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Russia
sovereign state, secular state, country, transcontinental country, federation, successor state
Part ofPost-Soviet states, European Union tax haven blacklist, Eastern Europe Edit
Year dem found am1263 Edit
Official nameРоссийская Федерация Edit
Native labelРоссия, Российская Федерация Edit
Short nameРоссия, Росія Edit
IPA transcriptionrɐˈsʲijə Edit
Official languageRussian Edit
AnthemState Anthem of the Russian Federation Edit
Cultureculture of Russia Edit
Motto textReveal your own Russia, Datgelwch eich Rwsia eich hun, Revela la teva pròpia Rússia Edit
ContinentEurope Edit
CountryRussia Edit
CapitalMoscow Edit
Located in time zoneUTC+02:00 Edit
Located in/on physical featureEurasia Edit
Coordinate location66°25′0″N 94°15′0″E Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point65°46′52″N 169°3′25″W Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point81°50′35″N 59°14′22″E Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point41°11′7″N 47°46′55″E Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point54°27′30″N 19°38′22″E Edit
Highest pointMount Elbrus Edit
Lowest pointCaspian Sea Edit
Government ein basic formsuper-presidential republic Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of Russia Edit
State ein headVladimir Putin Edit
Office head of government holdPrime Minister of Russia Edit
Government ein headMikhail Mishustin Edit
Executive bodyGovernment of Russia Edit
Legislative bodyFederal Assembly of the Russian Federation Edit
Highest judicial authorityConstitutional Court of Russia, Supreme Court of Russia Edit
Central bankCentral Bank of Russia Edit
CurrencyRussian ruble Edit
Driving sideright Edit
Electrical plug typeSchuko, Europlug Edit
Dey followRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Edit
Dey replaceRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union Edit
Studied byRussian studies Edit
Dema official websitehttp://gov.ru/ Edit
Hashtagrussia, Russland, Россия Edit
Top-level Internet domain.ru, .рф, .рус, .su Edit
Main regulatory textConstitution of Russia Edit
Flagflag of Russia Edit
Coat of armsCoat of arms of Russia Edit
Geography of topicGeography of Russia Edit
Get characteristicnot-free country Edit
History of topichistory of Russia Edit
List of monumentsRussian cultural heritage register Edit
Official religionnon-denominational Edit
Patron saintAndrew the Apostle Edit
Dem separate fromSoviet Union Edit
‎most populous urban areaMoscow Edit
Railway traffic sideright Edit
Open data portalOpen Data Portal Russia Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Russia Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of Russia Edit
Official observer status in organizationCERN, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Edit
Gregorian calendar start date14 February 1918 Edit
Mobile country code250 Edit
Country calling code+7 Edit
Trunk prefix8 Edit
GS1 country code460-469 Edit
Licence plate codeRUS Edit
Maritime identification digits273 Edit
Unicode character🇷🇺 Edit
Category for honorary citizens of entityCategory:Honorary citizens from Russia by city Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of Russia Edit
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Russia, anaa de Russian Federation, be a country wey dey span Eastern Europe den North Asia. E be de largest country insyd de world, wey e dey extend across eleven time zones; wey dey share land borders plus fourteen countries. Russia be de most populous country insyd Europe den de ninth-most populous country insyd de world. E be a highly urbanised country, wey sixteen of ein urban areas get more dan 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, de most populous metropolitan area insyd Europe,be de capital den largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg be ein second-largest city den cultural centre.

E be a permanent member of de United Nations Security Council; a member state of de G20, SCO, BRICS, APEC, OSCE, den WTO; den de leading member state of post-Soviet organisations such as CIS, CSTO, den EAEU. Russia be home to 32 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Demographics

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Russia

2025 estimate[1]

Rank Name Federal subject Pop. Rank Name Federal subject Pop.
1 Moscow Moscow 13,274,285 11 Samara Samara Oblast 1,154,223
2 Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg 5,652,922 12 Rostov-on-Don Rostov Oblast 1,143,123
3 Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Oblast 1,637,266 13 Omsk Omsk Oblast 1,101,367
4 Yekaterinburg Sverdlovsk Oblast 1,548,187 14 Voronezh Voronezh Oblast 1,041,722
5 Kazan Tatarstan 1,329,825 15 Perm Perm Krai 1,027,518
6 Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk Krai 1,211,756 16 Volgograd Volgograd Oblast 1,012,219
7 Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 1,198,245 17 Saratov Saratov Oblast 886,165
8 Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk Oblast 1,176,770 18 Tyumen Tyumen Oblast 872,077
9 Ufa Bashkortostan 1,166,098 19 Tolyatti Samara Oblast 662,683
10 Krasnodar Krasnodar Krai 1,154,885 20 Makhachkala Dagestan 625,322

Read further

  • Bartlett, Roger P. A history of Russia (2005) online
  • Breslauer, George W. and Colton, Timothy J. 2017. Russia Beyond Putin (Daedalus) online
  • Brown, Archie, ed. The Cambridge encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union (1982) online
  • Florinsky, Michael T. ed. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union (1961).
  • Frye, Timothy. Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia (2021) excerpt
  • Greene, by Samuel A. and Graeme B. Robertson. Putin v. the People: the Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia (Yale UP, 2019) excerpt
  • Hosking, Geoffrey A. Russia and the Russians: a history (2011) online
  • Kort, Michael. A Brief History of Russia (2008) online
  • Lowe, Norman. Mastering Twentieth Century Russian History (2002) excerpt
  • Millar, James R. ed. Encyclopedia of Russian History (4 vol 2003). online
  • Riasanovsky, Nicholas V., and Mark D. Steinberg. A History of Russia (9th ed. 2018) 9th edition 1993 online
  • Rosefielde, Steven. Putin's Russia: Economy, Defence and Foreign Policy (2020) excerpt
  • Service, Robert. A History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-First Century (Harvard UP, 3rd ed., 2009) excerpt
  • Smorodinskaya, Tatiana, and Karen Evans-Romaine, eds. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture (2014) excerpt; 800 pp covering art, literature, music, film, media, crime, politics, business, and economics.
  • Walker, Shauin. The Long Hangover: Putin's New Russia and the Ghosts Of the Past (2018, Oxford UP) excerpt

References

  1. ↑ "Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2025 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 27 April 2025.

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