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Country Guide Russia

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

Russia photo

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]
World Festival of Clowns [video]
Moscow Air Show [video]
Winter Festival Arts Square [web site]
Sounds of Eurasia [web site]

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Russia Accommodation

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Russia Flights

Aeroflot (Russia) - Aeroflot Russian Airlines is one of the world's largest commercial carriers with flights to 108 destinations in 54 countries.
Aeroflot


2camels has searched the web for airlines that fly to Russia. We feature only hand picked links (like the one above to Aeroflot) through to airline sites that feature flights to Russia.

Russia Tours

Tours in Russia

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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