Russia

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country federal semi-presidential republic sovereign state

Russia is the world’s largest country by land area, spanning Eastern Europe and northern Asia and exerting major political, military, and cultural influence globally.

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Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form	Occurrences
Russian Federation	254
Russia (de facto control)	3
Russia (de facto)	3
RUS	2
Russian state	2
post-Soviet Russia	2
Россия	2
RU	1
Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)	1
Russia (for LNA)	1
Russia in the United Nations General Assembly	1
Russia in the United Nations Security Council	1
Russia vs Saudi Arabia	1
Russian Federation (as a state)	1
Russian Federation (as a subject of international law)	1
Russian Federation (de facto)	1
Российская Федерация	1

Statements (94)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country ⓘ federal semi-presidential republic ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
areaRank	1 ⓘ
bordersCountry	Azerbaijan ⓘ Belarus ⓘ China ⓘ Estonia ⓘ Finland ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Latvia ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ North Korea ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ
bordersSea	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Baltic Sea ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
callingCode	+7 ⓘ
capital	Moscow ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
currency	Russian ruble ⓘ
currencyCode	RUB ⓘ
drinksLegalAge	18 ⓘ
drivesOn	right ⓘ
drivingSide	right ⓘ
foundingEvent	dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
G20Member	yes ⓘ
G8Status	suspended ⓘ
governmentType	federal semi-presidential constitutional republic ⓘ
hasClimate	continental ⓘ subarctic ⓘ
hasLake	Lake Baikal ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Kazan ⓘ Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ Novosibirsk ⓘ St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg Yekaterinburg ⓘ
hasMilitaryAlliance	Collective Security Treaty Organization ⓘ surface form: CSTO
hasMountainRange	Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Caucasus Mountains Ural Mountains ⓘ
hasRegion	European Russia ⓘ Russia Far East ⓘ surface form: Far East Siberia ⓘ
hasRiver	Lena River ⓘ Ob River ⓘ Volga River ⓘ Yenisei River ⓘ
hasSpaceAgency	Roscosmos ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister of Russia ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	President of Russia ⓘ
independenceDate	25 December 1991 ⓘ
independenceFrom	Soviet Union ⓘ
internetTLD	.rf ⓘ .ru ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2	Russia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: RU
ISO3166-1Alpha3	Russia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: RUS
largestCity	Moscow ⓘ
largestCountryBy	land area ⓘ
largestReligion	Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity
legislature	Federal Assembly of Russia ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Europe ⓘ North Asia ⓘ surface form: Northern Asia
lowerHouse	State Duma ⓘ
memberOf	CIS ⓘ Collective Security Treaty Organization ⓘ Council of Europe ⓘ surface form: Council of Europe (former) Eurasian Economic Union ⓘ United Nations Security Council ⓘ surface form: UN Security Council United Nations ⓘ
nationalAnthem	State Anthem of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: State Anthem of the Russian Federation
nationalHoliday	Russia Day ⓘ
nationalHolidayDate	12 June ⓘ
nuclearWeaponsState	yes ⓘ
officialLanguage	Russian ⓘ
officialName	Russia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
partiallyRecognizedBorder	Ukraine ⓘ
partOf	Eurasia ⓘ
permanentMemberOf	United Nations Security Council ⓘ surface form: UN Security Council
precededBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
shortName	Russia self-link ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+2 to UTC+12 ⓘ
UNM49Code	643 ⓘ
upperHouse	Federation Council of Russia ⓘ surface form: Federation Council
usesElectricalPlug	Type C ⓘ Type F ⓘ
usesScript	Cyrillic ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (1,878)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Novgorod → country → Russia ⓘ

Novgorod Oblast → country → Russia ⓘ

Novo-Ogaryovo → country → Russia ⓘ

Novodevichy Cemetery → country → Russia ⓘ

Novorossiysk → country → Russia ⓘ

Novosibirsk → country → Russia ⓘ

Novoslobodskaya → country → Russia ⓘ

Ob River → country → Russia ⓘ

Oka River → country → Russia ⓘ

Okhotny Ryad Street, Moscow → country → Russia ⓘ

Okhta River → country → Russia ⓘ

Olenyok → country → Russia ⓘ

Orangery → country → Russia ⓘ

subject surface form: Orangery at Peterhof

Order of Alexander Nevsky → country → Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Federation

Order of Merit for the Fatherland → country → Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Federation

Order of St. Andrew (Russia) → country → Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Federation

Order of Suvorov → country → Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Federation

Orenburg Cossack forces → country → Russia ⓘ

Ossetian language → country → Russia ⓘ

Palace Bridge → country → Russia ⓘ

Palace Embankment → country → Russia ⓘ

Palace Square → country → Russia ⓘ

Panorama Museum of the Siege of Sevastopol → country → Russia ⓘ

Passage department store → country → Russia ⓘ

Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' → country → Russia ⓘ

Patriarch's Palace → country → Russia ⓘ

Patriotic War of 1812 → country → Russia ⓘ

Paveletsky railway station → country → Russia ⓘ

Pegas Fly → country → Russia ⓘ

Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations → country → Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Federation

Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg → country → Russia ⓘ

Peter and Paul Fortress → country → Russia ⓘ

Petergof → country → Russia ⓘ

Peterhof Palace → country → Russia ⓘ

Petrograd Soviet → country → Russia ⓘ

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky → country → Russia ⓘ

Petrovichi → country → Russia ⓘ

Pirogovskoye Reservoir → country → Russia ⓘ

Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery → country → Russia ⓘ

Plesetsk Cosmodrome → country → Russia ⓘ

Ploshchad Revolyutsii → country → Russia ⓘ

Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station → country → Russia ⓘ

Pobeda → country → Russia ⓘ

Polesia → country → Russia ⓘ

Pontic Greek → country → Russia ⓘ

Pontic–Caspian steppe → country → Russia ⓘ

Novorossiysk → country → Russia ⓘ

subject surface form: Port of Novorossiysk

President of the Russian Federation → country → Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Federation

Prime Minister of Russia → country → Russia ⓘ