RUSSIA
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Basic facts
The map of the Russian Federation
Territory: 17,075,200 sq km
Russia's border countries are in the East North-Korea; in the South-East
China; in the South Mongolia and Kazakhstan; in the South-West Azerbaijan,
Georgia and Ukraine; in the North-West Belarus, Latvia, Estonia, Finland
and Norway. In the North Russia is surrounded by the Barents Sea, Arctic
Ocean and North Pacific Ocean.
Population: 145,470,197 (July 2001 est.)
Ethnic division:
| Ethnic group |
Percentage of the population
|
| Russian |
81.5%
|
| Tatar |
3.8%
|
| Ukrainian |
3%
|
| Chuvash |
1.2%
|
| Bashkir |
0.9%
|
| Byelorussian |
0.8%
|
| Moldavian |
0.7%
|
| other |
8.1%
|
Capital: Moscow
Independence Day: 24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Official Language: Russian
Constitution: adopted 12 December 1993
Russia is a presidential-parliamentary republic
Currency: Russian ruble (RUR)