Russia Profile
History and Current Conditions
Russia’s area is about 17 million square kilometers (6.5 million square miles). It remains the largest country in the world by more than 2.5 million square miles. Its population density is about 22 persons per square mile (9 per square mile), making it one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. Its population is predominantly urban. Most of the roughly 145 million Russians derive from the Eastern Slavic family of peoples, whose original homeland was probably present-day Poland. Russian is the official language of Russia and an official language in the United Nations. As the language of writers…
