1. The official name is Russian Federation. 2. There are 22 republics in the Russian Federation. 3. Boris Yeltsin was the first Russian President. 4. The highest law is the Constitution of the Russian Federation. 5. Vladimir Putin is the current President. Dmitry Medvedev is the current Prime Minister. 6. Russia became a republic in 1917. 7. Moscow is the capital of Russia. It's a massive and very busy city that attracts many foreigners who either want to visit the capital or stay to live there. 8. Other major cities are Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Omsk and many more. 9. It is the largest country in the world. 10. Altai Mountains are situated in the center of Asia where Russia, China Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together. Caucasus Mountains are situated between Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Other mountains chains include Ural Mountains, Verkhoyansk Range, Khibinsky Mountains and Kuray Mountains. 11. The Lena River is situated along the western shores of Lake Baikal, in southeastern Siberia, to the mouth of its delta on the Arctic Laptev Sea. The Ob River is situated in the Central Russia running from its source in the Altai Mountains through the Gulf of Ob into the Kara Sea. Other Russian rivers include the Volga River, the Ural River, the Neva River, the Dnieper, the Don River and many more. 12. The names of the seas around Russia are Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Kara Sea, East Siberian Sea, Laptev Sea, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Sea of Japan, Caspian Sea, Black sea and White Sea. 13. Lake Baikal is located in southern Siberia in Irkutsk Oblast, and it is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world and the the world's deepest lake. 14. The most important events of Russia history are the Russian Revolution, the Crimea War, World War 1 and 2, the murder of the Russian Royal Family, formation and fall of the USSR and when Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. 15. Maria Sharapova is a famous Russian tennis player. Grigori Rasputin was a mystical faith healer who was known to be a close friend of the Russian Royal Family. Roman Abramovich is a Russian businessman who is well known as the owner of Chelsea Football Team. Alexander Pushkin wes a great poet of Russia who is considered to be one of the best poets. 16. The coat of arms of Russia, the double-headed eagle, the hammer and the sickle are one of the most well known Russian symbols.
