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 (107 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 :	11:23:54 (30th April 2025)

Russia 87.74494E 66.20034N image

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.

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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.

Republic of Estonia Independent country in northeastern Europe
Republic of Latvia Independent country in northeastern Europe
Republic of Azerbaijan Independent country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe
Republic of Lithuania Independent country in northeastern Europe
South Ossetia [provisional]
Georgia country in the Caucasus
Republic of Belarus Independent country in eastern Europe
Republic of Finland Independent country in northern Europe
Ukraine Independent country in eastern Europe
Republic of Poland Independent country in Central Europe
Republic of Kazakhstan Independent country in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
People’s Republic of China Independent country in East Asia
Japan Independent country in East Asia, situated on an archipelago of five main and over 6,800 smaller islands
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Independent country in East Asia
Mongolia Independent country in East Asia
Kingdom of Norway Independent country in northern Europe
Union A city in Union County, New Jersey. It is located in the northeastern part of the county. Union is known for its many parks and green spaces, its many historical sites, and its many attractions, such as the Kean University campus and the Union City Historical Society.
United States Independent country in North America

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)

Map of countries with a smaller population than Russian Federation

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