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Russia, general name for the independent,
federal republic in eastern Europe and western and northern
Asia officially called the Russian Federation (Russian, Rossiyskaya
Federatsiya). From 1922 until December 25, 1991, the Russian
Federation formed part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR; or Soviet Union).
Population - 147,501,000
Ethnic Groups - 80%Russian, 4%Tatars, 16%Other
including Ukrainians, Chuvash, Bashkir, Belorussians, Mordvin,
Germans, Udmurt, Mari, Kazakhs, Jews, Armenians, Chechens,
Yakut, and Ossetians
Languages – Russian,
many minority languages
Religions - 24%Russian Orthodox Christianity,
76%Other
European Russia spans time zones from GMT+2 to GMT+3.
Non-European Russia (East of the Urals) spans time zones from
GMT+4 to GMT+12.

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