 Information about Russian Federation
Statistics
- Area: total: 17,098,242 km² (land: 16,377,742 km² water: 720,500 km²)
- Population: 138,082,178 (July 2012)
- Capital: Moscow
- Language: Russian (official), many minority languages
- Religion: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
- 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
- Time Zone: UTC/GMT +3hrs to +11hrs
- Currency: Russian Ruble [RUB]
Location
Russia is in North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean.
With a total of 20,241.5 km land boundaries and 37,653 km coastline, Russia shares borders with
Azerbaijan 284 km,
Belarus 959 km,
China (southeast) 3,605 km,
China (south) 40 km,
Estonia 290 km,
Finland 1,313 km,
Georgia 723 km,
Kazakhstan 6,846 km,
North Korea 17.5 km,
Latvia 292 km,
Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km,
Mongolia 3,441 km,
Norway 196 km,
Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km,
Ukraine 1,576 km.
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