Russia
Basic Information:
Official Name: Russian Federation
Population: 143,600,000
Area: 17,075,200 km2
Capital City: Moscow
Major Religion: Russian Orthodox
Currency: Ruble (RUB)
Exchange Rate: N/A
Time Zone: Russia has more than one time zone.
Current time: 07:55am
Phone Country Dialing Code: 7
Region: Europe
Language: Russian
Useful Travel Phrases in: Russian
Practical Travel Information:
Official Tourism Website:
www.russia-travel.comElectricity: 220V
Travel Cost: $$$ ($ = cheap, $$$$$ = expensive)
Main Attractions:
- Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
- Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg
- Kizhi
Health Advisory:
Russian is a semi-presidential republic comprising 85 federal subjects. These
federal subjects are grouped into 9 federal districts, with each district
having equal representation in the Russian Federation Council.
The nine federal districts are:
Central Federal District, Southern Federal District, Northwestern Federal
District, Far Eastern Federal District, Siberian Federal District, Urals
Federal District, Volga Federal District, Northern Caucasian District, and Crimea Federal District
Central Federal District
Time zone: GMT + 3
Federal Subjects:
- Belgorod Oblast
- Bryansk Oblast
- Ivanovo Oblast
- Kaluga Oblast
- Kostroma Oblast
- Kursk Oblast
- Lipetsk Oblast
- Moscow
- Moscow Oblast
- Oryol Oblast
- Ryazan Oblast
- Smolensk Oblast
- Tambov Oblast
- Tver Oblast
- Tula Oblast
- Vladimir Oblast
- Voronezh Oblast
- Yaroslavl Oblast
Southern Federal District
Time zone: GMT + 3
Federal Subjects:
- Republic of Adygea
- Astrakhan Oblast
- Chechen Republic
- Republic of Dagestan
- Republic of Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkar Republic
- Republic of Kalmykia
- Karachay-Cherkess Republic
- Krasnodar Krai
- Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
- Stavropol Krai
- Rostov Oblast
- Volgograd Oblast
Northwestern Federal District
Time zone: GMT + 2 to + 3
Federal Subjects:
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- Republic of Karelia
- Komi Republic
- Leningrad Oblast
- Murmansk Oblast
- Novgorod Oblast
- Pskov Oblast
- Federal city of Saint Petersburg
- Vologda Oblast
Far Eastern Federal District
Time zone: GMT + 9 to + 12
Federal Subjects:
- Vladivostok
- Khabarovsk
- Yakutsk
- Blagoveshchensk
- Magadan
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Siberian Federal District
Time zone: GMT + 6 to + 8
Federal Subjects:
- Altai Republic
- Altai Krai
- Buryatia
- Zabaykalsky Krai
- Irkutsk Oblast
- Khakassia
- Kemerovo Oblast
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Novosibirsk Oblast
- Omsk Oblast
- Tomsk Oblast
- Tuva
Urals Federal District
Time zone: GMT + 5
Federal Subjects:
- Kurgan Oblast
- Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Tyumen Oblast
- Chelyabinsk Oblast
Volga Federal District
Time zone: GMT + 3 to + 5
Federal Subjects:
- Republic of Bashkortostan
- Chuvash Republic
- Kirov Oblast
- Mari El Republic
- Republic of Mordovia
- Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Orenburg Oblast
- Penza Oblast
- Perm Krai
- Samara Oblast
- Saratov Oblast
- Republic of Tatarstan
- Udmurt Republic
- Ulyanovsk Oblast
North Caucasian District
Time zone: GMT + 4
Federal Subjects:
- Republic of Dagestan
- Republic of Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkar Republic
- Karachay-Cherkess Republic
- Mordovia
- Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
- Stavropol Krai
- Chechen Republic