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Russia - GENERAL INFORMATION
 
Population - Local time - Languages - Religion - Political system - Climate - Tourism - Food



Population



Main Cities Population
Moscow   9,300,000  
Saint Petersbourg   5,100,000  
Nijni Novogorod   1,500,000  
Novosibirsk   1,500,000  
Yekaterinbourg   1,400,000  
Omsk   1,200,000  



Total population (millions): 142.8
Source: World Bank 2004

Urban population: 73%
Source: World Bank 2004

Average annual population growth: -0.4%
Source: World Bank 2004

Surface area (km²) : 17,075,400


Population origin

Origin of the population% Of the population
Russian 81.3
Tartar 3.7
Ukrainian3
Other12


Local time


It is %T:%M %A in Moscow


GMT+3 in winter, GMT+4 in summer in Moscow and St Petersburg


Languages


Official language: Russian.
However, more than 150 languages are spoken in the Russian Federation. Some of them are official according to the state.
Business languages: Russian and English.

Free translation tools in Russia :
Systran
Free English-Russian-English translator of texts and web pages

Tranexp
Free English-Russian-English translator of texts and web pages

Ectaco
English-Russian-English Dictionary



Religion


Religious practises : Russian orthodox religion is the dominant religion in Russia.


Political system


Russia is a presidential federal republic. The Parliament is composed of 2 Chambers: the Lower House (Duma), 450 representatives who are elected by direct universal suffrage and the Upper House (Federation Council), 178 representatives (2 for each of the 89 republics and regions of the Federation).
Head of State: President Vladimir Putin, reelected for 4 years on 14th March of 2004.


Climate

 


Tourism

Number of visitors in Russia 2002 2003 2004 World rank
Number of visitors (1000) 7943   8521   9164   21
Source : World Tourisme Organization, data available in November 2005

 

Tourist sites


- Moscow: the Kremlin, the Red Square, the Carousel Place, the Poutchkine's museum.
- Saint Petersbourg: the St Paul fortress, the Arts Place, the Hermitage, the Winter palace.
- The Caucasian chains, valleys and villages.
- The Volga, which is the longest river in Europe (it is another way of discovering the country's heart and soul since it is indeed navigable nearly all the way through).

For more information about tourism in Russia , check out the following web site(s) :
Russian Tourism Board


Food


Traditional dishes


Blinis, sure cream , Caviar and Vodka: It is the perfect marriage of the Czar times of Great Russia, who took those eggs over to the tables of France and elsewhere. The Russian fishermen were used to harvest the sturgeons while they were swimming upstream the rivers of Russia.
Blinis are black wheat pancakes; blinis are very often served with appetizers, smoked fish. They are piled up on a very warm clay plate .

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