Russia

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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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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

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Baltic Proper borderedBy Russia
Caspian Sea borderedBy Russia
Caucasus borderedBy Russia
Chukchi Sea borderedBy Russia
East Prussia borderedBy Russia
European seas borderedBy Russia
Laptev Sea borderedBy Russia
Sea of Azov borderedBy Russia
Sea of Japan borderedBy Russia
South Caucasus borderedBy Russia
South Ossetia borderedBy Russia
Svaneti borderedBy Russia
Western China borderedBy Russia
Xinjiang borderedBy Russia
subject surface form: Black Sea
subject surface form: Sea of Azov
China borderingCountry Russia
Ukraine borderingCountry Russia
Abkhazia borders Russia
Kakheti borders Russia
Lapland borders Russia
Manchuria borders Russia
Mtskheta-Mtianeti borders Russia
Northern Ukraine borders Russia
North Korea bordersCountry Russia
Crimean Bridge builtBy Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Moscow capitalOf Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Ingria cededTo Russia
Andrei Linde citizenship Russia
Anton Yelchin citizenship Russia
Boris Nemtsov citizenship Russia
Lev Okun citizenship Russia