Geography
The main characteristic characteristic of the geopolitical situation of Russia consists of which its western, European part, that lives but of 4/5 of all the population, is within you limit them of the East of Europe, whereas the Eastern part, tramontando the Urales, occupies the North of Asia. The extension of Russia of the west to this constitutes but of 9,000 km, and of north to the south it oscillates between 2,500 and 4,000 km.
Territory of Russia approximately is 17.075.400 km 2, the length of the borders this near 20,322 km and 38,000 km of the sea borders.
The coast of Russia this bathed by waters of 12 seas of the three oceans: the Atlantic (Baltic Sea, Negro and Azov), the Glacial Arctic (seas of Barents, Target, Kara, Láptev, of Eastern Siberia and Chukotsk) and the Pacific (seas of Bering, Ojotsk and Japan).
To the territory of Russia the New Earth islands (82,600 km 2) Isla Sakhalin (76,400 km 2) archipelago of Novosibirsk (38,000 km 2) and archipelago belong Land of the north (37.000km 2).
The long rivers but in Russia are: Lena (4320 km), Irtish (4248 km), Eniseo (4130 km), Ob (3650 km), Volga (3690 km), Amur (2824 km). The great lakes but of Russia (and the world) are the sea Kaspio (376,000 surface km2), Baikal (31,000 km2), Ladozhskoye (18,000 km2), Onezhskoye (10,000 km2).

Population
The population in Russia this near 148.4 miliones of inhabitants.
Russia has but of 10 “milionarias” cities with population but of 1.000.000 of inhabitants.
Most of the important cities but of the country they estan located in its European part.
The population of Russia is multinational. Most of the people who live in Russia they are Russian (83.0%) tartars (3.8%) ucranianos (2.3%) chuvashy (1.2%) baskirios (0.9%).
Each nationality has its customs, its traditions, its religion, for that reason in the territory of Russia it is possible to be found all the religions that exist: Christianity, Islam, iudaismo, buddhism.

Climates and temperatures
The climate of Russia is mainly continental because many points of the country are to more than 3000 km of the sea. The great barrier of mountains to the south of the country prevents the arrival of hot air masses of India and the absence of mountains to the north of the country exposes to all the territory to the influences of the polar air masses of the Arctic and of cold air of the Atlantic. In winter, the cold is in addition intense because more than half of the Federation 60º is to the north of the latitude North.
The isotherms have a tendency the north-south, reason why the cold is become less intense as the Black Sea and zones of the more intense Caucasus approach and towards Siberia.
It is necessary to emphasize the great temperature differences between the months of summer and winter. On the other hand, the continental climate causes seasons of very short spring and autumn that are not more than one short transition towards the following stations. To such an extent that, for example, only the zones of the north of the Caucasus enjoy more than six months without frosts to the year.
In general, it is possible to say that the precipitations in him Federation of Russia are reduced, occurring the maximums in summer. The importance of precipitations declines with a tendency the Southeastern northwest, being the rainiest part of the country the zones nearest the Baltic Sea.