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Russia
  • Россия / Rossija
  • Region : Eastern Europe
  • Capital : Moscow
  • Area : 17,098,250.00 km²
  • Official Language : Russian
  • Population : 144,478,000.00
  • GDP(Nominal) : 1637.890
  • GPI Rank : 154
  • GII Rank : 0
Russia is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. The land has a total area of 17,098,250 km² and a total coastline of 37,653 km. This area is about 1.7 times the size of the United States. There are direct national borders with the 14 neighbouring countries Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland and Ukraine. The distance between New York City and the Capital Moscow is about 7,520 km.According to the definition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Russia is one of the developing countries because of its lower economic performance. With an Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.824 Russia counts as one of the high developed economies by UN-definition. However, the IMF does not share this classification.
Population
Population Per Km2

8.450

Life Expectancy of Males

67.8

Life Expectancy of Females

77.8

Birth Rate

11.5 ‰

Death Rate

12.4 ‰

Passport
Passport of Russia
VF : 80 , VOA : 41 MS : 121
Currency : Russian Rubel (RUB)

1 US Dollar = 73.40 Rubel
1000 Rubel = 13.62 US Dollar

Economy

Item

Value

GDP1,403.52 bn €

Exportations

453.56 bn €

Importations

306.62 bn €

Tourism receipts

15.81 bn €

Unemployment rate

4.6 %

Inflation rate

4.47 %

corruption index

28 (very bad)

Energy consumption

909.6 bn kWh

GDP : 1637.890 | GDP(PPP) : 4349.420
Important Cities

City/Region

Population

Moscow / CapitalMoscow

13,198,000

Saint PetersburgSt.-Petersburg

5,323,000

NovosibirskNovosibirsk

1,613,000

YekaterinburgSverdlovsk

1,489,000

Nizhniy NovgorodNizjnij Novgorod

1,259,000

KazanTatarstan

1,217,000

SamaraSamara

1,172,000

ChelyabinskChelyabinsk

1,156,000

OmskOmsk

1,154,000

Rostov-na-DonuRostov

1,125,000

UfaBashkortostan

1,121,000

KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarskiy

1,084,000

PermPerm

1,052,000

VolgogradVolgograd

1,021,000

SaratovSaratov

864,000

VoronezhVoronezj

849,000

Tol’yattiSamara

703,000

KrasnodarKrasnodarskiy

650,000

UlyanovskUlyanovsk

641,000

IzhevskUdmurtiya

631,000

YaroslavlJaroslavl

607,000

BarnaulAltai Krai

600,000

VladivostokPrimorskiy

587,000

IrkutskIrkutsk

587,000

KhabarovskKhabarovsk Krai

579,000

OrenburgOrenburg

550,000

NovokuznetskKemerovo

540,000

Ryazan’Rjazan

520,000

TyumenTjumen

519,000

LipetskLipetsk

516,000

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Land Use

Category

Area

1% Urban areas

187,538 km²

13% Agricultural areas

2,176,486 km²

48% Forest

8,149,131 km²

4% Water areas

721,380 km²

34% Others

5,863,715 km²

Mother Tongue

Lanaguage

Percent

Russian

82.0 %

Dolgang

5.3 %

Tatar

3.0 %

German

1.5 %

Ukrainian

1.3 %

Chechen

1.0 %

Chuvash

0.9 %

Bashkir

0.7 %

Mordva

0.5 %

Kazakh

0.4 %

Mari

0.4 %

Avarianian

0.4 %

Udmur

0.3 %

Byelorussian

0.3 %

other

2.0 %

Transport

Lanaguage

Percent

Roadways:

1,283,387 km

Railways:

87,157 km

Waterways:

102,000 km

Commercial harbors:

2,739

› Airports:

1,218

Climate
The climate in RussiaFor a country with a north-south extent of over 3400 km, it is not possible to describe the climate in general. A mostly moderate climatic zone determines the weather in Russia. As usual in the northern hemisphere, the days in the summer months are not only warmer but also longer. Depending on the season, the average daytime temperatures range between -9 and 25 degrees. In some parts of the country the temperature raises up to 34 °C. In the colder months and depending in the region, the temperature lowers down to -16°C in a month's average. Average daytime and nighttime temperaturesDetailed climate data for Russia and 70 geographic spots of the countryVolcanosEarthquakesTsunamis
The climate in Russia