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| Capital | Moscow 11.5 mln |
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| Territory | 17098.2 thous. sq.km |
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| Density of Population | 8 persons/sq.km |
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Resident Population (as of the beginning 2011) |
142.5 mln. persons |
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| Unemployment Rate on Registered Labour Market (as of the end 2010) | 2.1% |
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| National Currency | Russian rouble (from July, 1993) |
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Borders on Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, China, Korea (Peoples Democratic Republic), Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, USA, Ukraine, Finland, Estonia, Japan. |
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Share in total territory1, % : |
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agricultural lands 23,5 |
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forest area 64,7 |
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water basin area 1,6 |
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other 10,2 |
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Especially
protected territories (national parks, nature reserves, wildlife
preserves, special hunting reserves) |
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The longest rivers, km2 |
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(length along the territory of the state) |
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Lena 4337 |
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Ob 3676 |
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Volga 3694 |
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Yenisei (with Angara) 3844 |
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Amur 2855 |
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The largest lakes, thous. sq. km3 |
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Caspian Sea (total area, mln. sq. km ) 0,4 |
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Baikal - 31,5 |
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Ladozhskoye 17,7 |
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Onezhskoye - 9,7 |
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The highest point, m |
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mountain Elbrus - 5642 |
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Average of many years temperature |
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January 00 C to - 500C |
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July +10
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+ 250C |
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