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Country Overview
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Largest Cities
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City
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Population
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Estimated
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Moscow
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10,381,222
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2020
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Novosibirsk
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1,419,007
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2020
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Saint Petersburg
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4,039,745
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2020
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| Region: |
Asia/Europe |
| Population: |
132,242,120 |
| Area Total: |
17,075,200km2 |
| Area Land: |
16,995,800km2 |
| Coast Line: |
37,653km |
| Capital: |
Moscow |
| Climate: |
Ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the Steppes to cool along Arctic coast. |
| Languages: |
Russian
other |
| Currency: |
1 ruble (R$) = 100 kopeks |
| Holiday: |
Independence Day is 12 June (1990), Christmas is 7 January, Constitution Day is 12 December |
Average Daily Temperature
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| January: |
°C / -0.70°F |
| July: |
°C / 61.20°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 20.1" |
Boundaries
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Kazakhstan
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6,846 km
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China
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3,645 km
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Mongolia
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3,341 km
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Ukraine
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1,576 km
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Finland
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1,313 km
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Belarus
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959 km
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Georgia
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723 km
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Estonia
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290 km
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Azerbaijan
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284 km
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Lithuania
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227 km
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Latvia
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217 km
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Poland
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206 km
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Norway
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167 km
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Korea, North
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19 km
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Ethnic Divisions
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Russian
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82.00%
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other
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7.00%
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Tatar
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4.00%
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Ukrainian
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3.00%
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Chuvash
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1.00%
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Bashkir
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1.00%
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Moldavian
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1.00%
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Byelorussian
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1.00%
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Religions
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other
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0.00%
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Muslim
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0.00%
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Jewish
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0.00%
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Christian (Russian Orthodox)
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0.00%
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CountryWire
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