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GeographyLocation: Northern Asia (that part west of the Urals is sometimes included with Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean
Area: Land boundaries: total 20,139 km, Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China (southeast)3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 290 km, Finland 1,313 km, Georgia723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 19 km, Latvia 217 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia 3,441 km, Norway 167 km, Poland (KaliningradOblast) 432 km, Ukraine 1,576 km Coastline: 37,653 km
PeoplePopulation: 149,909,089 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.2% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 12.64 births/1,000 population Death rate: 11.36 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 26.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.82 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Russian 81.5%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash 1.2%, Bashkir 0.9%, Byelorussian 0.8%, Moldavian 0.7%, other 8.1% Religions: Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other Languages: Russian, other
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
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Type: federation Capital: Moscow Independence: 24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: adopted 12 December 1993
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $721.2 billion National product real growth rate: -15% National product per capita: $4,820 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10% Unemployment rate: 7.1%
Electricity:
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