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Subjects: - General Information
- President
- Hymn,
flag, emblem
- Passports
and Visas
- Currency
regulations
- Time
- Geography
and nature
The main cities: Moscow,
Saint-Petersburg,
Samara, Omsk, Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Ufa, Perm, Archangelsk, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Irkutsk, Kostroma, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Novgorod, Petrozavodsk, Suzdal, Khabarovsk, Yaroslavl
- Religions
General
Information, Russian,
Tatar, Ukrainian, Chuvash, Bashkir, Byelorussian, Mordvinian
- National
holidays and festivals in Russia
- Arts
and Crafts
- Culture
in Russia

Map of Russia
General Information
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Russia is
the big country in area extent of 17075,5 thousand sq. km. There are
1030 cities, 2153 settlements of city type (1.1.1983). It is located in
the Eastern part of Europe and Northern part of Asia. Russia borders on
Korea, Chinese People's Republic, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia,
Finland and Norway. Capital of the state is Moscow. The largest cities
are Moscow
(9.408.100 people), Saint-Petersburg
(4.436.700 people), Samara (1.223.000), Omsk (1.161.000), Chelyabinsk
(1.125.000), Kazan (1.092.000),
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The state language is Russian, there are also some
other languages, depending on the region.The state structure is a
Federal State with republican form of government. The head of the state
is the President
elected for a 4-year term. The head of the government is the
Prime-Minister. Legislature is Federal Assembly (two-chamber parliament
- State Duma & Council of Federation). Religions: Orthodoxy,
Islam, Judaism, Buddhism & others.
146,3 million of people live in Russia (data of
2000), 68.854.000 - men & 78.377.000 - women.There are more
than 100 nationalities living in Russia: Russian
- 81,5%, Tatar -
3,8%, Ukrainian
- 3%, Chuvash -
1,2%, Bashkir -
0,9%, Byelorussian
- 0,8%, Mordvinian
- 0,7%, German -0,6%, Chechen - 0,6%, Avar, Armenian, Jewish - in 0,4%
& others.
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Russia is
the country with centuries-old & full of events history
& luxuriant culture. Some of architectural, historical
& cultural monuments in the territory of Russia are included in
the list of Universal Heritage Objects of UNESCO, including Moscow
Kremlin & Red Square,
historical center of Saint-Petersburg
& palace & park complexes of its suburbs, historical
monuments of Novgorod, historical & cultural complex of
Solovetskie Islands, whitestone monuments of Vladimir-Suzdal land
& cities of 'Russian Golden Ring', Boris & Gleb Church
in Kideksha, Troitse-Sergieva Lavra in Sergiev Posad, Ascension Church
in Kolomenskoye, State Historical Architectural & Ethnographic
Museum-Reserve 'Kizhi', Kazan Kremlin & others.Russian
territory is very vast so there are a lot of native zones that are very
multifarious: Ladozhskoye & Onezhskoye Lakes, the deepest in
the world Baikal Lake, relict Siberian taiga, beautiful mountain
systems of Caucasus & Altai, volcanos & geysers of
Kamchatka, reserve Meshera forests, marvelous lacustrine land of
Karelia, Sayany, Valdai Hills, Volga & Akhtuba, ancient Ural
mountains, great Siberian rivers, resort Black Sea coast & with
adjacent Caucasian spurs, inclement Russian North & so many
others! The country is the most excellent place for having active rest
because of plenty of rivers, lakes, mountain systems &
luxuriant nature.You'll find so many interesting things to see in our
historical places - Moscow, Novgorod, Borodino, Veliky Rostov,
Smolensk, Pskov, Tula, Ryazan, Orel, Volgograd, a lot of cities in
Siberia as well as in other places of our Great Country!
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Pearls of
Russia.
Russia is the country with the centuries-old history, rich culture and
wonderful nature. If you glance over Russia, occupying the sixth part
of the planet, you easily notice, that there is almost everything, that
is found separately when travelling over other countries. Those people
who have travelled all over the world will by all means confirm it.
Fans of deserts, mountain lakes and mountain tops,
waterfalls, warm seas, fans of steppe vast expanses, deep forests,
broadest or most silent shady rivers, fans of rocks or cane thrickets,
edelweiss or camomiles, heat or cold, koumiss or fresh milk,
antiquities of the East or modern new buildings, mushrooms, ruffs or
mackerel, fans of hunt for wood-grouse or hunt in underwater thrickets,
fans of walking or mad rush in a motor vehicle, - everyone will find
what he is interested in.
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One of the
most beautiful in the world countries is given in the full order of
each of us. It is a pity, but sometimes there is no time and for
certain there can't be so much time in human life to see and study all
of the country that we name our Motherland. To visit all monuments of
architecture, to see beautiful nature, to get acquainted with the rich
culture of our immense country is physically impossible.
Some architectural and historical-cultural
monuments in the territory of the Russian Federation are included in
the list of Objects of the World Heritage of UNESCO, including: the Moscow
Kremlin and the Red
Square, the historical centre of
Saint-Petersburg and palace-park complexes of its suburbs, country
churchyard Kizhi, historical monuments of Novgorod, historical-cultural
complex of Solovetskiye Islands, white stone monuments of
Vladimir-Suzdal land, Boris and Gleb church in Kideksha,
Troitse-Sergieva Lavra in Sergiev Posad, Church of Ascension in
Kolomna.
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Basic Russian Sight-seeings.
In the territory of Russian Federation there are
over 100 reserves and national parks, the great rivers: Volga, Ob,
Yenisei, Lena, Amur; the biggest and deep lake Baikal, mountain tops of
the Big Caucasus and resorts of the Caucasian Mineral Waters, Teletskoe
lake in Altai, geysers and volcanos of Kamchatka.
Resort zones at the Black sea are very attractive
to tourists; in Moscow there are great sight-seeings especially from
the historic and cultural point of view: the Kremlin,
Red Square,
V.Lenin's mausoleum, Armory Museum, Vasily the Bless temple, Tretiyakov
gallery, Borodino panorama, Andrey Rublev museum, manor
ensembles-museums: Kuskovo, Kolomna, Ostankino, Tsaritsyno,
Arkhangelskoye and many-many else.
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If you
once visit Saint-Petersburg, you will certainly forever remember the
Hermitage, Russian museum, Isaak cathedral, Peter and Paul Fortress,
Alexander Nevsky Lavra, unique museum - Kunstkamera (cabinet of
curiosities), unsurpassed palace-park ensembles: Peterhof, Pavlovsk,
Pushkin, Gatchina.
Russia is famous all over the world for its old
russian cities the so-called "Golden Ring": Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov,
Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Suzdal, Vladimir, Sergiev Posad, Yuriev.
The Kremlin and Ivan
the Terrible palace in
Vologda, Museum of Wooden Architecture "Kizhi", historical monuments of
Great Novgorod, Solovetsky monastery at the White sea, Pskov-Pechora
monastery and museum-reserve "Pushkin mountain" in Pskov, Kazan Kremlin
(14-15 centuries), historic-architectural museum in Smolensk, memorial
complex "Stalingrad Battle" in Volgograd, museum-reserve (16-17
centuries) in Tobolsk are well-known in Russia and abroad.
In this section there is a great opportunity to
familiarize with these and many other "pearls" of Russia.
The Great Country is waiting for you!
Welcome!
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See also: Information,
Kremlin,
Red
Square, Irkutsk,
Russia
information
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