Knowing Russia

1. Russian Federation
by
Ziauddin Siddiqui
Zia_siddiqui@hotmail.com

2. Russia – Flag

3. Russia - Area
Largest Country of the World
 17 million square kilometer (6.5 million square miles.)
 about 1.8 times the size of the United States of America
 Its Coastline is 37,650 km

4. Russia - Map

5. Russia - Cities
Total Cities in Russia 1100 (approx.)
Capital--Moscow
Some other Famous cities are
 Saint Petersburg
 Nizhny (Nizhni) Novgorod
 Rayyzan
 Samara
 Sochi
 Kazan
 Vladimir

6. Russia - Religions
 Russian Orthodox
 Islam
 Judaism
 Roman Catholicism
 Protestant
 Buddhist
 & other.

7. Russia - People
Nationality: Russians
Population (Dec 2011): 142.9 million.
Annual population growth rate :0.07%.
Literacy : 99.4%.
General Life Male : 63.03 yrs & Female : 74.87 yrs

8. Russia- Work Force
 Work force 75.49 million
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9. Russia –Language
Russian (official)
more than 140 other languages

10. Russia – Economy
Gross domestic product
GDP (2011): $1.477 trillion.
GDP = private consumption + gross investment + government spending + (exports −
imports)
Growth rate (2011): 4%.

11. Russia- Natural Resources
 Petroleum,
 Natural gas,
 Timber,
 Furs,
 Precious Metals.

12. Russia- Industry
 Automobiles,
 Trucks,
 Trains,
 Agricultural equipment,
 Advanced aircraft,
 Aerospace,
 Construction equipment.
 Machine and equipment products;
 Medical and scientific instruments;
 Mining and extractive industry;

13. Thank you
Espassiba