1. RUSSIAN LIVING EMILY MILLER

2. ETHNIC GROUPS RUSSIAN: 77.7% TATAR: 3.7% UKRAINIAN: 1.4% BASHKIR: 1.1% CHUVASH: 1% CHECHEN: 1% OTHER: 10.2% UNSPECIFIED: 3.9%

3. LANGUAGES RUSSIAN (OFFICIAL): 96.3% DOLGANG: 5.3% GERMAN: 1.5% CHECHEN: 1% TATAR: 3% OTHER: 10.3%

4. RELIGIONS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX: 15-20% MUSLIM: 10-15% OTHER CHRISTIAN: 2%

5. AGE STRUCTURE / MALE: FEMALE RATIO 0-14 YEARS OLD: 11,980,138 MALE/ 11,344,818 FEMALE 15-24 YEARS OLD: 7,828947 MALE/ 7,482,143 FEMALE 25-54 YEARS OLD: 31,928,886 MALE/ 33,319,671 FEMALE 55-64 YEARS OLD: 8,408,637 MALE/ 11,287,153 FEMALE 65 YEARS OLD AND OLDER: 5,783,983 MALE/ 13,105,896 FEMALE 0-14 YEARS OLD: 16.4% 15-24 YEARS OLD: 10.7% 25-54 YEARS OLD: 45.8% 55-64 YEARS OLD: 13.8% 65 YEARS OLD AND OLDER: 13.1% It can be assumed that women tend to out live men in Russia.

6. POPULATION POPULATION: 142,470,272 POPULATION GROWTH RATE: -0.03% BIRTH RATE: 11.87 BIRTHS/ 1,000 POPULATION DEATH RATE: 13.83 DEATHS/ 1,000 POPULATION INFANT MORTALITY RATE: 7.08 DEATHS/ 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS

7. LITERACY THESE PERCENTAGE ARE BASED OFF, AGE 15 OR OLDER WHO CAN READ AND WRITE. TOTAL POPULATION: 99.7% MALE: 99.7% FEMALE: 99.6% ON AVERAGE THEY SEND ABOUT 14 YEARS IN SCHOOL. FROM PRIMARY TO POST SECONDARY EDUCATION.

8. PAST TIME RUSSIAN PEOPLE LOVE TO READ BOOKS. BOOKS IN RUSSIA ARE CHEAP AND DO NOT GREATLY IMPACT A FAMILY’S BUDGET. RUSSIAN PEOPLE ARE ALSO FOND OF LIVE PERFORMANCES. CINEMAS IN RUSSIA ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR AND ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH HIGH TECH SOUND SYSTEMS.

9. RUSSIA LIFE RUSSIA IS A NON-INDIVIDUALISTIC COUNTRY. AN INDIVIDUAL’S POWER IS MORE LESS IN RUSSIA THAN IT IS IN THE WEST. FRIENDSHIPS TEND TO LAST LONGER IN RUSSIA THAN IN THE WEST. A COMMON BELIEF IS THAT IF YOU KNOW OR ARE FRIENDS WITH SOMEONE OF THE HIGHER POWER, MORE DIFFICULT TASKS CAN BE COMPLETED WITH LITTLE EFFORT. ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF RUSSIANS CONSIDER THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS, THEY PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE HOROSCOPE THAN THE BIBLE. A CHURCH MARRIAGE IS NOT OFFICIAL OR RECOGNIZED IN RUSSIA. THE PEOPLE GETTING MARRIED HAVE TO REGISTER WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND BE APPROVE IN ORDER TO HAVE A CHURCH WEDDING/MARRIAGE.

10. EDUCATION EDUCATION IS FREE FOR THOSE LIVING IN RUSSIA. IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOR FREE BY PASSING THE ENTRANCE EXAMS. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL IS MANDATORY FOR 11 YEARS. ENGLISH IS USUALLY STUDIED FOR 6 YEARS, HOWEVER, SPANISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDY AS WELL. A STANDARD RUSSIAN CURRICULUM DOES NOT CHANGE MUCH AND IS THE SAME THROUGHOUT ALL OF RUSSIA. FOR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, THE ONLY WAY YOU GET IN IS IF YOU PASS THE ENTRANCE EXAMS, HIGH MARKS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS DO NOT COUNT. HOWEVER THOSE HIGH MARKS MAY HELP OUT BUT ONLY NEEDING TO TAKE 1 OR 2 OF THE ENTRANCE EXAMS COMPARED TO THE REGULAR 4. UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE DEGREE IS COMMON. RUSSIA HAS THE HIGHEST EDUCATION LEVEL IN THE WORLD. APPROX. 40%OF THE TOTAL POPULATION HAVE A DEGREE.

11. EDUCATION CONT. HEALTH CARE HAVING A PH.D. MEANS REALLY NOTHING. IT DOES NOT GIVE YOU A BETTER ADVANTAGE OVER THOSE WHO DO NOT. HAVING GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH WILL ACTUALLY GIVE YOU AN EDGE OVER OTHERS. THE POSITION YOU HOLD IN THE COMPANY DOES NOT MATTER EITHER. ALONG WITH HIGHER EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE IS SLOWLY GOING AWAY. RUSSIA WAS ONCE KNOWN FOR HAVING THE WORLD’S BEST HEALTH CARE.

12. RUSSIAN PEOPLE RUSSIAN PEOPLE TEND TO NOT FOLLOW THE LAWS, ESPECIALLY TRAFFIC LAWS. RUSSIA PROBABLY HAS THE MOST RECKLESS YET SKILLFUL DRIVERS. RUSSIAN PEOPLE SPEAK THEIR MIND, THEY ARE NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT HOW THEY MEAN IT. THEY ARE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND WILL GET TO THE POINT. RUSSIANS LOVE THEIR COUNTRY, THEY MAY TALK DOWN ON IT AND “BASH” THE COUNTRY BUT THEY WILL DEFEND RUSSIA IN AN INSTINCT IF SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY TRIES TO TALK DOWN OR CRITICIZE RUSSIA.