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POSTCARD: Mapcard of the Russian Federation. Russia (Росси́я) is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country by area in the world at more 17,100,000 square kilometers and the ninth most populous with more than 146 million people as of 2019.
Moscow, the capital of Russia, is one of the largest cities in the world & the second largest city in Europe. Other major cities are Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Russia's 160 ethnic groups speak some 100 languages. Russian is the only official state language, but the Constitution gives the individual republics the right to establish their own state languages in addition to Russian. Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University are the oldest & largest university in the country.
STAMPS: (1) Stamp showing Amber Room - Russian Crown (Fine Arts theme) issued in 2004 at 5.00 RUB, (2) Transportation (Ships & Navigation / Lighthouses) stamp issued in 2005, and (3) 1150th Anniversary of Origin of Russian Statehood stamp for the theme Mankind (Clothes & costumes) & History (History of Peoples) issued in 2012 for 10.00 RUB.
Thank you to Vladisa of Russia!
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