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Capital:
Moscow
Population:
143,202,000
Currency:
Russian ruble (RUR)
Religions:
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
Government:
federation
Languages:
Russian, many minority languages
Climate:
ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic 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
Phone Code:
7

Festivals in Russia

New Year in Russia [article]
Maslenitsa - Russian Mardi Gras [article]
Moscow International Advertising Festival [photo gallery]
Vladivostok International Film Festival [photo gallery]
Moscow Stiletto Run [video]
St. Petersburg International Film Festival [web site]
Moscow Pride [web site]

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Russian Reading

A History of the Peoples of Siberia : Russia´s North Asian Colony 1581-1990

Comparing the Siberian experience with that of Indians and Eskimos in North America, this first substantive "post-Glasnost" account covers the early history of Siberia after the Russian conquest to collectivization and conscription during World War II and the 1980s movement for native rights.

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Further Russia Resources

Russia.com [web site]

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