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Russia

• Russian Federation
• President: Vladimir Putin (2000)
• Prime Minister: Mikhail Fradkov (2004)
• Area: 6,592,735 sq. mi. (17,075,200 sq. km)
• Population (2006 est.): 142,893,540
• Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Moscow, 10,672,000 (metro. area), 10,101,500 (city proper)
• Other large cities: St. Petersburg, 4,582,300; Novosibirsk, 1,395,500; Nizhny Novgorod, 1,340,900; Yekaterinburg, 1,256,600; Samara, 1,146,800; Kazan, 1,113,600; Ufa, 1,096,600; Chelyabinsk, 1,080,000; Perm, 998,800; Volgograd, 984,200
• Monetary unit: Ruble
• Languages: Russian, others
• Ethnicity/race: Russian 81.5%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash 1.2%, Bashkir 0.9%, Byelorussian 0.8%, Moldavian 0.7%, other 8.1%
• Religions: Russian Orthodox, Muslim, others         Source:  Infoplease

Hermitage Theater

Chrurch of the Transfiguration

Lake Baikal

Manezhnaya Square, Moscow

Near Kostroma

Performance of Don Quixote ballet, Mariinski Theater, St Petersburg

Peterhof

Red Square, Moscow

Singing folksongs

Smolny Cathedral, St Petersburg

St Basil's, Moscow

The Winter Palace (Hermitage), St Petersburg

Tsaritsino Park, Moscow

Tutaev on the Volga River

Uglich

Wooden house, Lensky district, Arkhangel

Old Tobolsk, Siberia

Baikal Ridge, Siberia

Gardens at Peterhof, Peter the Great's Palace

Enchanting Kremlin towers at night

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Hermitage Theater

 

Russia's national anthem

 

	For more information on Russia blick on the links below: Alexander Palace Time Machine Ballet Companies of Russia Classical Music in Russia Illustrated history of Russia and the former USSR Imperial Palaces of Petersburg Infoplease Moscow Kremlin Virtual Tour Parks, Reserves and Other Protected Areas Romanov Interactive Encyclopedia Russian Classical Ballet and Modern Dance State Hermitage Museum Virtual Tour The Face of Russia Webcams in Russia Wikipedia Wild Russia World Desk Reference World Heritage Sites
Russia's President Vladimir Putin		Russia's national coat of arms