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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.
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, 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. Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University are the oldest & largest university in the country.
STAMPS: (1) Fifth Issue of definitive with fauna (mammals) theme featuring Fox issued in 2008 at 0.50 RUB, (2) Sixth Definitives series - Russian Kremlins - Nizhniy Novgorod Kremlin at 4.00 RUB for the theme Architecture (Classical) / Politics & Government, and (3) Sixth Definitives - Russian Kremlins - Moscow Kremlin at 10.00 RUB issued in 2009.
Thank you to Snowflake of Russia!
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