Russia in few words
President: Vladimir POUTINE
Area: 17'075'200 km2
Habitants (July 2007) : 141,377,752, in 2005: 143,420,309 (average annual growth rate: -0.48%); birth rate: 10.9 / 1000; mortality rate: 11.0 / 1000; fertility: 2 children born / woman
Capital: Moscow (inhabitants: 11 million in 2006)
Other cities: Saint-Petersbourg, 4,1 M
Novossibirsk, 1,4 M
Ekaterinenbourg , 1,4 M
Nijni-Novgorod, 1,4 M
Samara, 1,2 M
Tcheliabinsk, 1,2 M
Kazan, 1,1 M
Perm, 1,1 M
Oufa, 1,1 M
Rostov-sur-le-Don, 1,1 M
Currency : the ruble (Руб)
Ethnic groups: Russian 81.5%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash 1.2%, Bashkir 0.9%, 0.8% Belarusians, Moldovans 0.7%, Germans 0.6%, other 7.5% (128 nationalities in all)
Literacy rate: 98%
Life expectancy: men: 59.1 years female: 73.0 years (2007)
Figures in 2001: men: 62.1 years female: 72.8 years (2001)
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