About Russia

Russia History
RUSSIA IS THE LARGEST of the fifteen geopolitical entities that emerged in 1991 from the Soviet Union. Covering more than 17 million square kilometers in Europe and Asia, Russia succeeded the Soviet Union as the largest country in the world. As was the case in the Soviet and tsarist eras, the center of Russia's population and economic activity is the European sector, which occupies about one-quarter of the country's territory. Vast tracts of land in Asian Russia are virtually unoccupied. Although numerous Soviet programs had attempted to populate and exploit resources in Siberia and the Arctic regions of the Russian Republic.
Statistics, Graphs, Charts, & Data TablesCapital Cities... MoscowPopulation: 140,041,247GDP: $2,230,000,000,000 (USD)Total Area: 17,075,200 (sq km) 6,592,735 (sq mi)Currency: Russian ruble