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Formal Name | Russian Federation (Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) |
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Capital | Moscow |
Main Cities | Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhniy Novgoro |
Official Language | Russian |
Currency | Russian Ruble (RUB) |
Dialling Code | +7 |
Emergency number | 112 |
Time Zone | Moscow - UTC+4 hours ( Note: Russia is divided into nine time zones) |
Daylight Savings Time | No DST in 2013 |
Units of Measure | Metric system |
Electricity | 220 volts; frequency of 50 Hz. Plug types F and C |
Government | Federation |
Population | 142,517,670 (July 2012 est.) |
Climate | Extremely diverse; varies from humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north |
Land Surface | 16,377,742 sq Km |
Coastline | 37,653 Km |
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Useful Web References
- Official Government Website
- Federal Agency for Tourism official website
- The CIA World Factbook publishes extensive details