Russian Lessons: Time Schedule

почтовый адрес:
Россия,
Санкт-Петербург,
Улица Космонавтов, дом 12 квартира 217 
Петровой Наталье Николаевне 
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg 
Have you noticed that Russians write their address in the order opposite to that 
which is used in English-speaking countries? This is actually quite logical. Indeed, 
if you are asked to deliver a letter, you would first check which country it is. Your 
next step would be to reach the city (or town) shown on the envelope. Then you 
would be looking for a street, a house, and a flat (if that house is a multistory 
building). And only after all that, would you ask whether such-and-such person is 
actually living there. 
To finish this chapter, I would like to suggest that you write your own address in 
Russian and the Russian way too. It may be quite an amusing exercise! 

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SUBJECT 5. CLIMATE AND WEATHER 
 
 
One of the stereotypes about Russia, which you can probably hear anywhere in 
the world, is that Russia happens to be a very cold country with frost and snow 
most of the year. The truth, however, is quite different. Russia is a huge country 
with an immense diversity of geographic features and climatic conditions which 
range from the Arctic permafrost to the subtropical climate of the Black Sea 
coast. Even Siberia, which is usually perceived as a symbol of cold weather, 
enjoys short but very warm summers. And its winters are not always as harsh 
as you would expect. 
Russians enjoy talking about climate and weather as much as English people do. 
Sometimes they do it just to start a conversation, sometimes it could be an 
interesting subject for discussion on its own. 
Right now our friends Natasha and Andrei are engrossed in this kind of discussion:
Natasha: