Information about Russia

Climate of Russia:

• ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia
• subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north
• winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia
• summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast

Terrain of Russia:

• broad plain with low hills west of Urals
• vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia
• uplands and mountains along southern border regions

Russia also has such useful resources as: wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, reserves of rare earth elements, timber.