Russia
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| Russia (Russian: Россия, Rossiya) | |||||
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| National motto: | (none) | ||||
| National anthem: | National Anthem of Russia | ||||
| About the people | |||||
| Official languages: | Russian, many others in component republics | ||||
| Population: (# of people) | |||||
| - Total: | 143,420,309 (ranked 5) | ||||
| - Density: | 8 per km² | ||||
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| Capital city: | Moscow | ||||
| Largest city: | Moscow | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total: | 17,075,200 km² (6,595,600 mi²) (ranked 1) | ||||
| - Water: | not available km² (0.5%) | ||||
| Politics / Government | |||||
| Established: | From the Soviet Union (June 12 1990) | ||||
| Leaders: | President Dmitry Medvedev Prime Minister Vladimir Putin |
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| Economy / Money | |||||
| Currency: (Name of money) |
Ruble (рубль.) | ||||
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| Time zone: | +02:00 | ||||
| Telephone dialing code: | 7 | ||||
| Internet domain: | .ru, .su | ||||
Russia (also the Russian Federation) is a country in Europe and Asia. By land area, it is the largest country in the world. The number of people living in the country is about 144,000,000. The Russian Federation is another name for Russia.
Russia is now a democratic country. The president is chosen in direct elections, and its current President is Dmitry Medvedev. Its official language is Russian. The capital and the biggest city is Moscow. The second biggest city is Saint Petersburg.
Other cities in Russia with more than one million people are
- Novosibirsk
- Nizhniy Novgorod
- Yekaterinburg
- Samara
- Omsk
- Kazan
- Ufa
- Chelyabinsk
- Rostov on Don
- Perm
From 1922 to 1991 Russia was the largest part in the Soviet Union, or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). People sometimes used the name "Russia" for the whole Soviet Union. In reality, Russia was only one of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. Before then, a king ruled Russia. This king was called a Tsar. In 1917, the Bolsheviks (later called "Communists") took over the country and murdered the czar.
The Soviet Union broke apart in 1991.
The most common religion in Russia is Christianity. Most Christians in Russia belong to the Russian Orthodox Church. It is one of the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
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