Russia

St. Basil's Cathedral is a brightly colored landmark in Moscow. OFFICIAL NAME: Russian Federation FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Federation CAPITAL: Moscow POPULATION: 142,122,776 OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Russian MONEY: Ruble AREA: 6,592,772 square miles (17,075,200 square kilometers) MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Ural, Altay MAJOR RIVERS: Amur, Irtysh, Lena, Ob, Volga, Yenisey Russia, the largest country in the world, occupies one-tenth of all the land on Earth.