Capital:
Moscow
Total area:
17 075 400 sq km
Population:
142 893 540 people
Time in Russia:
There are 11 time zones in Russia. Vladivostok is 7 h ahead of Moscow |
Religion:
Russian Orthodox, Islam, other
Waterways:
96 000 km (a 72 000-km system in European Russia links the Baltic Sea, the White Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Sea of Azov, and the Black Sea together).
14 border countries:
China, North Korea, Finland, Poland, Norway, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Mongolia, Latvia, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast), Ukraine |