Russia and USA Comparison
By Victoria Beveridge
official names
Russia's official name is Russian Federation or
Российская Федерация Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
flags
USA flag
The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states in the United States of America and the 13 stripes represent the 13 British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Russian flag
There is no official meaning to the colours but many Russians think
· white means nobility
· blue means honesty
· red means courage or love
languages
- English 80% 233,780,338
- Chinese 0.9% 2,567,779
- Tagalog 0.5% 1,542,118
- Vietnamese 0.4% 1,292,448
- French 0.4% 1,288,833
- Korean 0.4% 1,108,408
- German 0.4% 1,107,869
- 142.6 million people speak Russian
- 5.3 million speak Tatar
- 1.8 million speak Ukraine
capitals
Moscow
Washington D.C
maps of country
Ethnic groups
· White 79.96%
· Black 12.85%
· Asian 4.43%
· Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%
· Native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%
· Two or more races 1.61%
- Russian 77.7%
- Tatar 3.7%
- Ukrainian 1.4%
- Bashkir 1.1%
- Chuvash 1%
- Chechen 1%
- other 10.2%
- unspecified 3.9%
maps of continent
Europe
North America
area
total- 9,857,306 km2
Water-2.23%
total-17.098,242 km2
Water-13%
population
total-319,309,000
Density-34.2/km2
total-143,800,000
Density- 21.5 square mi
currency
The US money
1 US Dollar equals 1.18 Australian Dollar
The Russian money
1 Russian Ruble equals 0.024 Australian Dollar
national anthems
bibliography
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
http://www.worldexecutive.com/locations/europe/russia/moscow/currency.html