The rusian federation

The Russian Federation is the largest of the 21 republics that make up the Commonwealth of Independent States. It occupies most of eastern Europe and north Asia,stretching from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caucasus in the south. It isbordered by Norway and Finland in the northwest; Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania in the west; Georgia and Azerbaijan in the southwest; andKazakhstan, Mongolia, China, and North Korea along the southern border.

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The Russian Language

Of Russia's estimated 150mpopulation, it is thought that over 81% speak the official language of Russian as their first and only language. Most speakers of a minority language are also bilingualspeakers of Russian. There are over 100 minority languages spoken in Russia today, the most popular of which is Tartar, spoken by more than 3% of the country's population.Other minority languages include Ukrainian, Chuvash, Bashir, Mordvin and Chechen. Although few of these populations make up even 1% of the Russian population, theselanguages are prominent in key regional areas.

The Russian Family

. The Russian family is dependent upon all its members.
. Most families live in small apartments,often with 2 or 3 generations sharing little space.
. Most families are small, often with only one child because most women must also work outside of the house inaddition to bearing sole responsibility for household and childrearing chores.

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