Flag
Description
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
note: the colors may have been based on those of the Dutch flag;
despite many popular interpretations, there is no official meaning
assigned to the colors of the Russian flag; this flag inspired other
Slav countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors
but in different arrangements, and so red, blue, and white became
the Pan-Slav colors
Independence
/ Republic Days
Russian Federation 25 December 1991
Capital
Moscow
Weather
in Russian Fedration
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Calling code
+7
Currency
Ruble
(RUB)
Geographic
Coordinates
55°45'N 37°37'E
Official languages
Russian official throughout the country; 27 others
co-official in various regions
Location
North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Europe (the
portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean
Geographic coordinates
60 00 N, 100 00 E
Map references
Asia
Area
total: 17,098,242 sq km
country comparison to the world: 1
land: 16,377,742 sq km
water: 720,500 sq km
Area - comparative
Area comparison map:
Coastline
37,653 km
Maritime claims
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Gora El'brus 5,633 m (highest point in Europe)
Nationality
noun: Russian(s)
adjective: Russian
Languages
Russian (official) 96.3%, Dolgang 5.3%, German 1.5%, Chechen 1%,
Tatar 3%, other 10.3%
note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave
more than one answer on the census (2010 est.)
National symbol(s)
bear; double-headed eagle
National anthem
name: "Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii" (National Anthem of
the Russian Federation)
National
Anthem lyrics/music
Sergey Vladimirovich MIKHALKOV/Aleksandr Vasilyevich ALEKSANDROV
note: in 2000, Russia adopted the tune of the anthem of the former
Soviet Union (composed in 1939); the lyrics, also adopted in 2000,
were written by the same person who authored the Soviet lyrics in
1943
Budget
revenues: $439 billion
expenditures: $450.3 billion (2013 est.)
Taxes and other revenues
20.7% of GDP (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
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