Place:Russia

NameRussia
Alt namesR.S.F.S.R.source: Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 8/01
Rossijskaja Sovetskaja Federativnaja Socialističeskaja Respublikasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-180
Rossiyasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Rossiyskayasource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 547
Rossiyskaya Federatsiyasource: Wikipedia
Rossiyskaya SFSRsource: Times Atlas of the World (1988)
Rusiasource: Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) p 526
Ruslandsource: Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 620
Russian Federationsource: Wikipedia
Russian Empiresource: Wikipedia
Russian SFSRsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republicsource: Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 8/01; Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 354
Russiesource: Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) I, 663
Russlandsource: Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) p 504
Rússiasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 320
TypeCountry
Coordinates60°N 47°E
Also located inSoviet Union     (1922 - 1991)
Contained Places
Unknown
Wesselowka
Country
Georgia (country) ( 1783 - 1918 )
Kazakhstan
Kurland ( 1795 - 1918 )
County
Kexholm ( 1721 - 1917 )
Kovna
District
Tbilisi ( 1801 - 1918 )
District & city
Kutaisi ( 1810 - 1991 )
Federal district
Dalnevostochny
Privolzhsky
Severo-zapadny
Sibirsky
Tsentralny ( 2000 - )
Uralsky
Yuzhny
General region
Outer Manchuria
Russian Far East
Sibir'
Geographic region
Kuban
Historic region
Kondia
Historical district
Khotin ( 1812 - 1918 )
Melitopol′
Historical general region
Soviet Far East
Historical province
Amur
Arkhangel'sk
Astrakhan
Baku ( 1813 - 1991 )
Bessarabia ( 1812 - 1917 )
Bessarabia ( 1711 - )
Chernigov
Dagestan
Ekaterinoslav
Elisavetpol'
Erivan
Estonia
Grodno
Irkutsk
Kaluga
Kamchatka
Kars
Kazan′
Khar′kov ( - 1932 )
Kherson
Kiev ( - 1991 )
Kostroma
Kovna
Kuban
Kurland ( 1795 - 1918 )
Kursk
Kutais
Livonia ( 1721 - 1917 )
Minsk ( - 1991 )
Mogilev
Moscow
Nizhny Novgorod
Novgorod
Olonet︠s︡
Orel
Orenburg
Penza
Perm
Podol′e
Poltava
Primor'e
Primorsky
Pskov
Ryazan
Saint Petersburg
Samara
Saratov
Simbirsk
Smolensk
Stavropol
Suvalki ( 1831 - )
Tambov
Tavrida ( 1783 - 1918 )
Terek
Tiflis ( 1801 - 1921 )
Tobol′sk
Tomsk
Tver
Ufa
Vil′na
Vitebsk
Vi︠a︡tka
Vladimir
Vologda
Volyn′ ( 1795 - 1939 )
Voronezh
Yaroslavl
Zabaĭkal'e
Zakataly
Historical region
Kavkaz
Outer Manchuria
Historical region/province
Tula
Historical territory
Don Cossacks
Kazakhstan
Inhabited place
Białystok ( 1807 - 1921 )
Erivan
Kassel′
Khotin ( 1812 - 1918 )
Kisheuef
Russian Empire ( 1721 - 1917 )
Włocławek ( - 1918 )
Łążyn
Krai
Kamchatka
Primorsky
Modern voivodship
Bydgoszcz ( 1815 - 1919 )
Oblast
Amur
Arkhangel'sk
Astrakhan
Irkutsk
Kaluga
Kherson
Kostroma
Kursk
Moscow
Nizhny Novgorod
Novgorod
Orel
Orenburg
Penza
Pskov
Ryazan
Samara
Saratov
Simbirsk
Smolensk
Tambov
Tomsk
Tula
Tver
Vi︠a︡tka
Vladimir
Vologda
Voronezh
Yaroslavl
People's republic voivodship
Bydgoszcz ( 1815 - 1919 )
Populated place
Skolki
Province
Elisavetpol'
Grodno
Kars
Region
Kavkaz
Republic
Dagestan
Kazan′
Territory
Stavropol
Unknown
Glazmanka (township)
Kiev
Ural Mountains
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Russia, or the Russian Federation (RF), is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, covering over , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across eleven time zones and borders sixteen sovereign nations, the most of any country in the world. It is the ninth-most populous country and the most populous country in Europe, with a population of 145.5 million. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow, the largest city entirely within Europe. Saint Petersburg is Russia's cultural centre and second-largest city. Other major urban areas include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan.

The East Slavs emerged as a recognisable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. The medieval state of Kievan Rus' arose in the 9th century. In 988, it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire. Rus' ultimately disintegrated, and among its principalities, the Grand Duchy of Moscow rose and grew to become the Tsardom of Russia. By the early 18th century, Russia had vastly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to evolve into the Russian Empire, the third-largest empire in history. The monarchy was abolished following the Russian Revolution in 1917, and the Russian SFSR became the world's first constitutionally socialist state. Following a civil war, the Russian SFSR established the Soviet Union with three other republics, as its largest and the principal constituent. The country underwent a period of rapid industrialisation at the expense of millions of lives. The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II and emerged as a superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first human into space.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the newly independent Russian SFSR renamed itself the Russian Federation. In the aftermath of the constitutional crisis of 1993, a new constitution was adopted, and Russia has since been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Since his election in 2000, Vladimir Putin has dominated Russia's political system and Russia has experienced democratic backsliding, shifting into an authoritarian state. It ranks low in international measurements of freedom of the press and civil liberties and has high levels of perceived corruption.

The Russian economy is the world's eleventh-largest by nominal GDP and the sixth-largest by PPP. It is a recognised nuclear-weapons state, possessing the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, with the fourth-highest military expenditure. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the world's largest, and it is among the leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. It is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a member of the G20, the SCO, BRICS, the APEC, the OSCE and the WTO, as well as the leading member of the CIS, the CSTO, and the EAEU, Russia is also home of 30 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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