Russia
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Official Name Russian Federation. a republic since 1991, the largest country in the world by area, extending from eastern Europe to northern and western Asia. 6,593,000 square miles (17,076,000 square kilometers). Moscow.
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the largest country in the world, covering N Eurasia and bordering on the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas: originating from the principality of Muscovy in the 17th century, it expanded to become the Russian Empire; the Tsar was overthrown in 1917 and the Communist Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was created; this merged with neighbouring Soviet Republics in 1922 to form the Soviet Union; on the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Russian Federation was established as an independent state. Official language: Russian. Religion: nonreligious and Russian orthodox Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Moscow. Pop: 142 500 482 (2013 est). Area: 17 074 984 sq km (6 592 658 sq miles)
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another name for the Russian Empire
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another name for the former Soviet Union
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another name for the former Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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Russia now occupies the seat on the Security Council of the United Nations formerly held by the Soviet Union.
Peter the Great, a czar who reigned in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, attempted to westernize Russian government and culture.
Russia was ruled by czars of the Romanov family from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.
During the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks, under Lenin, took control of the government; communists governed from 1917 until 1991.
Other Word Forms
- anti-Russia adjective
- pro-Russia adjective
Etymology
Origin of Russia
First recorded in 1730–40; from Medieval Latin Russī (nominative plural masculine) “Russians” + -ia noun suffix; Russ 1 ( def. ), -ia
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Risk premiums have fallen back to levels last seen before Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said Thursday.
Venezuela was a key partner of Russia, China and Iran.
The situation differs from 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a historic surge in oil prices.
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Some 55 Ghanaians have been killed while fighting in Ukraine, the country's foreign minister said on Friday, promising a crackdown on illicit recruitment schemes luring citizens to Russia under false pretences.
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French President Emmanual Macron is Monday to reveal his vision for how France's nuclear arsenal could bolster defence in Europe, with the continent scrambling to re-arm against an aggressive Russia and as Washington turns away.
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