Russian Federation(Russia)

Territory

17,075,400 square kilometres (Eleven time zones)

Population

Population: 145.0 million
Urban population: over 107 million
Rural population: over 39 million
State language: Russian

Nominal GDP in 2000: 325 billion US dollars
GDP per capita in 2000: 2210 US dollars
Unemployment in 2000: 11.8% (% of workforce)

Capital

Moscow: population - 8.7 million
Other cities with population over 1 million:

Saint Petersburg (5.0) Chelyabinsk
Nizhny Novgorod Ufa
Novosibirsk Perm
Ekaterinburg Rostov-on-Don
Samara Volgograd
Omsk
Voronezh
Kazan  

Administrative Division

21 Republics, 6 territories, 49 regions, 1 autonomous region, 10 autonomous areas and 2 cities of Federal Importance (TOTAL: 89)

In the month of May 2000 by the decree of the Russian President 7 new Federal Districts were formed.

Republics

Adygei Republic Karelia Republic
Altai Republic Khakasia Republic
Bashkortostan Republic Komi Republic
Buryat Republic Mariy-El Republic
Chechen Republic Mordovia Republic
Chuvash Republic Northern Osetia Republic (Alania)
Dagestan Republic Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Ingush Republic Tatarstan Republic
Kabardino-Balkar Republic Tyva Republic
Kalmyk Republic Udmurt Republic
Karachai-Cherkess Republic  

Territories

Altai Territory Krasnoyarsk Territory
Khabarovsk Territory Primorsk Territory
Krasnodar Territory Stavropol Territory

Regions

Amur Region Leningrad Region Saratov Region
Archangelsk Region Lipetsk Region Sakhalin Region
Astrakhan Region Magadan Region Smolensk Region
Belgorod Region Moscow Region Sverdlovsk Region
Bryansk Region Murmansk Region Tambov Region
Chelyabinsk Region Nizhny Novgorod Region Tomsk Region
Chita Region Novgorod Region Tula Region
Ivanovo Region Novosibirsk Region Tver Region
Irkutsk Region Omsk Region Tyumen Region
Kaliningrad Region Orenburg Region Ulyanovsk Region
Kaluga Region Orel Region Vladimir Region
Kamchatka Region Penza Region Volgograd Region
Kemerovo Region Perm Region Vologda Region
Kirov Region Pskov Region Voronezh Region
Kostroma Region Rostov Region Yaroslavl Region
Kurgan Region Ryazan Region  
Kursk Region Samara Region  

Autonomous Region and Areas

Jewish Autonomous Region Koryak Autonomous Area
Agin-Buryat Autonomous Area Nenets Autonomous Area
Chukotka Autonomous Area Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets)Autonomous Area
Evenki Autonomous Area Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Area
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area
Komi-Permyak Autonomous Area  

Federal Cities

City of Moscow City of Saint-Petersburg


Some important geographical and economic remarks.

The largest regions of Russia which have more than 3 million in population:

1. Moscow 9. jjjNizniy Novgorod Region
2. Moscow Region 10. Chelyabinsk Region
3.jKrasnodar Territory jjjjjj 11. Samara Region
4. Saint Petersburg 12. Kemerovo Region
5. Sverdlovsk Region 13. Tyumen Region
6. Rostov Region 14. Perm Region
7. Bashkortostan Republic 15. Krasnoyarsk Territory
8. Tatarstan Republic  

Autonomous areas economically related/including:

Agin-Buryat Autonomous Area in Chita Region
Chukot Autonomous Area in Magadan Region
Evenki Autonomous Area in Krasnoyarsk Territory
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area in Tyumen Region
Komi-Permyak Autonomous Area in Perm Regionfffffffffff
Koryak Autonomous Area in Kamchatka Region
Nenets Autonomous Area in Archangelsk Region
Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets)Autonomous Area in Krasnoyarsk Territory
Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Area in Irkutsk Region
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area in Tyumen Region