Russia Country Facts

• Name:  Russian Federation
• Capital:  Moscow (as well as the largest city in Russia)
• Official Language:  Russian
• Area:  6.6 million square miles (17 million square km), the largest country in the world
• Population:  142 million
• Life Expectancy:  59 years for men and 73 years for women 
• Currency:  Ruble (RUB or ₽), and one ruble is divided into 100 kopecks.  Currently, $1 equals 61 rubles.
• Religion:  Orthodox Christianity (75%), Islam (5%), Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism, and Buddhism (1% each).  Other religions comprise 1% of the population, while 8% consider themselves atheists.
• Unemployment:  5.5%