Russia
Russian Federation
Russia sits in Eastern Europe and uses RUB - Russian ruble (₽). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Moscow
17.3M
Saint Petersburg
5.6M
Novosibirsk
1.6M
Population
146M
146,028,325 people
Area
17.1M km2
17,098,242 square kilometers
Density
9/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Moscow
55.75, 37.6
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Russia, officially listed here as Russian Federation, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Russia, RU, RUS, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Russia is grouped under Europe, more specifically Eastern Europe, with Europe and Asia shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 146,028,325 people and a land area of 17,098,242 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 9 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 60, 100, while the capital coordinate reference is 55.75, 37.6. Russia shares listed land borders with AZE, BLR, CHN, EST, FIN, GEO, KAZ, PRK, LVA, LTU, MNG, NOR, POL, UKR, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Moscow (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Kazan. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Russia, capital of Russia, and major urban areas in Russia. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Authoritarian federal semi-presidential republic. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as yes, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include BRICS, G20 and United Nations. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Russia uses calling code +7, postal format ######, and time zone data listed as UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00 and UTC+12:00. The number format uses . as the thousands separator and , as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists RUB - Russian ruble (₽), while language records include Russian. Vehicle data records the driving side as right and vehicle sign codes as RUS. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The latest Gini entry in the dataset is 33 for 2023.
How to use this profile
This Russia profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
RU / RUS
Top-level domains
.ru, .su, .рф
Continents
Europe, Asia
Border countries
AZE, BLR, CHN, EST, FIN, GEO, KAZ, PRK, LVA, LTU, MNG, NOR, POL, UKR
Driving side
right
Vehicle signs
RUS
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Russia is represented by the RU country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Moscow
Moskva
17,332,000
primary
#2
Saint Petersburg
Sankt-Peterburg
5,601,911
admin
#3
Novosibirsk
Novosibirskaya Oblast’
1,637,266
admin
#4
Yekaterinburg
Sverdlovskaya Oblast’
1,468,833
admin
#5
Kazan
Tatarstan
1,329,825
admin
Governance
Government type
Authoritarian federal semi-presidential republic
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
Yes
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
. thousands, , decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+7
Postal format
######
Timezones
UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00
Languages
Russian
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
33
2023