Distance education has long been an integral component of the education
system of the Russian Federation and the former Soviet Union. A great
many students and teachers in the country have been benefiting from the
merits of distance education. The statistics announced by the state officials
indicate strong evidence for the presence of mainstream remote learning.
However, there is little information with regard to distance education of
the country in the western literature. This necessitates an overview of the
system and the history of the integration. This article, thus, sheds light on
the general information regarding the history and demography of the
general and higher education system across the country. It further takes a
slight detour to the history of distance education and contemporary
practices
