Area:
17.075.200 square kilometers
Population:
143, 4 millions (August. 2005)
Population density:
8,5 inhabitants per square kilometer
Average lifetime:
74 year for women and 61 year for men (August 2005)
Average income:
303 USD per month (August. 2005)
Capital:
Moscow (10,4 millions)
Other large cities:
S:t Petersburg (4,7), Novosibirsk (1,4), Nizjnij Novgorod (1,3), Jekaterinburg (1,3), Samara (1,2), Omsk (1,1), Tjeljabinsk (1,1), Ufa (1,1), Kazan (1,1), Perm (1,0), Rostov-na-Donu (1,0) and Volgograd (1,0)
Important business areas:
Oil and gas industry, manufacturing, food, power, metal and chemical industries.