User:Badbilltucker/WikiProject Russia

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Russian Federation Российская Федерация Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: none
Anthem: Hymn of the Russian Federation
Capital and largest city	Moscow 55°45′N 37°37′E
Official languages	Russian, many others in component republics
Government	Semi-presidential federal republic
• President of Russia	Vladimir Putin
• Prime Minister	Mikhail Fradkov
Independence  from the Soviet Union
• Declared	June 12 1991
• Finalized	December 25 1991
Area
• Total	17,075,400 km2 (6,592,800 sq mi) (1st)
• Water (%)	13
Population
• 2006 estimate	142,400,000 (8th)
• 2002 census	145,184,000
• Density	8.3/km2 (21.5/sq mi) (209th)
GDP (PPP)	2005 estimate
• Total	$1.576 trillion (10th1)
• Per capita	$11,041 (62nd)
HDI (2003)	0.795 high (65th)
Currency	Ruble (RUB)
Time zone	UTC+2 to +12
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 to +13
Calling code	7
ISO 3166 code	RU
Internet TLD	.ru (.su reserved)
1 Rank based on April 2006 IMF data.

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Members

• Badbilltucker 01:22, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
• robertjohnsonrj robertjohnsonrj 20:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Scope

This project covers the creation and management of articles related to the nation of Russia, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Russia in a fair and accurate manner.

Project category

The category of this project is Category:Russia.

Project divisions

• Categorization (talk) – Categorization of Russia-related articles
• Cities (talk) – Cities, towns, villages and districts
• Physical geography (talk) – Regions, parks, climate, physical features
• Transportation (talk) – Trails, roads, rails, airports and maritime ports in and around Russia
• Culture (talk) – Music, art, icons, mass communication
• People (talk) – includes residents of the current nation of Russia, all its predecessors, and all those people who have resided in any of Russia's predecessor states who have shaped Russia
• Government (talk) – Governance, as well as federal, state and local politics in relation to Russia and its predecessors
• Religion (talk) – Religions and religious beliefs, rites and practices associated with the people of the nation of Russia, and its predecessors
• History (talk) – history and foreign relations of Russia and its predecessors
• Science, technology and engineering (talk) – Science, technology and engineering aspects, components and infrastructure of Russia and its predecessors
• Photo requests (talk) – List of requested photos.

Related groups

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Russian federal subjects
• Russia military history task force of the Military history WikiProject

Templates

• {{WikiProject Russia}} - Template placed on the top of talk pages, not on article pages
• {{Russia-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about the Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Russia-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about the Russian geography; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Centre-Russia-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about the geography of the Central Federal District of Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{FarEast-Russia-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about the geography of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Northwest-Russia-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about the geography of the Northwestern Federal District of Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Siberia-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about the geography of the Siberian Federal District of Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{South-Russia-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about the geography of Southern Federal District of Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Urals-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about the geography of the Urals Federal District of Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Volga-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about the geography of the Volga Federal District of Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Russia-hist-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Russian history; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Russia-battle-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Russian historical battles; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Russia-mil-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Military history of the Soviet Union, and the Military history of Imperial Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Russia-mil-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about people connected with the military of Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Russia-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Russian people; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Russia-composer-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Russian composers; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Russia-mil-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about people connected with the military of Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Russia-musician-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Russian musicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Russia-painter-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Russian painters; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Russia-politician-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Russian politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Russia-writer-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Russian writers; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Russia-noble-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Russian nobility; placed at the bottom of article pages.
    • {{Russia-sport-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Russian sportspeople; placed at the bottom of article pages.

• {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about people connected with the sport of athletics (track and field) in Russia; placed at the bottom of article pages.

• {{Russia-company-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Russian corporations; placed at the bottom of article pages.

Note: Please do not create further stub templates or categories without proposing them at WP:WSS/P first.