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Russia ( ; , -rurɐˈsʲijəpronRu-Россия.ogg), also officially known as the Russian Federation ( , -rurɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈraʦəjəpronRu-Rossiyskaya Federatsiya.ogg), is a state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. Russia shares borders with the following countries (from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk) and the United States (by the Bering Strait).

At 17075400 km2 (6592848.8 sqmi), Russia is by far the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation in the world with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 9 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources, and is the world's largest energy superpower. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.

The nation's history began with that of the East Slavs, who emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a noble Viking warrior class and their descendants, the first East Slavic state, Kievan Rus', arose in the 9th century and adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Kievan Rus' ultimately disintegrated and the lands were divided into many small feudal states. The most powerful successor state to Kievan Rus' was Moscow, which served as the main force in the Russian reunification process and independence struggle against the Golden Horde. Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities and came to dominate the cultural and political legacy of Kievan Rus'. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland in Europe to Alaska in North America.

Russia established worldwide power and influence from the times of the Russian Empire to being the largest and leading constituent of the Soviet Union, the world's first constitutionally socialist state and a recognized superpower, that played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II. The Soviet era saw some of the greatest technology achievements of the nation, such as the world's first human spaceflight. The Russian Federation was founded following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, but is recognized as the continuing legal personality of the Soviet state. Russia has the world's 6th largest economy by nominal GDP or the seventh largest by purchasing power parity, with the fifth largest nominal military budget. It is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the world's largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Russia is characterized as a superpower by a number of sources, although such characterization is disputed by some analysts.

Russia is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a member of the G8, G20, the Council of Europe, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Eurasian Economic Community, the OSCE, and is the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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Sharapova joins charge of easy centre court winners - Reuters Reuters--Maria Sharapova of -Russia- serves to Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic during the US Open tennis tournament in New York, September 2, 2010. ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:02:43 GMT+00:00
Anglo American Seeks Coking Coal Assets in Russia, Mongolia - BusinessWeek BusinessWeek--Anglo is looking for assets with potential annual output of as much as 20 million metric tons in -Russia-, Mongolia, Indonesia and Mozambique, ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:01:34 GMT+00:00
Deaths in new Russia wildfires - Aljazeera.net Aljazeera.net--A fresh wave of wildfires that engulfed more than a dozen villages and towns in southern -Russia- has killed at least two people and destroyed hundreds of ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:21:40 GMT+00:00
Russia Condemns Killing of Four Israeli Soldiers in West Bank - CRIENGLISH.com CRIENGLISH.com---Russia- strongly condemned the killing of four Israeli settlers by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank, -Russia's- Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:43:55 GMT+00:00
For the first time Russia celebrate last day of WWII - The Voice of Russia The Voice of Russia---Russia- marks the date of the last day of the Second World War as a commemorative date for country. The Russian holiday was signed into law in 2010 by ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:57:42 GMT+00:00
Russia's RUSAL mulls yuan bonds issue-Ifax - Reuters Reuters--MOSCOW, Sept 2 (Reuters) - UC RUSAL (RUAL.PA) (0486.HK), the world's top aluminium producer, is considering the issue of yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:01:53 GMT+00:00
Gazprom Net Triples to Record on Sales, Ruble Gain - BusinessWeek BusinessWeek--Gazprom, -Russia's- gas export monopoly, boosted sales volumes 21 percent to 162.2 billion cubic meters in the first quarter, the company said. ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:07:02 GMT+00:00
Russia may sell 10 pct of VTB to fin investor in 2010 - Reuters Reuters--SOCHI, Sept 2 (Reuters) - -Russia- may sell a 10 percent stake in state-controlled VTB (VTBR.MM), the country's No.2 lender, in 2010 and divest another 25 ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:12:11 GMT+00:00
Ulyukayev Says Russia Unlikely to Raise Rates in 2010 - BusinessWeek BusinessWeek--2 (Bloomberg) -- -Russia's- central bank is unlikely to raise the refinancing rate this year, Bank Rossii First Deputy Chairman Alexei Ulyukayev said. ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:47:05 GMT+00:00
Russia Holds August Oil Output Near Post-Soviet High - Bloomberg Bloomberg---Russia-, the world's biggest oil producer, maintained daily output last month at close to a post- Soviet ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:21:40 GMT+00:00

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Sharapova joins charge of easy centre court winners - Reuters

Reuters--Maria Sharapova of -Russia- serves to Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic during the US Open tennis tournament in New York, September 2, 2010. ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:02:43 GMT+00:00

Anglo American Seeks Coking Coal Assets in Russia, Mongolia - BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek--Anglo is looking for assets with potential annual output of as much as 20 million metric tons in -Russia-, Mongolia, Indonesia and Mozambique, ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:01:34 GMT+00:00

Deaths in new Russia wildfires - Aljazeera.net

Aljazeera.net--A fresh wave of wildfires that engulfed more than a dozen villages and towns in southern -Russia- has killed at least two people and destroyed hundreds of ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:21:40 GMT+00:00

Russia Condemns Killing of Four Israeli Soldiers in West Bank - CRIENGLISH.com

CRIENGLISH.com---Russia- strongly condemned the killing of four Israeli settlers by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank, -Russia's- Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:43:55 GMT+00:00

For the first time Russia celebrate last day of WWII - The Voice of Russia

The Voice of Russia---Russia- marks the date of the last day of the Second World War as a commemorative date for country. The Russian holiday was signed into law in 2010 by ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:57:42 GMT+00:00

Russia's RUSAL mulls yuan bonds issue-Ifax - Reuters

Reuters--MOSCOW, Sept 2 (Reuters) - UC RUSAL (RUAL.PA) (0486.HK), the world's top aluminium producer, is considering the issue of yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:01:53 GMT+00:00

Gazprom Net Triples to Record on Sales, Ruble Gain - BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek--Gazprom, -Russia's- gas export monopoly, boosted sales volumes 21 percent to 162.2 billion cubic meters in the first quarter, the company said. ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:07:02 GMT+00:00

Russia may sell 10 pct of VTB to fin investor in 2010 - Reuters

Reuters--SOCHI, Sept 2 (Reuters) - -Russia- may sell a 10 percent stake in state-controlled VTB (VTBR.MM), the country's No.2 lender, in 2010 and divest another 25 ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:12:11 GMT+00:00

Ulyukayev Says Russia Unlikely to Raise Rates in 2010 - BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek--2 (Bloomberg) -- -Russia's- central bank is unlikely to raise the refinancing rate this year, Bank Rossii First Deputy Chairman Alexei Ulyukayev said. ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:47:05 GMT+00:00

Russia Holds August Oil Output Near Post-Soviet High - Bloomberg

Bloomberg---Russia-, the world's biggest oil producer, maintained daily output last month at close to a post- Soviet ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:21:40 GMT+00:00

Subdivisions :
Ethnic composition (2002)
Russians	79.8%
Tatars	3.8%
Ukrainians	2.0%
Bashkirs	1.2%
Chuvash	1.1%
Chechen	0.9%
Armenians	0.8%
Other/unspecified	10.4%

	Rank	Core City	Federal Subject	Pop.
1	Moscow	Moscow	10,508,971
2	Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	4,600,310
3	Novosibirsk	Novosibirsk	1,397,191
4	Yekaterinburg	Sverdlovsk	1,332,264
5	Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	1,272,527
6	Kazan	Tatarstan	1 136 566
7	Samara	Samara	1 135 318
8	Omsk	Omsk	1,129,120
9	Chelyabinsk	Chelyabinsk	1,093,699
10	Rostov-on-Don	Rostov	1,048,991
11	Ufa	Bashkortostan	1,024,842
12	Perm	Perm	985,794
13	Volgograd	Volgograd	981,909
14	Krasnoyarsk	Krasnoyarsk	947,801
15	Voronezh	Voronezh	843,496
16	Saratov	Saratov	830,953
17	Tolyatti	Samara	720,346
18	Krasnodar	Krasnodar	710,686
19	Izhevsk	Udmurtia	611,043
20	Yaroslavl	Yaroslavl	606,336
Rosstat (2009)http://www.gks.ru

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History		Timeline * Proto-Indo-Europeans * Scythians * Bosporan Kingdom * Khazaria * East Slavs * Rus' Khaganate * Kievan Rus' * Mongol invasion of Rus' * Tatar invasions * Volga Bulgaria * Golden Horde * Grand Duchy of Moscow * Tsardom of Russia * Russian Empire * World War I * Russian Revolution of 1917 * Russian Civil War * Soviet Union * Russian SFSR * World War II * Cold War * Soviet war in Afghanistan * Russian Federation * Military history * Postal history
Politics		Constitution * Government * President * Federal Assembly * Law * Foreign relations * Elections * Constitutional Court * Political parties * Public Chamber * State Council * Judiciary * LGBT rights
Geography		Subdivisions * Ural Mountains * Siberia * European Russia * West Siberian Plain * White Nights * Caucasus Mountains * Caspian Sea * North Caucasus * Cities and towns * Islands * Economic regions * Rivers * Volcanoes * Climate
Economy		Agriculture * Inventions * Tourism * Banking * Central Bank * Russian ruble * Transport * Communications * Corruption
Demographics		Russians * Public holidays * Languages * Religion * Crime * 2002 Census * Famous Russians
Culture		Architecture * Literature * Ballet * Avant-garde * Opera * Cinema * Material culture * Music * Language * Cuisine * Martial arts * Folklore * Russian Internet * Sports
Symbols		National flag * Other flags * Coat of arms * National anthem

Central	\|Central \|
Southern	Western Caucasus
Northwestern	Curonian Spitup\|1 * Ferapontov Monastery * Kizhi Pogost * Virgin Komi Forests Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Surroundings Solovetsky Islands * Struve Geodetic Arcup\|2
Far Eastern	Volcanoes of Kamchatka * Central Sikhote-Alin * Wrangel Island
Siberian	Golden Mountains of Altai * Lake Baikal * Uvs Nuur Basinup\|3
Volga	Kazan Kremlin
North Caucasian	Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent

People from Russia

Leaders (before 1168 * 1168 �1917 * 1917 �1991 * 1991 �present) Prime Ministers * Foreign Ministers * Field Marshals * Metropolitans and Patriarchs Architects * Artists * Ballet dancers * Composers * Cosmonauts * Explorers Inventors * Novelists * Opera singers * Philosophers * Playwrights * Poets \|

Leaders (before 1168 * 1168 �1917 * 1917 �1991 * 1991 �present)
Prime Ministers * Foreign Ministers * Field Marshals * Metropolitans and Patriarchs
Architects * Artists * Ballet dancers * Composers * Cosmonauts * Explorers
Inventors * Novelists * Opera singers * Philosophers * Playwrights * Poets |

Countries of Europe

Abkhaziaup\|1up\| * up\|5 * Albania * Andorra * Armeniaup\|2 * Austria * Azerbaijanup\|1 * Belarus * Belgium * Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bulgaria * Croatia * Cyprusup\|2 * Czech Republic * Denmarkup\|3 * Estonia * Finland * Franceup\|1up\|3 * Georgiaup\|1 * Germany * Greece * Hungary * Iceland * Ireland * Italyup\|1 * Kazakhstanup\|1 * Kosovoup\|5 * Latvia * Liechtenstein * Lithuania * Luxembourg * Macedoniaup\|4 * Malta * Moldova * Monaco * Montenegro * Netherlandsup\|3 * Nagorno-Karabakh Republicup\|2up\| * up\|5 * Northern Cyprusup\|2up\| * up\|5 * Norwayup\|3 * Poland * Portugalup\|3 * Romania * Russiaup\|1 * San Marino * Serbia * Slovakia * Slovenia * South Ossetiaup\|1up\| * up\|5 * Spainup\|1 * Sweden * Switzerland * Transnistriaup\|5 * Turkeyup\|1 * Ukraine * United Kingdomup\|3 * Vatican City ¹ Has part of its territory outside Europe. ² Entirely in Western Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. ³ Has dependencies or similar territories outside Europe. ⁴ Name disputed by Greece; see Macedonia naming dispute. ⁵ Is a state with limited international recognition

Countries of Asia

Afghanistan * Armenia * Azerbaijanup\|1 * Bahrain * Bangladesh * Bhutan * Brunei * Burma * Cambodia * People's Republic of China * Republic of China (Taiwan)up\|2 * Cyprus * Egyptup\|3 * Georgiaup\|1 * India * Indonesiaup\|4 * Iran * Iraq * Israel * Japan * Jordan * Kazakhstanup\|1 * North Korea * South Korea * Kuwait * Kyrgyzstan * Laos * Lebanon * Malaysia * Maldives * Mongolia * Nepal * Oman * Pakistan * Philippines * Qatar * Russiaup\|1 * Saudi Arabia * Singapore * Sri Lanka * Syria * Tajikistan * Thailand * East Timor (Timor-Leste)up\|4 * Turkeyup\|1 * Turkmenistan * United Arab Emirates * Uzbekistan * Vietnam * Yemenup\|3 \| ---- For dependent and other territories, see Dependent territory. ---- ¹ Partly or significantly in Europe. ² The Republic of China (Taiwan) is not officially recognized by the United Nations; see Political status of Taiwan. ³ Partly or significantly in Africa. ⁴ Partly or wholly reckoned in Oceania.

Afghanistan * Armenia * Azerbaijanup|1 * Bahrain * Bangladesh * Bhutan * Brunei * Burma * Cambodia * People's Republic of China * Republic of China (Taiwan)up|2 * Cyprus * Egyptup|3 * Georgiaup|1 * India * Indonesiaup|4 * Iran * Iraq * Israel * Japan * Jordan * Kazakhstanup|1 * North Korea * South Korea * Kuwait * Kyrgyzstan * Laos * Lebanon * Malaysia * Maldives * Mongolia * Nepal * Oman * Pakistan * Philippines * Qatar * Russiaup|1 * Saudi Arabia * Singapore * Sri Lanka * Syria * Tajikistan * Thailand * East Timor (Timor-Leste)up|4 * Turkeyup|1 * Turkmenistan * United Arab Emirates * Uzbekistan * Vietnam * Yemenup|3 | ---- For dependent and other territories, see Dependent territory. ---- ¹ Partly or significantly in Europe. ² The Republic of China (Taiwan) is not officially recognized by the United Nations; see Political status of Taiwan.
³ Partly or significantly in Africa. ⁴ Partly or wholly reckoned in Oceania.

Countries bordering the Baltic Sea

Denmark * Estonia * Finland * Germany * Latvia * Lithuania * Poland * Russia * Sweden \|

Denmark * Estonia * Finland * Germany * Latvia * Lithuania * Poland * Russia * Sweden |

Bulgaria * Georgia %28country%29 * Romania * Russia * Turkey * Ukraine

Countries bordering the Caspian Sea

Azerbaijan * Iran * Kazakhstan * Russia * Turkmenistan

Azerbaijan * Iran * Kazakhstan * Russia * Turkmenistan

Armenia * Azerbaijan * Belarus * Kazakhstan * Kyrgyzstan * Russia * Tajikistan * Uzbekistan * Moldova Associate member: Turkmenistan * Ukraine * Former member: Georgia (1993-2009)

Council of Europe

Institutions
Secretary General * Committee of Ministers * Parliamentary Assembly * Congress * Court of Human Rights * Commissioner for Human Rights * Commission for the Efficiency of Justice
Members

Full		Albania * Andorra * Armenia * Austria * Azerbaijan * Belgium * Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bulgaria * Croatia * Cyprus * Czech Republic * Denmark * Estonia * Finland * France * Georgia * Germany * Greece * Hungary * Iceland * Ireland * Italy * Latvia * Liechtenstein * Lithuania * Luxembourg * Macedonia¹ * Malta * Moldova * Monaco * Montenegro * Netherlands * Norway * Poland * Portugal * Romania * Russia * San Marino * Serbia * Slovakia * Slovenia * Spain * Sweden * Switzerland * Turkey * Ukraine * United Kingdom
Observer		Canada * Israel * Japan * Mexico * United States * Vatican City
Former		Czechoslovakia (1991 �1992) * Saar (assoc. 1950 �1956)

Group of Eight (G8)

Members		Canada * France * Germany * Italy * Japan * Russia * United Kingdom * United States
Representative		European Union

BRIC countries

BR * RU * IN * China

BR * RU * IN * China

Members of the United Nations Security Council

Permanent members		China * France * Russia * United Kingdom * United States
Term ends December 31, 2010		Austria * Japan * Mexico * Turkey * Uganda
Term ends December 31, 2011		Bosnia and Herzegovina * Brazil * Gabon * Lebanon * Nigeria

Australia Brunei CN Cambodia	India Indonesia Japan Laos	Malaysia Myanmar New Zealand Philippines \|col4width=17em	Singapore South Korea Thailand Vietnam

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Australia * Brunei Darussalam * Canada * Chile * People's Republic of China * Hong Kong * Indonesia * Japan * South Korea * Malaysia * Mexico * New Zealand * Papua New Guinea * Peru * Philippines * Russian Federation * Singapore * Chinese Taipei * * Thailand * United States * Vietnam *Designation of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Meetings		1989 * 1990 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1994 * 1995 * 1996 * 1997 * 1998 * 1999 * 2000 * 2001 * 2002 * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 * 2011 * 2012 * 2013

Albania Armenia Azerbaijan	Bulgaria Georgia %28country%29 Greece	Moldova Romania Russia	Serbia Turkey Ukraine

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Member States		People%27s Republic of China * Kazakhstan * Kyrgyzstan * Russia * Tajikistan * Uzbekistan
Observer States		India * Iran * Mongolia * Pakistan
Dialogue Partners		Belarus * Sri Lanka
Guests		AF * ASEAN * CIS
Working Languages		Chinese * Russian

Belarus * Kazakhstan * Kyrgyzstan * Russia * Tajikistan * Uzbekistan

Slavic Europe

West Slavic		CZ * PL * SK
South Slavic		BA * BG * HR * Macedonia * ME * RS * SI
East Slavic		BY * RU * Transnistria (unrecognised) * UA

Quartet on the Middle East

Negotiating parties		Israel * Palestinian Authority
Diplomatic quartet		European Union (Ashton) * Russia (Lavrov) * United Nations (Ban) * United States (Clinton)
Special Envoy		Tony Blair
Associated orginizations		Elections Reform Support Group