The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and above five thousand small islands. Their total area is over 315 000 square kilometers. The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Their capitals are London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast respectively. The British isles are separated from the European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel. The western coast of Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea. The surface of the British Isles varies very much. The north of Scotland is mountainous and is called Highlands, while the south, which has beautiful valleys and plains, is called Lowlands. The north and west of England are mountainous, but all the rest - east, center and southeast - is a vast plain. Mountains are not very high. Ben Nevis is the highest mountain. (1343 m.)
The Grusha festival takes a special place in the list of festivals in Russia. It was first conducted in 1968 near Samara. A festival was named in honor of the most ordinary student, Valery Grushin. The fact is that during the tourist trip he saved the children who drowned in the Uda River at the cost of their own lives. Since then, at this music festival in Russia, lovers of author's song annually gather not only from our country, but also from the near abroad. The real record was set at the festival in 2010 - then more than two hundred thousand people came here!
Особое место в списке фестивалей России занимает Грушинский фестиваль. Впервые он был проведён в 1968 году недалеко от Самары. Назван фестиваль в честь, казалось бы, самого обычного студента – Валерия Грушина. Дело в том, что именно он во время туристического похода ценой собственной жизни детей, тонувших в реке Уде. С тех пор на этом музыкальном фестивале в России ежегодно собираются любители авторской песни не только из нашей страны, но и из ближнего зарубежья. Настоящий рекорд был установлен на фестивале в 2010 году – тогда сюда приехало более двухсот тысяч человек!