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OLEG'S SEIZURE OF KIEV AND THE FOUNDING OF KIEVAN RUS' · 882 CE
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1991-present · Post-Soviet Russia
6 EVENTS
December 1991 · Birth of the Russian Federation 2 REFS
March 2014 · Annexation of Crimea 2 REFS
1922-1991 · The Soviet Union
7 EVENTS
1932-1933 · The Holodomor and the Soviet famine 2 REFS
1941-1945 · The Great Patriotic War 3 REFS
1917-1922 · Revolution and the Fall of the Romanovs
5 EVENTS
15 March 1917 · February Revolution and the abdication of Nicholas II 2 REFS
17 July 1918 · Execution of the Romanov family 2 REFS
1721-1917 · The Russian Empire: Peter, Catherine, and the Romanov Zenith
6 EVENTS
1721 · Peter the Great proclaims the Russian Empire 2 REFS
30 March 1867 · Russia sells Alaska to the United States 3 REFS
1480-1721 · Muscovy and the Tsardom of Russia
9 EVENTS
1552 · Conquest of the Khanate of Kazan 3 REFS
by 1640s · Russian explorers reach the Pacific 3 REFS
882-1480 · Kievan Rus' and the Mongol Yoke
5 EVENTS
882 CE · Oleg seizes Kiev and founds Kievan Rus' 2 REFS
c. 988 CE · Vladimir the Great adopts Orthodox Christianity 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Moscow
Population
142 m
Area
17,098,242 km²
Region
Eastern Europe
Languages
Russian
Currency
Russian ruble (₽)
Demonym
Russian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$2.56 T’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$17,547’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
1.0%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
8.7%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
33.7%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
144 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
73.4 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
75.3%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.4’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
99.9%’21 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
32.0’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
50.5’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
45.1’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
38.0’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
37.1’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
29.8’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
7.0%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
5.11’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
5.2’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
97.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
76.3%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
99.9%’21 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.2%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
97.7%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
92.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
60.4%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
2,639’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
94.4%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
186’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
9.7%’21 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
16,376,870 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
49.8%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
13.2%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
14.0’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
3.5%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
18.5%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
9.7%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
2.1%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.3%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Copper (mined)
1.3 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Iron ore
86 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Gold (mined)
310 t’25 USGS-MCS
Cobalt (mined)
7,700 t’25 USGS-MCS
Nickel (mined)
200 kt’25 USGS-MCS
Rare earths
2,600 t’25 USGS-MCS
Bauxite
5.7 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Zinc (mined)
430 kt’25 USGS-MCS
Phosphate rock
14 Mt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
7.1%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$149 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
1.5 m’20 WB-SIPRI

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