Russia / Россия: Russia

A state located in Eurasia, Russia represents the world's biggest country, covering one ninth of the Earth's entire area. A part of Russia-controlled land is currently the subject to the territorial debates with Japan.

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Russian population is 141 867 540 people -- right now the state holds the ninth place by this indicator. Major part of people populating Russia reside in urban zones, particularly 73.1 per cent. THe Russians constitute 79.83 per cent of the total population. The official state language is Russian.

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The state of Russia borders on 18 other countries, which is the highest figure in the world. The countries having land frontiers with Russia include Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Abkhazia, Georgia, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, North Korea. The states that have maritime boundaries are Japan and the USA.

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After the collapse of the USSR at the end of 1991, Russian Federation was recognized by international community as the successor of the former Soviet Union; sunsequently, Russia took its place at the UNO Security Council.

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Russia possesses the world's largest resource of minerals and energy carriers. Besides, the state holds the largest reserves of timber; Russian lakes contain approximately one quarter of the world's total freshwater stock.

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The capital city of Russia is Moscow, which is a hero city. Altogether, in Russia there are eleven hero cities whose population exceeds one million inhabitants: Moscow, St Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Omsk, Kazan', Chelyabinsk, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa.

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