is the world’s largest nation, borders European and Asian countries as well as the Pacific and Arctic oceans. Its landscape ranges from tundra and forests to subtropical beaches. It’s famous for Moscow’s Bolshoi and St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky ballet companies. Moscow is more than one thousand years old  and the most beautiful city on Planet. St. Petersburg, founded by Russian leader Peter the Great in 1703,  is famous as a cultural capital of Russia and has thousands of sights like Russian Museum, Mariinsky theatre, best Conservatorium in the world, classical music, home to the worldwide writers, poets and composers, endless palaces and elegant shops with 300 years history. However, it is especially known for its baroque Winter Palace, which is today a main building of  the State Hermitage Museum’s art collection.
Capital: Moscow
Population: 143.5 million
President: Vladimir Putin
Currency: Russian ruble
National anthem: National anthem of Russia
Continent: Asia, Europe

Main religions: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism