Area 17,075,400 sq km (6,592,043 sq mi)
Poplation 144,526,000
Capital city Moscow (8,297,000)
Government Federal multiparty republic
Ethnicity Groups: Russian 82%, Tatar 4%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash 1%, more than 100 others
Language Russian (official), many others
Religions Mainly Russian Orthodox, Islam, Judaism
Currency Russian ruble = 100 kopeks

Russia is the world's largest country.

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