Jenny-Eddie

=Russia‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍=

By: Jenny and Eddie(: Geography: ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ land: 16,377,742 sq km or 6,323,481.53833916 sq mi water: 720,500 sq km or 278,186.60523369 sq mi || People: 65 years and over: 13% || male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2002 census) || Government: Economy: services: 58.1% (2008) || Misc:
 * Location || Northern Asia (the area west of the Urals is considered part of Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean ||
 * Geographic coordinates || 60 00 N, 100 00 E ||
 * Continent || Asia ||
 * Area || total: 17,098,242 sq km or 6,601,668.14357286 sq mi
 * Area comparison || approximately 1.8 times the size of the US ||
 * Border countries |||| Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China (southeast) 3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 290 km, Finland 1,313 km, Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 17.5 km, Latvia 292 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia 3,441 km, Norway 196 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Ukraine 1,576 km ||
 * Climate || ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast ||
 * Terrain || broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions ||
 * Natural resources || wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, reserves of rare earth elements, timber //note:// formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources ||
 * Natural Hazards || permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout Siberia and parts of European Russia volcanism: Russia experiences significant volcanic activity on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands; the peninsula alone is home to some 29 historically active volcanoes, with dozens more in the Kuril Islands; Kliuchevskoi (elev. 4,835 m), which erupted in 2007 and 2010, is Kamchatka's most active volcano; Avachinsky and Koryaksky volcanoes, which pose a threat to the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, have been deemed "Decade Volcanoes" by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to their explosive history and close proximity to human populations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Bezymianny, Chikurachki, Ebeko, Gorely, Grozny, Karymsky, Ketoi, Kronotsky, Ksudach, Medvezhia, Mutnovsky, Sarychev Peak, Shiveluch, Tiatia, Tolbachik, and Zheltovsky ||
 * Total population || 138,739,892 people ||
 * Age Structure || 0-14 years: 15.2% 15-64 years: 71.8%
 * Life Expectancy || 66 years total ||
 * Nationality || Russian ||
 * Religions || Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other Christian ||
 * Languages || Russian ||
 * Literacy || definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4%
 * Country Name (Full) || Russian Federation ||
 * Country Name (Full) (In Russian) || Rossiyskaya Federatsiya ||
 * Government Type || Federation ||
 * Capital || Moscow ||
 * Chief of State/Head of Government || <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">President Dmitriy Anatolyevich MEDVEDEV (since 7 May 2008) ||
 * Labor Force by Occupation || agriculture: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">10% industry: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">31.9%
 * Agriculture || grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, vegetables, fruits; beef, milk ||
 * Industry || complete range of mining and extractive industries producing coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine building from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles; defense industries including radar, missile production, and advanced electronic components, shipbuilding; road and rail transportation equipment; communications equipment; agricultural machinery, tractors, and construction equipment; electric power generating and transmitting equipment; medical and scientific instruments; consumer durables, textiles, foodstuffs, handicrafts ||
 * Exported Commodities || petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, metals, wood and wood products, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures ||
 * Imported Commodities || machinery, vehicles, pharmaceutical products, plastic, semi-finished metal products, meat, fruits and nuts, optical and medical instruments, iron, steel ||
 * Currency || Russian Ruble (Only the Ruble part though) 1 Ruble =0.0326719 USD, 1 USD = 30.6074 Rubles ||

Sources:
 * Other info about Russia (link) || Lonely Planet ||
 * CIA Fact Book ||