The Edvectus Educator: an Introduction to Russia a Guide to Successful Integration
The Edvectus Educator: An Introduction to Russia A Guide to Successful Integration The Facts and Figures Official Name: The Russian Federation Location: North Eastern Europe and Northern Asia Border: Russia borders more countries than any other country in the world, sharing land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, North Korea and water borders with Japan and USA. Area: 17,098,242 Square Kms Topography: A vastly diverse country, Russia varies from tundra zones, forest zones, plains (or steppes), arid, desert zones and also mountainous zones. Capital: Moscow Population: 143,975,923 Main Language: Russian Currency: Ruble Dialling Code: +7 Time Zone: (UTC+2 to +12) Government: Federal Presidential Republic Main Airport: There are three major airports that serve Moscow; Sheremetyevo International Airport, Domodedovo International Airport and Vnukovo International Airport. Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersberg is also a very busy airport (the third busiest in the country) Main Carrier: Aeroflot is the Russian international airline Drives on the: Right Religion: Russian Orthodox © Edvectus This information has been developed for Edvectus candidates and cannot be distributed or copied without written permission Unique Selling Points The largest, country in the world with a vast land mass accounting for more than 1/8 of the inhabited world’s land mass (it’s nearly twice the size of the USA and bigger than Pluto), sharing land borders with more countries than any other countries in the world, spanning nine time zones, extending from Eastern Europe to Northern Asia, home to the longest train line in the world, having the largest and most populous city in Europe, the deepest and oldest lake on the planet (Lake Baikal is 2.5 million years old), the tallest Christian Orthodox Church in the world and having the second highest concentration of billionaires in one city (84 in Moscow superseded only by New York in the USA).
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