RUSSIA National Animal : Bear
RUSSIA National Flower : Camomille
RUSSIA National Game : Football, Chess
Russia National Name : Russian Federation
National Capital : Moscow
Russia Area : Approx. 17,098,242n Sq Km (6,601,668 Sq. Mi), 11.50% of total
Russia Population : 141,927,297 in 2010 (2.07% in total)
Ethnicity in Russia : Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002)
Russia Languages : Russian, other.
Religions in Russia: Russian Orthodox 15%?20%, other Christian 2%, Islam 10%?15% (2006 est.; includes practicing worshippers only)
Time Zone :
UTC+02 (Kaliningrad Time) - Kaliningrad Oblast
UTC+03 (Moscow Time) - Most of European Russia and all railroads throughout Russia
UTC+05 (Yekaterinburg Time) - Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khantia-Mansia, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, and Yamalia
UTC+06 (Omsk Time) - Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast and Tomsk Oblast
UTC+07 (Krasnoyarsk Time) - Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tuva
UTC+08 (Irkutsk Time) - Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast
UTC+09 (Yakutsk Time) - Amur Oblast, western Sakha Republic and Zabaykalsky Krai
UTC+10 (Vladivostok Time) - The Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, central Sakha Republic and Sakhalin Island
UTC+11 (Magadan Time) - Magadan Oblast, eastern Sakha, Kuril Islands, Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai

Popular Cities in Russia

Moscow

St Petersburg

Pyatigorsk

Volgograd

Vladivostok

Kaliningrad

Irkutsk

Ekaterinburg

Novgorod

Perm

Chelyabinsk

Khabarovsk