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Full country name: Russian Federation
International phone dialing code: 7
People population: 138,739,892 (July 2011 est.)
Total area: 17,098,242 sq km, sea area: 720,500 sq km
Total area: Land boundaries: 20,241.5 km, coastline: 37,653 km
Most known cities: Abkhazia, Belogorsk, Buryatiya Taksimo, Chernogolovka, Chitinskaya Region, Kaliningrad, Moscow, Orel, Rostovdon, S.Peter, Smolensk, Voronezh, Yuzhno Sakhalinsk
Geographic coordinates: 60 00 N, 100 00 E
Russia is situated in Northern Asia (the area west of the Urals is considered part of Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean
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