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About Russia
Region: Eastern Europe and Asia
Population: 146,745,000 (2020)
Area Total: 17,075,200 km2
Area Land: 16,995,800 km2
Coast Line: 37,653 km
Capital: Moscow
Biggest cities: Moscow, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod
Number of cities with over 1mln citizens: 15 (2020)
Climate: Ranges from steppes in the south to humid continental regions in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the Steppes to cool along the Arctic coast.
Official Language: Russian
Currency:
1 rouble (RUB or RBL) = 100 kopeks
1 USD = 60 roubles, 1 Euro = 70 roubles approximately (2020)
Main holidays:
- New Year: 1 January – 8 January (New Year Holidays)
- Russian Christmas: 7 January
- Fatherland Defender Day: 23 February
- Women’s Day: 8 March
- Holiday of Spring and Labour: 1 May
- Victory Day: 9 May
- Independence Day: 12 June (since 1990)
Ethnic Divisions:
- Russian: 82%
- Tatar: 4%
- Ukrainian: 3%
- Belorussian: 1.5%
- Chuvash: 1%
- Bashkir: 0.8%
- Moldavian: 0.7%
- Others (more than 100 ethnic groups): 8%
Economy:
Russia is a vast country with a wealth of natural resources, a well-educated population, and a diverse, but declining, industrial base. It continues to experience formidable difficulties in moving from its old centrally planned economy to a modern market economy…
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Agriculture:
The agriculture sector in Russia contributes 6.6% of the GDP and employs an estimated 14.4% of the labour force, as stated in the GDP/Employment by Sector of Origin table…
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Energy:
Russia is a significant energy exporter…
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Metals:
Russia occupies more than 75% of the territory of the former Soviet Union (FSU) and accordingly inherited a large percentage of its mineral resources…
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People:
Ethnic Russians are a Slavic people who have occupied the land between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea for at least 1,500 years…
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You can contact BMAC Russia at bma@bma.ru or call +7 495 211 6733