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System:SECAM D / SECAM K
DVD-Region: 5
Geography
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Location:
Northern Asia (the area west of the Urals is considered part of Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean
Area:
total: 17,075,200 sq km
land: 16,995,800 sq km
water: 79,400 sq km
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
Terrain:
broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions
Economy
GDP:
$2.225 trillion (2008 est.)
$2.146 trillion (2007)
$1.985 trillion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
6% (2008 est.)
8.1% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$15,800 (2008 est.)
$15,200 (2007 est.)
$14,000 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 13.9% (2008 est.)
Currency: Russian ruble (RUB)
Exchange rates:
Russian rubles (RUB) per US dollar - 24.3 (2008 est.), 25.659 (2007), 27.19 (2006), 28.284 (2005), 28.814 (2004)
People
Population: 140,041,247 (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: -0.467% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Languages:
Russian, many minority languages
Government
Capital:
name: Moscow
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
note: Russia is divided into 11 time zones
Independence:
24 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
Note: Information on Russia was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Russia, please visit one of the links below.
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