Russian Federation Российская Федерация
Russian FederationРоссийская Федерация
Russia – country of regions
Crossroads of Religions and Civilizations
Ivolginsk, Buryatia Kazan’, TatarstanNovgorod
Largest* Country in the world
• 7th Most Populated Country (142.7 mln)• 10th World Economy** (1.57 bn)• Mt. Elbrus – highest peak in Europe• River Volga – longest river in Europe
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* - by territory
**- by GDP (PPP) in 2006
Statistic information
• Capital - Moscow
• Official language - Russian
• Currency - Ruble
• Population density - 8.4 persons per sq km22 persons per sq mi (2005 estimate)
• Urban population distribution - 73 percent (2003 estimate)
• Rural population distribution - 27 percent (2003 estimate)
• Chief religious affiliations - Orthodox (Russian) Christian, 52 percentMuslim, 8 percentAtheist, 5 percent
…Not quite European…
• 77% of territory of Russia basically is in Asia• Almost all oil and gas deposits are in Siberia• Most of the investment in next 20 years will be made in
Siberia and Far East
• 73% of Population lives in Europe.• More 80% are Christians• Russian language belongs to the Indo-European family
of languages• European Union – main trade partner (45%)
…But not Asian as well…
Government of RussiaForm of governmentFederal republicHead of statePresidentHead of governmentPrime ministerLegislatureBicameral legislature (Federal Assembly):
Council of the Federation, 178 membersState Duma, 450 members
Voting qualificationsUniversal at age 18Constitution12 December 1993Highest courtConstitutional Court
Acting Russian presidentDmitry Medvedev
Acting Prime minister,Vladimir Putin
Cultural Institutions
Nation’s trade
Educational Institutions
Siberian Federal University Moscow state university
Ural state university Tomsk state university
Olympic champions
Buvaisar SaitievEvgeni Plushenko
Olga Pileva(Medvedceva)
Yelena Isinbayeva
Winter pastime
Rolling on sleigh
snowball fightwinter swimmers
Rolling from hill
Diverse Russia – Kamchatka
Volcano Geyser
Diverse Russia – Siberia
Lake BaikalLake Baikal
Forest
Diverse Russia – Central part
Diverse Russia – Kavkaz
Fortress Derbent
Mountains
Diverse Russia
Plateau G’uzeripl’ – West Caucasia
Diverse Russia – Moscow regionDiverse Russia
Moscow region – near river Oka
KrasnoyarskMY NATIVE TOWN
Krasnoyarsk
Fountains in Krasnoyarsk
Sights of Krasnoyarsk
National Nature Reserve Stolby
1-st stolbHeight: 80mPerimeter:640m
National Nature Reserve Stolby
Mountain “Ded”.(like Grandfather)
Sight from this mountain
National Nature Reserve Stolby
Mountains “Peria” (like Feders).
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