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Russian Federation
Российская Федерация (Russian)
Flag of Russia
Flag
Coat of arms of Russia
Coat of arms
Anthem: 
Государственный гимн Российской Федерации
Gosudarstvennyy gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii
"State Anthem of the Russian Federation"
Recognized territory of Russia is shown in dark green; claimed and disputed territory is shown in light green.[a]
Capital
and largest city
Moscow
55°45′21″N 37°37′02″E / 55.75583°N 37.61722°E / 55.75583; 37.61722
Official and national languageRussian[3]
Recognised regional languages35 regional official languages[4]
Ethnic groups
(2021; including Russia and Crimea)[5]
  • 71.7% Russian
  • 3.2% Tatar
  • 1.1% Bashkir
  • 1.1% Chechen
  • 11.3% other
  • 11.6% not reported
Religion
(2023)[7][8]
    • 61% Christianity
      • 60% Russian Orthodoxy
      • 1% other Christian
  • 24% no religion
  • 9% Islam
  • 2% other (including Buddhism)[6]
  • 4% undeclared
Demonym(s)Russian
GovernmentFederal semi-presidential republic under an authoritarian dictatorship[9][10][11][12]
• President
Vladimir Putin
• Prime Minister
Mikhail Mishustin
• Chairwoman of the Federation Council
Valentina Matviyenko
• Chairman of the State Duma
Vyacheslav Volodin
• Chief Justice
Pyotr Serkov (acting)[13]
LegislatureFederal Assembly
• Upper house
Federation Council
• Lower house
State Duma
Formation
• Kievan Rus'
882
• Vladimir-Suzdal
1157
• Principality of Moscow
1282
• Tsardom of Russia
16 January 1547
• Russian Empire
2 November 1721
• Monarchy abolished
15 March 1917
• Soviet Union
30 December 1922
• Declaration of State
Sovereignty
12 June 1990
• Russian Federation
12 December 1991
• Current constitution
12 December 1993
• Union State formed
8 December 1999
Area
• Total
17,098,246 km2 (6,601,670 sq mi)[14] (within internationally recognised borders)
• Water (%)
13[15] (including swamps)
Population
• 2022 estimate
  • Neutral increase 147,182,123 (2021 Census)[16]
  • (including Crimea)[17]
  • Neutral increase 144,699,673
  • (excluding Crimea)[17]
(9th)
• Density
8.4/km2 (21.8/sq mi) (187th)
GDP (PPP)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $5.056 trillion[18] (6th)
• Per capita
Increase $35,310[18] (60th)
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Total
Decrease $1.862 trillion[18] (11th)
• Per capita
Decrease $13,006[18] (72nd)
Gini (2020)Positive decrease 36.0[19]
medium
HDI (2022)Increase 0.821[20]
very high (56th)
CurrencyRuble (₽) (RUB)
Time zoneUTC+2 to +12
Driving sideright
Calling code+7
ISO 3166 codeRU
Internet TLD
  • .ru
  • .рф

Russia,[b] or the Russian Federation,[c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries.[d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country. The country's capital as well as its largest city is Moscow. Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city and cultural capital. Other major cities in the country include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kazan, Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don.

The East Slavs emerged as a recognised group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE. The first East Slavic state, Kievan Rus', arose in the 9th century, and in 988, it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire. Rus' ultimately disintegrated, with the Grand Duchy of Moscow growing to become the Tsardom of Russia. By the early 18th century, Russia had vastly expanded through conquest, annexation, and the efforts of Russian explorers, developing into the Russian Empire, which remains the third-largest empire in history. However, with the Russian Revolution in 1917, Russia's monarchic rule was abolished and eventually replaced by the Russian SFSR—the world's first constitutionally socialist state. Following the Russian Civil War, the Russian SFSR established the Soviet Union with three other Soviet republics, within which it was the largest and principal constituent. At the expense of millions of lives, the Soviet Union underwent rapid industrialisation in the 1930s and later played a decisive role for the Allies in World War II by leading large-scale efforts on the Eastern Front. With the onset of the Cold War, it competed with the United States for global ideological influence. The Soviet era of the 20th century saw some of the most significant Russian technological achievements, including the first human-made satellite and the first human expedition into outer space.

In 1991, the Russian SFSR emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union as the independent Russian Federation. A new constitution was adopted, which established a federal semi-presidential system. Since the turn of the century, Russia's political system has been dominated by Vladimir Putin, under whom the country has experienced democratic backsliding and a shift towards authoritarianism. Russia has been militarily involved in a number of conflicts in former Soviet states and other countries, including its war with Georgia in 2008 and annexation of Crimea in 2014 from neighbouring Ukraine, followed by the further annexation of four other regions in 2022 during an ongoing invasion.

Internationally, Russia ranks among the lowest in measurements of democracy, human rights and freedom of the press; the country also has high levels of perceived corruption. The Russian economy ranks 11th by nominal GDP, relying heavily on its abundant natural resources, and 68th by GDP per capita. Its mineral and energy sources are the world's largest, and its figures for oil production and natural gas production rank highly globally. Russia possesses the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons and has the third-highest military expenditure. The country is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council; a member state of the G20, SCO, BRICS, APEC, OSCE, and WTO; and the leading member state of post-Soviet organisations such as CIS, CSTO, and EAEU/EEU. Russia is home to 30 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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  6. ^ Shevchenko, Nikolay (21 February 2018). "Check out Russia's Kalmykia: The only region in Europe where Buddhism rules the roost". Russia Beyond. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Передача иконы "Троица" Русской православной церкви" (in Russian). Фонд Общественное Мнение, ФОМ (Public Opinion Foundation). 22 June 2023. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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  17. ^ a b Предварительная оценка численности постоянного населения на 1 января 2022 года и в среднем за 2021 год [Preliminary estimated population as of 1 January 2022 and on the average for 2021] (XLS). Russian Federal State Statistics Service (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  18. ^ a b c d "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2023 Edition. (Russia)". International Monetary Fund. 10 October 2023. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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