Russian++Federation

This page has been created by Ainhoa Rivilla and Celia Pastor. toc =My Country Facts=

General Information:

 * Official country name:**Russian Federation
 * Year that the country joined to UN:**1945

People
They are called Russians.
 * 1. What are the people from the country called? **

The official language is Russian but 80% of the population speak English.
 * 2. What is the official language? What other languages do people speak?**

Christianity, Islam, Budhism and Judaism are Russia’s traditional religions.
 * 3. What is the most-practiced religion?**

The population is about 141,927,297**.**
 * 4. What is the population?**

**Goverment**
The leader of the leader of the country is Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev.
 * 1.What is the name of the leader of the country?**

The country is ruled by a Federal Semi-Presidential Republic.
 * 2.What type of goverment is the country ruled by? **

The main politicals parties are:United Russia, the Communist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and Fair Russia.
 * 3.What are the main politicals parties of the country? **

No,it wasn't ever a colony.
 * 4.Was your country ever a colony?If so,when did it gain its dependence? **

Russia is formed by 83 political subunits which are: 21 republics; 9 kries (terrtories); 46 provinces; 4 autonomus districts apart from two federal cities: Moscow and Saint Petersburg and 7 federal districts.
 * 5.How is Russia politically divided? **

** Geography **
The country is located in the East part of Europe.
 * 1.Where is the country? **

It is bordered by Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaiján, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Corea.
 * 2.What other nations border the country?**

The most part of the territory is flat,but in the center,east and south has mountains. It has got current climate and Tundra climate in the north.
 * 3.What type of landscape does your country have?**
 * 4.What type of climate does your country have?**

The 23% of the population work at production of machinery The unemployment rate is about 8.5% The currency in the Russian Federation is the ruble (RUB).
 * 1.What is the most common sector of emplyment in your country?**
 * 2.What is the unemployment rate of your country?**
 * 3.Whih is the currency of your country?**


 * The most surprising thing we have learned about my country was:** that although the official language is Russian most of the people speak English and, as we did not know it, it has surprised us.