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Russia
 * Geography
 * Located in Central Asia
 * Capital- Moscow
 * Other Major Cities- Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, and Kazan
 * Area- 17,098,242 sq km


 * Brief History
 * After 200 years of Mongol rule, the Principality of Muscovy was founded in the 12th century and continued to grow by conquering neighboring principalities. In the 17th century the country became known has the Russian Empire. Their involvement in the Russo-Japanese war lead to the revolution of 1905 which allowed the creation of a parliament. Not long later, the Russian Empire's loss in WWI contributed to the overthrowing of the imperial household and the creation of the new communist state, the USSR. Communist rule was strengthen under the tyrant losif Stalin at the cost of millions of lives. General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to modernize communism in the Soviet Union and in doing so introduced openness and restructuring. These new concept lead to the separation of the USSR into 15 new countries including the current democratic and semi-authoritarian Russia.

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 * Leaders
 * Chief of State- President Dmitriy Medvedev
 * Head of Government- Premier Vladimir Putin
 * First Deputy Premiers- Igor Shuvalov + Viktor Zubkov


 * Government- Federation
 * Religions
 * Russian Orthodox- 15-20%
 * Muslim- 10-15%
 * Other Christians- 2%
 * Atheist + Non-practicing Believers- 27-37%


 * Economic Information
 * PPP- 2.11 trillion
 * Gini Index- 42.3
 * Primary Sector
 * Agriculture- 4.7%
 * grain, sunflower seeds, vegetables, fruits; beef, milk
 * coal, oil, gas, metals
 * Secoundary Sector
 * Inndustry- 34.8%
 * vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, ships, biuldings, missils
 * Tertiary Sector
 * Services- 60.5%
 * Development Level
 * Rank: 71st of 182 countries
 * HDI Value: 0.817


 * Literacy
 * Male- 99.7%
 * Female- 99.2%
 * Average School Enrollment- 14 years

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