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Roman Rite (5): Mother of God at Moscow, Saint Clement at Saratov, Saint Joseph at Irkutsk, Transfiguration at Novosibirsk, Yuzhno Sakhalinsk

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Patron Saints: Saint Andrew (November 30), Saint Nicholas of Myra (December 6)

Saints: 5 Saints, 13 Blesseds

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Continents: East Europe, South and East Asia, Central and Southwest Asia

Capital: Moscow

Area: 16,377,742 km²

Population: 142,257,519

Former Name: Soviet Union

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Ukraine , ← Belarus , ← Latvia , ← Estonia , ↖ Finland , → USA , ↘ China , ↘ Japan , ↘ North Korea , ↓ Mongolia , ↓ Kazakhstan , ↓ Azerbaijan , ↓ Georgia

Religions: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2%

Languages: Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, others 10.1%

Ethnic Groups: Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9%

Motto: С нами Бог (Russian) (God is with us)

Area: 17,075,400 km²

Catholic Population: 800,000 Catholics (0.5% of 146,864,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 208 parishes, 30 mission stations (without resident priest), 183 other centres

Clergy: 6 bishops (4 diocesan, 2 titular), 237 priests (90 diocesan, 147 religious), 2 permanent deacons (1 diocesan, 1 religious)

Non-Clergy: 276 religious (21 brothers, 255 sisters), 7 members of secular institutes (sisters), 38 major seminarians, 13 missionaries, 217 catechists