have dinner. — No, thank you, I have already ( had) dinner. 3. What is the weather like? Is it still ( raining)? — No, it (has stopped) raining. 4. Please give me a pencil, I have lost mine. 5. I (have not met) Peter since Monday. 6. Nina has just ( finished) work. 7. Where is Sergei? — He (has gone) home. He ( left) the room a minute ago. 8. What are you ( reading) now? — I (am reading) "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte. 9. They ( read) "Ivanhoe" by Walter Scott a month ago. What about you? Have you ( read) "Ivanhoe"? 10. My watch (has stopped). There (is) something wrong with it. 11. Have you ( seen) Jack today? — Yes, I ( saw) him at the institute. 12. Have you ( heard) the new symphony by M.? — Yes, I have. — When did you ( hear) it? — I ( heard) it last Sunday. 13. You (have changed) so much. Has anything ( happened)?
3. The enormous size of Russia and the remoteness of many areas from the sea result in the dominance of the humid continental climate, which is prevalent in all parts of the country except for the tundra and the extreme southwest. Mountains in the south obstruct the flow of warm air masses from the Indian Ocean, while the plain of the west and north makes the country open to Arctic and Atlantic influences.[193]
Most of Northern European Russia and Siberia has a subarctic climate, with extremely severe winters in the inner regions of Northeast Siberia (mostly the Sakha Republic, where the Northern Pole of Cold is located with the record low temperature of −71.2 °C or −96.2 °F), and more moderate winters elsewhere. Both the strip of land along the shore of the Arctic Ocean and the Russian Arctic islands have a polar climate.
The coastal part of Krasnodar Krai on the Black Sea, most notably in Sochi, possesses a humid subtropical climate with mild and wet winters. In many regions of East Siberia and the Far East, winter is dry compared to summer; other parts of the country experience more even precipitation across seasons. Winter precipitation in most parts of the country usually falls as snow. The region along the Lower Volga and Caspian Sea coast, as well as some areas of southernmost Siberia, possesses a semi-arid climate.
What are you ( doing) here at such a late hour? Are you ( writing) your composition? — No, I (have written) it already. I (am working) at my report. — And when did you ( write) your composition? — I ( finished) it two days ago. 2. I say, Tom, let's have dinner. — No, thank you, I have already ( had) dinner. 3. What is the weather like? Is it still ( raining)? — No, it (has stopped) raining. 4. Please give me a pencil, I have lost mine. 5. I (have not met) Peter since Monday. 6. Nina has just ( finished) work. 7. Where is Sergei? — He (has gone) home. He ( left) the room a minute ago. 8. What are you ( reading) now? — I (am reading) "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte. 9. They ( read) "Ivanhoe" by Walter Scott a month ago. What about you? Have you ( read) "Ivanhoe"? 10. My watch (has stopped). There (is) something wrong with it. 11. Have you ( seen) Jack today? — Yes, I ( saw) him at the institute. 12. Have you ( heard) the new symphony by M.? — Yes, I have. — When did you ( hear) it? — I ( heard) it last Sunday. 13. You (have changed) so much. Has anything ( happened)?