Russia (Russian Federation), RU
Russia: Independent country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
About
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 : | 12:02:25 (4th November 2024) |
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.
Russia map
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) |
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