| Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia | |
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| Official Name Russian Federation | |
| Region Europe | |
| Sub-Region Eastern Europe | |
| Capital Moscow | |
| Currency Russian Rouble (RUB) | |
| Independence Day 12 Jun 1992: It commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) on June 12, 1990. The passage of this Declaration by the First Congress of People\'s Deputies marked the beginning | |
| Population 146,068,400 | |
| Nationality Russian | |
| Ethnic Group 81.0% Russian, 3.7% Tatar, 1.4% Ukrainian, 1.1% Bashkir, 1.0% Chuvash, 0.8% Chechen, 11.0% others / unspecified | |
| Area 17,098,242 km2 | |
| Neighbor Countries Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine | |
| Time Zone (UTC+2 to +12) | |
| Geo Location Latitude 60.00, Longitude 100.00 | |
| Dialing Code +7 | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 2 code RU | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 3 code RUS | |
| ISO 9166 numeric 3 code 643 | |
| Code for International Olympic Committee RUS | |
| Country Domain (ccTLD) .ru | |