Russia Map

CAPITAL: Moscow

SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal Multiparty Republic

AREA: 17,075,400 Square Kilometers (6,592,800 Square Miles)

ESTIMATED POPULATION: 150,401,000(changes with the boundaries)

LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY: Russia exists in an area of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The Barents Sea and Norway are to the northwest, Finland, the Gulf of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus to the west.

PEOPLE: The biggest population are the Russians.The rest of the people are Armenians, Azerbaijani, Kazakhs, and Germans.

LANGUAGES: The major language is Russian, which is spoken by the majority of the population with each minority has its own language.