Information about Russia:
| Capital | Moscow |
| Population | 144,444,359 (Source: 2023 worldometer) |
| Major Cities | Moscow (capital), St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novogorod, Kazan, Chelyabinsk, Omsk. |
| Borders | North Korea, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | $2,240,420,000,000 (2022 worldometer) |
| Currency | Russian ruble (RUR) |
Flag of Russia:
Russia Economy Key Industries:
Russia Major Industries: mining and extractive industries producing coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; high-performance aircraft and space vehicles; defense industries including radar, missile production, and advanced electronic components, shipbuilding; road and rail transportation equipment; communications equipment; agricultural machinery, tractors, and construction equipment; electric power generating and transmitting equipment; medical and scientific instruments; consumer durables, textiles, foodstuffs, handicrafts
Russia Agricultural Products: grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, vegetables, fruits; beef, milk
Russia Natural Resources: wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber
Russia Major Exports: petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military products
Russia Major Imports: machinery and equipment, consumer goods, medicines, meat, sugar, semifinished metal products
The Geography of Russia:
Total Size of Russia: 17,098,242 Km² (source: 2022 worldometer)
Geographical Low Point of Russia: Caspian Sea -28 m
Geographical High Point of Russia: Gora El’brus 5,633 m
Climate of Russia: 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
General Terrain of Russia: broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions
World Region or Continent of Russia: Europe
Geographical Coordinates: 60 00 N, 100 00 E
Major Landforms of Russia: Russia is the largest country in the world by size. Major landforms include the Caucasus Mountains, Altai Mountains, Ural Mountains, Mount Elbrus, Kamchatka Peninsula, Siberian Plain, Siberian Plateau, and the Stanovoy Mountains.
Major Bodies of Water: Volga River, Ob River, Yenisey River, Lake Baikal, Ladoga Lake, Onega Lake, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Sea of Azov, Caspian Sea, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean
Famous Places of Russia:
Red Square,
Saint Basil’s Cathedral,
The Kremlin in Moscow,
Winter Palace,
Bolshoi Theatre,
Mount Elbrus,
Kizhi Island,
Lake Baikal,
Hermitage Museum,
Suzdal,
St. Sophia Cathedral,
Catherine Palace,
Gorky Park
The People of Russia & Culture
Russia Government Type: federation
Russia Nationality: Russian (s)
Russia National Holiday: Russia Day, 12 June (1990)
Other Holidays of Russia: New Years’, Christmas (January 7), Defender of the Fatherland (February 23), International Women’s Day, Labor Day (May 1), Victory Day (May 9), Russia Day (June 12), Unity Day
Russia Independence: 24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Russia National Symbol:
- Animal – Russian bear
- Symbol – Double-headed Eagle
- Tree – Birch tree
- Instrument – Balalaika
- Coat of arms – A golden double-headed eagle on a red shield
- Other symbols – Fur hats, Valenki (felt boots), Hammer and sickle (USSR), Mother Russia, Red star (USSR)
Russia National Anthem or Song: Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii (National Anthem of the Russian Federation)
Russia Languages Spoken: Russian, many minority languages
Russia Religions: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
Famous peoples of Russia:
| Names | Professions |
| Leo Tolstoy | Author who wrote War and Peace |
| Joseph Stalin | Leader of the Soviet Union during WW2 |
| Maria Sharapova | Tennis player |
| Vladimir Putin | President of Russia |
| Alexander Ovechkin | Hockey player |
| Tsar Nicholas II | Last Tsar of Russia |
| Nastia Liukin | Olympic gold medal gymnast |
| Vladimir Lenin | Revolutionary leader |
| Mila Kunis | Actress |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | President of the Soviet Union |
| Yuri Gagarin | First man in space |
| Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Author who wrote Crime and Punishment |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Leader during much of the Cold War |
| Sergey Brin | One of the founders of Google |
| Mikhail Baryshnikov | Ballet dancer |
Interesting Facts about Russia:
Russia is the largest country in the world. It is twice as big as her in the United States and even larger than the surface of Pluto.
Russia is home to over 80 Russian states, including the former German state of the Arkhangelsk region, and this vast country spans nearly 14 time zones and is home to an incredible diversity of people and cultures. .
Permafrost covers her 65% of Russian territory. Siberia occupies 77% of Russia’s land area. The climate there is very cold and the winters are very long. Siberia is a vast, sparsely populated, underdeveloped, and inherently harsh land.
Peter the Great wanted to build a new Amsterdam just when he founded St. Petersburg 300 years ago. In this city full of water and canals, many small ships carried goods from shop to shop in the European way. At that time, it was a faster and more convenient means of travel and transportation.
Today, St. Petersburg, like Venice, is a city of bridges and canals. More than 60 different canals traverse the city, connecting 42 islets with 500 bridges and 20 spectacular drawbridges.
Russians drink a lot of hot tea. You can drink 5-10 cups of tea every day. It is common to drink black tea with sugar, but now more and more people prefer green or black tea without adding sugar.
