"Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: \u0412\u0441\u0435\u0440\u043E\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0301\u0439\u0441\u043A\u0430\u044F \u043F\u0435\u0301\u0440\u0435\u043F\u0438\u0441\u044C \u043D\u0430\u0441\u0435\u043B\u0435\u0301\u043D\u0438\u044F 2002 \u0433\u043E\u0301\u0434\u0430) was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics (Rosstat)."@en .