Russia.
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Capital - Moscow
Language - Russian, many minority languages
Population - 141,377,752 (July 2007 est.)
Geography - 17,075,200 sq km
Area-comparative - approximately 1.8 times the size of the US
Climate - ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; sub arctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast
Religion - Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Ethnic Groups - Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census)
Life expectations - total population: 65.87 years
male: 59.12 years
female: 73.03 years (2007 est.)
Literacy - definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.5% (2003 est.)
Government type - federation
Exports - Oil-Export: 7 million bbl/day (2005)
Natural Gas Exports: 216.8 billion cu m (2004 est.)
Exports: $317.6 billion (2006 est.)
Export Commodities - petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures
GDP per capita - $12,100 (2006 est.)
Natural Hazards - permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout Siberia and parts of European Russia
