| NAME: |
Russia |
| LOCATION: |
Asia |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Federation |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
Russian, plus many minority language. |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2%. Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1%. |
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