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Revision as of 14:28, 28 November 2006 by 209.106.223.194 (talk) (→Geography and climate)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)| Russian FederationРоссийская Федерация Rossiyskaya Federatsiya | |
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| Anthem: Hymn of the Russian Federation | |
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| Capitaland largest city | Moscow |
| Official languages | Russian, many others in component republics |
| Government | Semi-presidential federal republic |
| • President of Russia | Vladimir Putin |
| • Prime Minister | Mikhail Fradkov |
| Independence from the Soviet Union | |
| • Declared | June 12 1991 |
| • Finalized | December 25 1991 |
| • Water (%) | 13 |
| Population | |
| • 2006 estimate | 142,400,000 (7th) |
| • 2002 census | 145,164,000 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate |
| • Total | $1.576 trillion (10th) |
| • Per capita | $11,041 (62nd) |
| HDI (2003) | 0.795 high (62nd) |
| Currency | Ruble (RUB) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 to +12 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 to +13 |
| Calling code | 7 |
| ISO 3166 code | RU |
| Internet TLD | .ru (.su reserved) |
| Rank based on April 2006 IMF data. | |
Russia (Template:Lang-ru, Rossiya; pronounced ), also the Russian Federation (Template:Lang-ru, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; pronounced , listen), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia. With an area of 17,075,400 square kilometres, it is the largest country in the world by land mass, covering almost twice the territory of the next-largest country, Canada. It has the world's eighth largest population. Russia shares land borders with the following countries (counter-clockwise from NW to SE): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It is also close to the United States and Japan across relatively small stretches of water.
Formerly the dominant republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Russia is now an independent country and an influential member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, since the Union's dissolution in December 1991. During the Soviet era, Russia was officially called the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). Russia is considered the Soviet Union's successor state in diplomatic matters. The National Holiday of Russia is celebrated on June, 12
Most of the area, population, and industrial production of the Soviet Union, then one of the world's two superpowers, lay in Russia. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia's global role was greatly diminished compared to that of the former Soviet Union. In October 2005, the federal statistics agency reported that Russia's population has shrunk by more than half a million people dipping to 143 million, although Russia became the second country in the world by the number of immigrants from abroad.
History
Main article: History of RussiaWe are commies!!
Politics
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- From Article 1 of Constitution of Russia: "The names "Russian Federation" and "Russia" shall be equivalent."
- Template:Ru icon "Влияют ли переселенцы на язык СМИ?". Lenizdat.ru. 2006-05-31.
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