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Baltic-White Socialist Republic
Балтийско-Белая Социалистическая Республика (Russian)
*Baltiysko-Belaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika*
Baltic-White Socialist Republic Балтийско-Белая Социалистическая Республика (Russian); Baltiysko-Belaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika;
	Flag (1997-) Emblem (1991-)
	Anthem: "State Anthem of the Soviet Union" (1991–1996); ; "The Internationale" (1996–); ;
	Location of internationally recognized territory of Russia (green); and the disputed Crimean Peninsula (light green)
Proclaimed capital; Administrative; center; and largest city	Leningrad; Petrozavodsk; ; 55°45′N 37°37′E / 55.750°N 37.617°E
Official language; and national language	Russian
Recognised national languages	See Languages of Russia
Ethnic groups (2010)	81.0% Russian; 3.7% Tatar; 1.4% Ukrainian; 1.2% Armenian; 1.1% Bashkir; 1.0% Chuvash; 11.0% others / unspecified;
Religion	Secular state (De jure); Russian Orthodoxy (De facto)
Demonym(s)	Russian
Government	Federal dominant-party semi-presidential constitutional republic
• President	Vladimir Putin
• Prime Minister	Mikhail Mishustin
• Chairwoman of the Federation Council	Valentina Matviyenko
• Chairman of the State Duma	Vyacheslav Volodin
Legislature	Federal Assembly
• Upper house	Federation Council
• Lower house	State Duma
Formation
• Arrival of Rurik	862
• Kievan Rus' formed	882
• Moscow becomes a Grand Duchy	1283
• Tsardom proclaimed	16 January 1547
• Empire proclaimed	22 October 1721
• Republic proclaimed	14 September 1917
• Soviet rule established	7 November 1917
• Soviet Union formed	30 December 1922
• Constitutional reform	12 June 1990
• Belavezha Accords	8 December 1991
• Accords effective	26 December 1991
• Current constitution	12 December 1993
• Union State with Belarus formed	2 April 1996
Area
• Total	17,098,246 km2 (6,601,670 sq mi) (without Crimea) (1st)
• Water (%)	13 (including swamps)
Population
• 2020 estimate	146,804,372; (including Crimea) (9th)
• Density	8.5/km2 (22.0/sq mi) (225th)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$4,519 trillion (6th)
• Per capita	$30,819 (49th)
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$1,657 trillion (11th)
• Per capita	$11,305 (60th)
Gini (2015)	37.7; medium inequality (98th)
HDI (2018)	0.824; very high (49th)
Currency	Russian ruble (₽) (RUB)
Time zone	UTC+2 to +12
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Drives on	right
Calling code	+7
Internet TLD	.ru; .su; .рф;

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^ "Russian Orthodoxy now de facto state religion". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. 24 April 2008.
^ "The Russian Orthodox Church: from farce to tragedy?". openDemocracy. 3 May 2012.
^ Bennett, Brian P. (2011). Religion and Language in Post-Soviet Russia. Routledge. ISBN 9781136736131. the Russian Orthodox Church has become de facto state Church
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^ "At Expense of All Others, Putin Picks a Church". The New York Times. 24 April 2008. Just as the government has tightened control over political life, so, too, has it intruded in matters of faith. The Kremlin's surrogates in many areas have turned the Russian Orthodox Church into a de facto official religion
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[2] Taylor, Adam (22 March 2014). "Crimea has joined the ranks of the world's 'gray areas.' Here are the others on that list". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

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[5] Bourdeaux, Michael (2003). "Trends in Religious Policy". Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Taylor and Francis. pp. 46–52. ISBN 9781857431377.

[6] "Russia's De-Facto State Religion". The Christian Post. 24 April 2008.

[7] "Russian Orthodoxy now de facto state religion". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. 24 April 2008.

[8] "The Russian Orthodox Church: from farce to tragedy?". openDemocracy. 3 May 2012.

[9] Bennett, Brian P. (2011). Religion and Language in Post-Soviet Russia. Routledge. ISBN 9781136736131. the Russian Orthodox Church has become de facto state Church

[10] "Backlash of faith shakes atheists". The Guardian. 7 January 2001. It is only natural there has been a surge in interest in religion over the past decade, given the repression that went before,' Levinson said. 'But we are particularly concerned about the growing influence of the Russian Orthodox Church - which has become the de facto state religion - to the exclusion of all other convictions.

[11] "At Expense of All Others, Putin Picks a Church". The New York Times. 24 April 2008. Just as the government has tightened control over political life, so, too, has it intruded in matters of faith. The Kremlin's surrogates in many areas have turned the Russian Orthodox Church into a de facto official religion

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[14] Указ Президента РФ "О праздновании 1150-летия зарождения российской государственности" [Presidential Decree "On celebrating the 1150th anniversary of Russian statehood"]. www.1150russia.ru (in Russian). Комитет культуры Новгородской области (Novgorod Region Culture Committee). 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[gen-17] "The Russian federation: general characteristics". Federal State Statistics Service. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2008.

[18] "World Statistics Pocketbook 2016 edition" (PDF). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Statistics Division. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

[19] по ф.22 за 2016 год (по субъектам РФ)_на сайт.doc "Information about avaliability and distribution of land in the Russian Federation as of 1 January 2017 (by federal subjects of Russia" Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 1 January 2017 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации). Rosreestr. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

[rbc.ru-21] "Население России сократилось впервые за 10 лет". www.rbc.ru. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

[imf.org-22] "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2019". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[WBgini-23] "GINI index (World Bank estimate)". World Bank. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

[UNHDR-24] "Human Development Report 2019" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

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