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RUSSIA LIES IN THE EASTERN PART OF EUROPE AND THE NORTHERN

RUSSIA LIES IN THE EASTERN PART OF EUROPE AND THE NORTHERN

PART OF ASIA. THE VAST TERRITORY OF RUSSIA IS WASHED BY THE ARCTIC, THE ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC OCEANS. RUSSIA BORDERS ON MONGOLIA, CHINA, FINLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES. RUSSIA IS RICH IN DEPOSITS OF MINERALS. MINERAL RESOURCES OF RUSSIA INCLUDE OIL, GAS, COAL, IRON, GOLD AND MANY OTHERS. THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN RUSSIA, ONE OF THE LEADING POWERS IN THE WORLD, IS A PRESIDENTIAL REPUBLIC.
RUSSIA, THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, WITH THE TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 17 MILLION SQUARE KILOMETERS, IS LOCATED IN EASTERN EUROPE AND NORTH ASIA, RUSSIA STRETCHES FROM THE BALTIC SEA TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AND FROM THE ARCTIC OCEAN TO THE BLACK SEA. IT IS BORDERED BY NORWAY, FINLAND, MONGOLIA, CHINA THE FORMER REPUBLICS OF THE USSR. THE VOLGA, THE COUNTRY’S MOST IMPORTANT RIVER, FLOWS INTO THE CASPIAN SEA. AMONG THE LONGEST MOUNTAIN CHAINS OF RUSSIA ARE THE URALS, SEPARATIONS EUROPE FROM ASIA. RUSSIA IS A HIGHLY-INDUSTRIALIZED-AGRARIAN COUNTRY, WITH VAST MINERAL RESOURCES. THREE-QUARTERS OF THE REPUBLIC’S MINERAL WEALTH IS CONCENTRATED IN SIBERIA AND INCLUDES OIL, NATURAL GAS, COAL, GOLD AND OTHER NON FERROUS METALS. THE POPULATION ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE, PRODUCE GRAIN, MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.
RUSSIA IS A PRESIDENTIAL REPUBLICS THE JUDICIAL POWER IN THE COUNTRY BELONGS TO THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY.
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Flag Сoat of arms Аnthem

Flag
Сoat of arms
Аnthem

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THE FLAG THE FLAG OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IS A TRICOLOR

THE FLAG

THE FLAG OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IS A TRICOLOR FLAG CONSISTING OF THREE EQUAL HORIZONTAL FIELDS; WHITE ON

THE TOP, BLUE IN THE MIDDLE AND RED ON THE BOTTOM.
THE FLAG WAS FIRST USED AS AN ENSIGN FOR RUSSIAN MERCHANT SHIPS AND ONLY BECAME OFFICIAL IN 1696. THE FLAG CONTINUED TO BE USED BY THE RUSSIAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT AFTER THE TSAR WAS TOPPLED IN THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION AND WAS NOT REPLACED UNTIL THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION WHICH ESTABLISHED THE RUSSIAN SOCIALIST FEDERATIVE SOVIET REPUBLIC - THE WORLD'S FIRST CONSTITUTIONALLY SOCIALIST STATE. FROM THAT TIME PERIOD, A 1:2 RED FLAG FEATURING THE ABBREVIATED NAME "RSFSR" ("РСФСР") WAS USED, UNTIL REPLACED IN 1954 WITH THE UNIVERSAL DESIGN OF THE SOVIET FLAG WITH A BLUE STRIPE ALONG THE MAST. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SOVIET UNION IN 1991 THAT THE TRICOLOR WAS BROUGHT BACK AS THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE NEW RUSSIAN FEDERATION. THE MODERN ERA FLAG UNDERWENT A PROPORTION CHANGE IN 1993 AND HAS BEEN OFFICIAL SINCE 2000.
THIS IS THE FLAG OF RUSSIAN TSAR (1693)
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THE COAT OF ARMS The coat of arms of the Russian

THE COAT OF ARMS

The coat of arms of the Russian Federation derives from

the earlier coat of arms of the Russian Empire which was abolished with the Russian Revolution in 1917 and restored in 1993 after the constitutional crisis. Though modified more than once since the reign of Ivan III (1462–1505), the current coat of arms is directly derived from its mediaeval original, with the double-headed eagle having Byzantine and earlier antecedents from long before the emergence of any Russian state. The general chromatic layout corresponds to the early fifteenth-century standard. The shape of the eagle can be traced back to the reign of Peter the Great(1682–1725), although the eagle charge on the present coat of arms is golden rather than the traditional, imperial black.