FACTOID # 78: 22% of New Zealanders have used cannabis.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
 
 
WHAT'S NEW
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     

  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Discussion - Russia Profile

These are comments that our moderators found as non-authoritative though possibly interesting for further discussion on Russia Profile


COMMENTARY     

mat (georgia)
4th April 2009
the Russian people are Slav but they have lots of Germanic blood, even the goths went there{a German tribe] but they have some Mongolian blood also, you can even see this a little in there face.I'm not too sure how much of Slav,Germanic and Mongolian they have, but i,m sure DNA testing of the population would tell us everything, if it hasn't already been dun. But some nice girls they have.
christy (midsayap)
10th December 2008
is it true that Russia was the largest state in terms of territory????????????
someone
11th September 2008
Adam, those millions would be the Ukrainians who Stalin purposely starved.

The one being spoonfed propaganda is you dipshit.
megan (philly)
25th January 2007
hey guys I need help on a project and i can't find anything

I need to find WHAT PART OF PHILADELPHIA DO RUSSIAN PEOPLE NOW OCCUPY?
please help
nikki (AMERICA)
22nd May 2006
this country seems very different.. when i was at first learning about this country i wasnt very intrested. but as time moved on i notcied the great things that happened here.. not to be rude or anything. i feel that philadelphia is still better. we have more rights and are more interesting. also we are not as poor.

this site is ok. you should make it easier for us to find things. because right now it is really hard to find info. and i am takin a test that is timed. and i want it to be easier. please.

MeLiSsA & MiChAeL = foreverlove
Aleksei Igoryievich
24th February 2006
The Russian people are NOT Germanic. The Slavs had already occupied the land when the Nordic tribes ventured into Eurasia. Though they did help establish a government, the level of inter-breeding between Slavs and the Nordic tribes was not enough to warrant the claim that the Russian people are of Germanic origin. Magnus is a scandinavian name. Never trust information on Russia from a scandinavian.
Adam
4th December 2005
It’s sad how imperialistic propaganda has diminished a man as you as “Joseph Stalin”.

“Oooo Stalin was a brute! He killed millions! Argh!!!”

Millions eh? Now which millions would that be? Those who collaborated with Nazi Germany? The millions that left their ammunition and supplies behind without a fight to be used against the civilians of the U.S.S.R? The millions of farmers that would rather raze their tiny crops instead of combining them to feed a growing and industrious nation(s)? The millions that were starved to death by American, British and French blockades? The millions missing from rural areas… which moved into larger cities to find employment in the booming U.S.S.R? The millions that western nations said to cover up/shield their own poor recovery, where the U.S.S.R was thriving? The millions that no shred of evidence was established by Western journalists who actually WENT to the U.S.S.R and investigated, and whose opinions are only viable. Or was it the millions that were conjured up by sheer envy and propaganda of the Western nations?

Simple-minded children, when will you learn? You only degrade yourselves, but if you wish to stick to your spoon fed cant and propaganda, go right ahead.
Wow
18th November 2005
All I have to say is that you all have got to be at the bottom of the gene pool when it comes to intelligence. I hope that none of you reproduce... ever
holler gee unit doggy.
16th November 2005
I would like to see about the life of people in the Antarctica myself.
how do they live? what do they eat?
so on so forth
Vladimir
12th November 2005
You can receive free DVD with project
"Artificial Intelligence and Nanotechnology
in Context of Russian Idea" (in Russian
language).

In project investigate deep questuions of AI,
national security, education new generation
of ingineer.

arti_nano@mtu-net.ru
http://astachine.narod.ru

Vladimir
Moscow
C
2nd November 2005
Does anybody know about compulsory education in Russia and political socialization??
Magnus Aslund
2nd November 2005
In spite of the fact that Russia's official language is Slavic, Russian people are, first of all, of Germanic origin with Baltic, Finnish and, of course, Slavic blood.
saaibsethi
27th October 2005
I want to know if the US or the USSR economy is higher in yr 1975 to 1985 so plz tell me!
didit majalolo
18th October 2005
I'm interest with Russia for the culture and for traveling maybe i can visit the Russia for publish in my country.
K. Lastochka
4th October 2005
If I hear one more obnoxious pundit declare Putin is "Stalin lite" I am going to scream! Putin may not be the greatest democrat in the world but he has had no one shot, he has sent no informers out to spy on people, he has assassinated no one nor set up labor camps nor started a reign of terror. And furthermore, comparisons to Stalin, one of most evil men is history, are not to be tossed around lightly!
dionisis
25th September 2005
Jess,

Russia is not warm-water locked. The country has coast lines to the Black sea and the Baltic sea. Before the WW1 the Russian empire had a bigger coast line in warm waters than today's Russia (Ukraine, the Baltic states and periodically Finland were parts of the empire).
Annie
12th September 2005
Are any of these :Don, Loire, Po, Rhone, Seine, Urai, and Wisla River in Russia? If not where are they?
NguyenhoangQue-hanoi_Vietnam
28th August 2005
I love your country (Russia). I come tu-plane website , I saw plane model Tu-400.This plane can cargo 1200 passenger, I don't understand . Why Tu group don't manufacture this plane model , I think that , if Tu group manufacture Tu -400 plane , they will overcome some antagonist as Boeing & Air bus
MAEDEL
16th August 2005
TALKING ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF SUCH STATES, IS RUSSIA RICHER THAN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
mohamed
17th July 2005
I would like much information about the life of people in Albania
Oscar
12th July 2005
Why do Turks look like Russians?
P.Krishnamachar
8th July 2005
What is the gross hydropower potential of Russia?
sic
6th July 2005
To Kirienko:
I dont believe that is true Russia will have the highest GDP per capita. You seem to forget that other nations dont simply freeze their GDP per capitas just so Russia can pass. Canada, probably the only western nation outside of the US that will continue to grow, will probably be the richest nation. After all Russia's population is decreasing if you closely examine the graphs. And what comes with a decreasing population is also a smaller workforce, and economy slowing down. Most people moving out of Russia are young. Therefore the workforce will age out and of course Russia's economy will almost halt unless they somehow manage to get people to immigrate to Russia. And that might not be happening for a while until Russia takes more responsibility in getting rid of communists that still exists, and promoting democracy. Don't get me wrong, I love Russia. I am partly Russian myself, I am just stating some factors that may be problems for Russia down the road.
Vladislav
15th June 2005
Russia was partially "put" in Asia by Western Europeans because of snobbishness and age-long mutual hostility. Also Siberia is so big that when you make a map and you want to put the word "Russia" on it so that it would be in the center of the country it will have to be written on top of Siberia, which is in Asia.

81% of the country are Slavs- people who are similar to Serbs albeit w/o the Turkish mixture.

Most people look like any other Europeans. If Russians appears anywhere in Asia, especially in the Far East, people immediately assume that these are Americans and talk to them in English.

Russia has a sizeable Asian population- Tatars, Buryats, etc. These are not ethnically Russian and they have their own "non-independent countries' called republics.

Unlike in the US where Asians ( and everybody else) are immigrants and do not have their "Asian state", the Asians in Russia are living in their own big areas where they have always lived. In Siberia Russians ( read European people) outnumber them 9 to 1. There is little interracial hostility unless these Asians move to Moscow where racism is on the upswing.
cba
6th June 2005
Is there an Institute for the study of democracy in Russia?
C Kirienko
6th June 2005
There are a lot of people here that don't know much about Russia. Russia is in two continents, Europe and Asia, but lately it has been quite popular to say that Russia is part of Eurasia, a reference for countries that are widely considered as being related to two continents (Turkey, Georgia, Isreal and Kazakhstan also have the pleasure of being refered to as such). Russia is a democracy but not in the same structure as what West Europe or the USA is. Distrust between East and West still exists, so generally speaking Western media is very critical of Russia and vice verser. People say the governement controls the media in Russia, but all governments do, both the USA and UK have governing bodies that regulate the media and both countries have about 40% of media controlled by Rupert Murdoch! West isn't so free after all... Russia has alot of developing to do, but remember, it is part of the G8, since 2003 it has been growing economically at a rate that is only equalled by China and a handful of other countries. The world bank believed that in 50 years, Russia along with China, India, USA, Brazil will be the top five richest nations in the world, with (excluding the USA) Russia being the richest per capita. Of course Russia has problems with the Chechens, but then the English have problems with the Irish and the USA with... well... many countries around the world. Remember, in the last decade, Russia hasn't marched into other countries and invaded them (unlike the USA and some Middle Eastern countries). Finally, and important issue to state - Russia is a federation, it covers 11 time zones and spans half the world in length, 1/4 of the world in latitude, each state of Russia is like a different country - there is more difference between Moscow and Smolensk than there is between Los Angeles and Tokyo... infact even the time difference is greater! lol. Hope this snapshot helps.
Burak
4th June 2005
take it easy , paul.yes,asia doesnt start from helsinki.but the truth is , a very big part of russia which is around %70 is in Asia . if u check out the map carefully.u can understand also easily.look,wer r the ural mts.?... but still russia is getting treated as an european countries in all organizations .. same as Turkey ..
Putin
20th May 2005
Russia is a Slav country. It is against terrorism which is mainly caused by Chechen.
chirstina
13th May 2005
I want a PIE graph. I need this urgently for a project.
VM
10th May 2005
I am just so amazed at how old, outdated and biased this page is. As if the nationmaster described some mid-African country and not Russian Federation. "Authoritarian tendencies"? Gorbachev introduced something good? Guerrillas still plague in Chechnia. Hey, nationmaster, year 2000 called- it wants to go back, let it go!
Jess
26th April 2005
Has Russia become landlocked again with no warm water ports for its products? Isn't this pretty much what caused WW1 with Russia trying to negotiate for warm water ports and signing conflicting treaties to obtain them?
Krasnaya Lastochka
8th April 2005
To all the "democracy watch" groups that do weird stuff like say "this country is FREE, this other country is NOT FREE"...well regarding Russia, right now lots of people in Russia would rather have economic stability and 'law and order' than somebody else's idea of democracy. I know that sounds like Stalinism to many of you but it is not. Russia still has a basically free press and there are no more gulags, and there will be presidential elections in four years. So maybe Russia is not the grand old Jefferson democracy but give us credit for trying, and stop grandly proclaiming us "FREE" or "NOT FREE". It means nothing unless you see the whole world in black and white.
Bob
28th March 2005
www.hwamlican/news.com is incorrect. The web address is- http://www.2facts.com/stories/digest-home-feature
This really is a hwamlican.
Peri Carter
27th March 2005
How many Christian churches are there in Vladivostok?
Sharp
24th March 2005
Is Russia a Scandinavian country?
nutsa norakia
17th February 2005
i need more information about Russia's official position on terrorism and cloning.
Paul
1st February 2005
How come Russia is in Asia?!
Entire Russia is in Europe, Siberia is in Asia. This is crazy stuff really. Europe begins at Ural mountains, not near Helsinki.

30th November 2004
How many poor countries are located in Asia?
amanda Cress
19th November 2004
i need some info on their current events, and info on sexual violence against women my e-mail address is bugpower123@aol.com
Vladimir
19th November 2004
Is the Soviet Union resurfacing now that the former republics coming together along with Russia?

17th November 2004
hey i'm doing a project on Russia and this web site has helped me w/ it !

love,
tay tay

Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code
 

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
© Copyright NationMaster.com 2003-2010. All Rights Reserved. Usage implies agreement with terms.