Russia

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Geography of Russia

As a country in Central Asia, with coordinates at 60 00 N, 100 00 E, Russia neighbors Azerbaijan 338 km, Belarus 1312 km, China (southeast) 4133 km, China (south) 46 km, Estonia 324 km, Finland 1309 km, Georgia 894 km, Kazakhstan 7644 km, North Korea 18 km, Latvia 332 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 261 km, Mongolia 3452 km, Norway 191 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 210 km, Ukraine 1944 km. The terrain in Russia is described as broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions, with an average elevation point of 600 m. The 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.

Resources of Russia

The country enjoys many types of natural resources, with the main ones being wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, bauxite, reserves of rare earth elements, timber, note, formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources. The agricultural land occupies 13.10% of Russia, while the land covered with forests is estimated at 49.40%.

Population of Russia

The population of the country is estimated at 141,722,205 people, with the biggest urban area having 12.538 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.468 million Saint Petersburg, 1.664 million Novosibirsk, 1.504 million Yekaterinburg, 1.272 million Kazan, 1.258 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2020). Known as Russian(s), the people from Russia come from diversified ethnic groups such as Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010 est.). The official language is Russian. Religions: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.).

Governing Type of Russia

Russia is a semi-presidential federation. The legal system makes use of civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts.

Economy of Russia

From a population total of 141,722,205, the labor force is 76.53 million (2017 est.). The main products in agriculture are: grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables, fruits; beef, milk. Among the main industries considerable for the economy are: complete range of mining and extractive industries producing coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine building from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles; defense industries (including radar, missile production, 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. Its exports cover petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, metals, wood and wood products, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures. The main import products are: machinery, vehicles, pharmaceutical products, plastic, semi-finished metal products, meat, fruits and nuts, optical and medical instruments, iron, steel.

For latest imports and exports data we recommend checking the website for the National Bank of Russia, statistics sectio