Overview

• Russian - 79.82%
• Tatar - 3.83%
• Ukrainian - 2.03%
• Bashkir - 1.15%
• Chuvash - 1.13%
• Chechen - 0.94%
• Armenian - 0.78%
• Mordovian - 0.58%
• Belarusian - 0.56%

religions

• orthodox – 33-40%
• muslim - 10-13% 
• jew - 0.7%
• buddhist - 0.7%
• catholic – 0.2%
• protestant - 0.7%
• atheist - 50%

government type

Russia is a Federative Republic.

It consists of:

• 21 republics
• 9 territories
• 46 regions
• 2 federal cities - Moscow and St. Petersburg
• 1 autonomous region
• 4 autonomous areas

government

Russian system of government represents a mixed form of the presidential - parliamentary republic. Head of State is President. Ministries of the Government headed by the Premier represent executive branch. Legislative branch is represented by the bicameral Parliament (the Federal Assembly) composed of the Council of Federation and the State Duma.