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Geography
Total Area: 17,075,200 sq. km
Climate: ranges from steppes in the south through humid
continental in much of European Russia
Terrain: uplands and mountains along southern border regions
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Natural Resources: oil, natural gas, coal, timber, strategic
minerals
Environmental Issues: air pollution from heavy industry,
deforestation, radioactive contamination
People
Population: 147,305,569 (July 1997 est.)
Religions: Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
Ethnic Diversions: Russian (81.5%), Tatar (3.8%), Ukrainian
(3%), Chuvash (1.2%),
Bashkir (0.9%), Byelorussian (0.8%), Moldavian (0.7%), other (8.1%)
Languages: Russian, other
Government
Capital: Moscow
Government Type: Federation
Independence Day: August 24, 1991 (from Soviet Union)
- Republic of
Dagestan
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Dagestan is one of the republics of the
former
USSR.
Located between
Caspian Sea on the East and
Caucasus mountains on the West, it is probably
one of the most attractive places in that part of the globe. Its area
is close to that of
Scotland.
With population of just above 2 million people,
Dagestan is the homeland to over 36 different
nationalities, and each one of those nationalities has its own unique
language. Such combination of languages, cultures, types of landscape
and customs makes it a one of a kind place in the world.
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