Russia Country Guide

Russia Facts

  • 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

Photos of Russia

Architceture on the Canals - St. Petersburg, Russia A Stroll Besides a Canal - St. Petersburg, Russia Marble Jaguar - St. Petersburg, Russia Rickety Stairs - St. Petersburg, Russia Chandeliers and the Hermitage Ceiling - St. Petersburg, Russia A Pedestrian Passes - St. Petersburg, Russia Hermitage Stairwell - St. Petersburg, Russia Marble Under the Domes  - St. Petersburg, Russia A Face in Marble - St. Petersburg, Russia

Festivals in Russia

Art Moscow (Moscow, Russia)
Festival Types: Art, Fair, Trade
Month: September
Art Moscow Website
Art November (Moscow, Russia)
Festival Types: Art, Photography, Performing Art
Month: November
Art November Website
Festival of the North (Murmansk, Russia)
Festival Types: Sport - Winter, Winter
Month: April
Festival of the North Website
International Documentary Film Festival - Novosibirsk (Novosibirsk, Russia)
Festival Types: Film - Documentary, Film
Month: September
International Documentary Film Festival - Novosibirsk Website
Itel'men Tribal Harvest Festival (Kovran, Russia)
Festival Types: Indigenous, Harvest, Traditional
Month: September
Itel'men Tribal Harvest Festival Article

Russia Accommodation

Hotelopia has great prices on hotels in Russia

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