| Largest Cities |
| City |
Population |
Estimated |
| Moskva |
8,376,000 |
2002 |
| Saint Petersburg |
4,619,800 |
2002 |
| Novosibirsk |
1,396,800 |
2002 |
Key Data |
| Region: |
Asia/Europe |
| Population: |
142,881,200 October 2002 |
| Area Total: |
17,075,200 km2 |
| Area Land: |
16,995,800 km2 |
| Coast Line: |
37,653 km km |
| Capital: |
Moscow |
| 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. |
| Languages: |
Russian
other |
| Currency: |
1 ruble (R$) = 100 kopeks |
| Holiday: |
Independence Day, 12 June (1990) |
Average Daily Temperature |
| Capital: |
Moscow |
| January: |
-9.4°C / 18.3°F |
| July: |
16°C / 61°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
630mm / 24.8'' |
|
| Boundaries |
|
Kazakhstan: |
6,846km |
|
China: |
3,645km |
|
Mongolia: |
3,341km |
|
Ukraine: |
1,576km |
|
Finland: |
1,313km |
|
Belarus: |
959km |
|
Georgia: |
723km |
|
Estonia: |
290km |
|
Azerbaijan: |
284km |
|
Lithuania: |
227km |
|
Latvia: |
217km |
|
Poland: |
206km |
|
Norway: |
167km |
|
Korea, North: |
19km |
Ethnic Divisions |
| Russian |
82% |
| other |
7% |
| Tatar |
4% |
| Ukrainian |
3% |
| Chuvash |
1% |
| Bashkir |
1% |
| Moldavian |
1% |
| Byelorussian |
1% |
|
