La Russia it is a real colossus, which borders a multitude of states and opens up an incredible variety of latitudes, environments, climates, cultures, ethnic groups, idioms (the official language is Russian, but over 100 different languages/dialects are spoken locally ), religions, traditions…
Its very shape makes it resemble a bridge thrown under the Arctic ice cap, which connects Scandinavian countries (Finland e Norway) and former Baltic Republics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) to Deep East Asia (Mongolia, China, North Korea), touching in the south the Poland and other former Soviet republics such as Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan. Even when it comes to the seas, they don't joke, ranging from the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean and the Baltic to the mild ones of the Black Sea and the Caspian to the boundless ones of the Pacific Ocean.
The interior, where there are 11 zones with different time zones, is a mammoth puzzle of environments that extend for hundreds and hundreds of kilometres, conveying an inevitable sense of monotony, even if they are places of boundless beauty and grandeur , where you feel as small as ants: tundras, steppes, northern forests called taiga, temperate forests, plains and even some subtropical belts along the shores of the Black Sea.
The waterways that cross it and nourish it are over 100 thousand and then there is the Lake Baikal, considered the largest in the world. In relation to its immensity, the Russia it is sparsely populated, around 145 million inhabitants, which is very little and moreover concentrated around the main cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Win, Novosibirsk, Volgograd…, where industries flourish and essential services are concentrated.
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- Country: Russia
- Area 17 km²
- Capital: Moscow
- Population: 145 181 900 inhabitants
- Language: russo
- Religion: non-religious/atheists 72,4%, Orthodox 16,3%, Muslims 10%
- State law: Federal Republic
- Major cities: St. Petersburg, Samara, Saratov
Useful information about Russia
- Currency: ruble
- Country code: 007
- International license plate: RUS
- Driving lane: dx
- Entry documents: Passport with visa, the validity of which must not be less than 6 months from the date of return from the trip
- Vaccination required: NN, but it is mandatory to have an insurance policy including coverage of medical expenses.
- Electric current: 220V / 127
- Unit of measure: decimal metric
- Time Zones: +3
- Fixed date holidays: 9 May Victory Day, 12 June National Day, 5 November Unity Day
- Climate: the continental climate is characterized by hot summers and harsh winters
- Average temperatures: 4,4°C (-12,5°C in winter, 18°C in summer)
- Transportation: the trains are well organized and comfortable. The bus is an excellent means of transport for moving between small cities
- Airports: Moscow/Semeratevo, Moscow/Vnukovo, Moscow/Domodedovo, St. Petersburg
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