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  1. Date of Independence: August 24, 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: December 12, 1993
  3. Population: 146,393,569 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 6,592,800 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Moscow
  6. Form of Government: federation
  7. Natural Resources: oil, natural gas, coal, timber
  8. 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
  9. Agriculture: grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables, fruits, livestock, dairy products
  10. Currency: ruble
  11. GDP: $593.4 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $4,000 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Russian (official), Ukrainian, Belorussian, Uzbek, more than 130 other languages and dialects
  14. Religions: Christianity (Russian Orthodoxy), Islam
  15. Literacy Rate: 98%
  16. Life Expectancy:    59 years (male)
  17.                 72 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 10 births per 1,000 people
  19. Death Rate: 15 deaths per 1,000 people