RUSSIA RUSSIA REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 24 1991 FROM THE SOVIET UNION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION DECEMBER 12 1993 POPULATION 146393569 1999 EST AREA 6592800 SQ MI CAPITAL MOSCOW FORM OF GOVERNMENT FEDERATION NATURAL RESOURCES OIL NATURAL GAS COAL TIMBER MAIN INDUSTRIES COAL PETROLEUM PROCESSING NATURAL GAS CHEMICALS METAL PRODUCTION MACHINE BUILDING INCLUDING AIRCRAFT SPACE VEHICLES AGRICULTURAL MACHINES ELECTRIC GENERATORS SHIPBUILDING ROAD AND RAILROAD EQUIPMENT COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS TEXTILES FOOD PROCESSING HANDICRAFTS AGRICULTURE GRAIN SUGAR BEETS SUNFLOWER SEEDS VEGETABLES FRUITS LIVESTOCK DAIRY PRODUCTS CURRENCY RUBLE GDP 593.4 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 4000 1998 EST LANGUAGES RUSSIAN OFFICIAL UKRAINIAN BELORUSSIAN UZBEK MORE THAN 130 OTHER LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOXY ISLAM LITERACY RATE 98 LIFE EXPECTANCY 59 YEARS MALE 72 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 10 BIRTHS PER 1000 PEOPLE DEATH RATE 15 DEATHS PER 1000 PEOPLE
