Russia

Currency: Ruble

Capital City: Moscow, 10,672,000

Largest Cities:
St. Petersburg, 4,582,300;
Novosibirsk, 1,395,500;
Nizhny Novgorod, 1,340,900;
Yekaterinburg, 1,256,600;
Samara, 1,146,800;
Kazan, 1,113,600;
Ufa, 1,096,600;
Chelyabinsk, 1,080,000;
Perm, 998,800;
Volgograd, 984,200

Religion: Russian Orthodox 15%–20%, other Christian 2%, Islam 10%–15%

Government: Constitutional Federation

Sports: Baseball, Table Tennis, Soccer and Golf

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