Russia (Russian Federation), RU

Russia: Independent country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia

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Quick Facts about Russian Federation

Population : 143,666,931
Country : Russia
Different from : Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia
Head of government : President of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR, Prime Minister of Russia
Plate code : RUS
Official name : Российская Федерация, Россия, Venemaa Föderatsioon, la Fédération de Russie
Speed limit : 110, 90, 60
Continent : Europe, Asia
Easternmost point : Point(-169.65294084 66.08017854)
Northernmost point : Point(59.23 81.85)
Legislative body : Congress of People's Deputies of Russia, Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Named for : Kievan Rus'
Official language : Russian, Erzya, Azerbaijani, Karachay-Balkar, Abaza, Udmurt, Komi, Kumyk, Ukrainian, Rutul, Tabasaran, Adyghe, Bashkir, Moksha, Tat, Nogai, Chuvash, Kalmyk Oirat, Dargwa, Chechen, Ingush, Tsakhur, Tatar, Buryat, Altai, Lak, Mari, Avaric, Lezgian, Ossetian, Tuvan, Sakha, Nogai, Kabardian, Aghul, Khakas, Crimean Tatar
Capital : Moscow, Saint Petersburg
Establishment : January 01, 1970 (106 years ago)
Time Zone : UTC+12:00, UTC+02:00, Eastern European Time, Irkutsk Time, Kaliningrad Time, Moscow Time, Samara Time, Yekaterinburg Time, Yakutsk Time, Vladivostok Time, Krasnoyarsk Time, Srednekolymsk Time, Omsk Time, Kamchatka Time, Magadan Time
Local time : 11:53:34 (19th March 2024)
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Russia 87.74494E 66.20034N
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Geography

Russian Federation is located at 60°0'0"N 100°0'0"E (60.0, 100.0). It has 18 neighbors: Estonia, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, South Ossetia, Georgia, Belarus, Finland, Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan, China, Japan, North Korea, Mongolia, Norway, Union and United States.

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The largest city of Russian Federation is Moscow with a population of 12,692,466. Other cities include, Chelyabinsk population 1,202,371, Omsk population 1,172,070, Samara population 1,156,644 and Rostov-na-Donu population 1,130,305. See all Russian Federation cities & populated places.

  • Yegor Gaidar , 15 December, 1992 1992-06-15T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Viktor Zubkov , 8 May, 2008 2007-09-14T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Mikhail Kasyanov , 24 February, 2004 2000-05-07T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Mikhail Mishustin , 2020-01-16T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Vladimir Putin , 7 May, 2012 2008-05-08T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Sergei Stepashin , 9 August, 1999 1999-05-12T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Sergey Kiriyenko , 23 August, 1998 1998-03-23T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Dmitry Medvedev , 16 January, 2020 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z United Russia
  • Viktor Chernomyrdin , 11 September, 1998 1998-08-23T00:00:00Z Our Home – Russia
  • Viktor Khristenko , 5 March, 2004 2004-02-24T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Boris Yeltsin , 15 June, 1992 1991-11-06T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Viktor Chernomyrdin , 23 March, 1998 1992-12-14T00:00:00Z Our Home – Russia
  • Yevgeny Primakov , 12 May, 1999 1998-09-11T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Vladimir Putin , 7 May, 2000 1999-08-09T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Viktor Zubkov , 8 May, 2012 2012-05-07T00:00:00Z independent politician
  • Mikhail Fradkov , 14 September, 2007 2004-03-05T00:00:00Z independent politician

Russian Federation has 18 neighbours.

  • Novosibirsk Oblast
  • Tuva Republic
  • Kaluga Oblast
  • Mari El Republic
  • Sakha Republic
  • Udmurt Republic
  • Republic of Ingushetia
  • Murmansk Oblast
  • Yaroslavl Oblast
  • Belgorod Oblast
  • Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
  • Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
  • Bryansk Oblast
  • Republic of Mordovia
  • Ivanovo Oblast
  • Leningrad Oblast
  • Tula Oblast
  • Sverdlovsk Oblast
  • Perm Krai
  • Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
  • Evenk Autonomous Okrug
  • Chita Oblast
  • Kamchatka Oblast
  • Perm Oblast
  • Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug
  • Koryak Autonomous Okrug
  • Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug
  • Taymyr Autonomous Okrug
  • Sevastopol
  • Zabaykalsky Krai
  • Kamchatka Krai
  • Republic of Crimea
  • Amur Oblast
  • Krasnodar Krai
  • Stavropol Krai
  • Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
  • Republic of Khakassia
  • Kirov Oblast
  • Tyumen Oblast
  • Chechen Republic
  • Jewish Autonomous Oblast
  • Kemerovo Oblast
  • Karelia
  • Tambov Oblast
  • Kaliningrad Oblast
  • Komi Republic
  • Republic of Buryatia
  • Primorsky Krai
  • Krasnoyarsk Krai
  • Novgorod Oblast
  • Tver Oblast
  • Ryazan Oblast
  • Khabarovsk Krai
  • Tomsk Oblast
  • Smolensk Region
  • Vladimir Oblast
  • Samara Oblast
  • Arkhangelsk Oblast
  • Karachay-Cherkess Republic
  • Kursk Oblast
  • Sakhalin Oblast
  • Saint Petersburg
  • Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
  • Magadan Oblast
  • Republic of Bashkortostan
  • Republic of Dagestan
  • Kurgan Oblast
  • Republic of Tatarstan
  • Astrakhan Oblast
  • Omsk Oblast
  • Orenburg Oblast
  • Oryol Oblast
  • Nenets Autonomous Okrug
  • Lipetsk Oblast
  • Pskov Oblast
  • Moscow
  • Chelyabinsk Oblast
  • Moscow Oblast
  • Altai Republic
  • Saratov Oblast
  • Kabardino-Balkaria
  • Vologda Oblast
  • Altai Krai
  • Volgograd Oblast
  • Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
  • Voronezh Oblast
  • Republic of Adygea
  • Kostroma Oblast
  • Ulyanovsk Oblast
  • Penza Oblast
  • Irkutsk Oblast
  • Chuvash Republic
  • Republic of Kalmykia
  • Rostov Oblast

Demographics

Year Population % Change Method
1960 119,897,000 - (Worldbank)
1961 121,236,000 1.1% (Worldbank)
1962 122,591,000 1.11% (Worldbank)
1963 123,960,000 1.1% (Worldbank)
1964 125,345,000 1.1% (Worldbank)
1965 126,745,000 1.1% (Worldbank)
1966 127,468,000 0.57% (Worldbank)
1967 128,196,000 0.57% (Worldbank)
1968 128,928,000 0.57% (Worldbank)
1969 129,664,000 0.57% (Worldbank)
1970 130,404,000 0.57% (Worldbank)
1971 131,155,000 0.57% (Worldbank)
1972 131,909,000 0.57% (Worldbank)
1973 132,669,000 0.57% (Worldbank)
1974 133,432,000 0.57% (Worldbank)
1975 134,200,000 0.57% (Worldbank)
1976 135,147,000 0.7% (Worldbank)
1977 136,100,000 0.7% (Worldbank)
1978 137,060,000 0.7% (Worldbank)
1979 138,027,000 0.7% (Worldbank)
1980 139,010,000 0.71% (Worldbank)
1981 139,941,000 0.67% (Worldbank)
1982 140,823,000 0.63% (Worldbank)
1983 141,668,000 0.6% (Worldbank)
1984 142,745,000 0.75% (Worldbank)
1985 143,858,000 0.77% (Worldbank)
1986 144,894,000 0.72% (Worldbank)
1987 145,908,000 0.69% (Worldbank)
1988 146,857,000 0.65% (Worldbank)
1989 147,721,000 0.58% (Worldbank)
1990 147,969,407 0.17% (Worldbank)
1991 148,394,216 0.29% (Worldbank)
1992 148,538,197 0.1% (Worldbank)
1993 148,458,777 -0.05% (Worldbank)
1994 148,407,912 -0.03% (Worldbank)
1995 148,375,787 -0.02% (Worldbank)
1996 148,160,129 -0.15% (Worldbank)
1997 147,915,361 -0.17% (Worldbank)
1998 147,670,784 -0.17% (Worldbank)
1999 147,214,776 -0.31% (Worldbank)
2000 146,596,869 -0.42% (Worldbank)
2001 145,976,482 -0.42% (Worldbank)
2002 145,306,497 -0.46% (Worldbank)
2003 144,648,618 -0.45% (Worldbank)
2004 144,067,316 -0.4% (Worldbank)
2005 143,518,814 -0.38% (Worldbank)
2006 143,049,637 -0.33% (Worldbank)
2007 142,805,114 -0.17% (Worldbank)
2008 142,742,366 -0.04% (Worldbank)
2009 142,785,349 0.03% (Worldbank)
2010 142,849,468 0.04% (Worldbank)
2011 142,960,908 0.08% (Worldbank)
2012 143,056,383 0.07% Sevastopol
2013 143,347,059 0.2% Sevastopol
2014 143,666,931 0.22% Sevastopol
2015 144,096,870 0.3% (Worldbank)
2016 144,342,396 0.17% (Worldbank)
2017 144,496,740 0.11% (Worldbank)
2018 144,477,860 -0.01% (Worldbank)
2019 144,373,535 -0.07% (Worldbank)

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