Russian Federation
National name: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
President: Dmitry Medvedev (2008)
Prime Minister: Vladimir Putin (2008)
Current government officials
Land area: 6,592,812 sq mi (17,075,400 sq km); total area: 6,592,735 sq mi (17,075,200 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 141,377,752 (growth rate: –0.5%); birth rate: 10.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 11.1/1000; life expectancy: 65.9; density per sq mi: 21
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Moscow, 10,672,000 (metro. area), 10,101,500 (city proper)
Other large 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
Monetary unit: Russian ruble (RUR)
Languages: Russian, many minority languages
Ethnicity/race: Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002)
Religions: Russian Orthodox 15%–20%, other Christian 2%, Islam 10%–15% (2006 est.; includes practicing worshippers only)
Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya
Kalanchevskaya Street 21/40, Moscow, Russian Federation 107078
Theres still snow flurries in moscow and its vicinity.. hope golfman stays safe & warm.
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