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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Abkhazia recognizedBy Russia
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation recognizedBy Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession) recognizedBy Russia
subject surface form: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
South Ossetia recognizedBy Russia
Permic languages recognizedMinorityLanguagesIn Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Order of Kutuzov reestablishedBy Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Alekseyevich region Russia
Aleut region Russia
Alexandrovich region Russia
Communist Party of the Russian Federation (as main Russian communist successor) region Russia
subject surface form: Communist Party of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
CPRF region Russia
subject surface form: Communist Party of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Judeo-Tat region Russia
KPRF region Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Kalderash region Russia
Russian Superleague region Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Tolstoy family region Russia
Vladimirovich region Russia
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly) regionAddressed Russia
subject surface form: Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute regionServed Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Central Bank of the Russian Federation regionServed Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Eastern Conference regionServed Russia
subject surface form: Eastern Conference (KHL)
FSB regionServed Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Faculty of Economics regionServed Russia
subject surface form: Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University
Faculty of History regionServed Russia
subject surface form: Faculty of History, Moscow State University
Faculty of Journalism regionServed Russia
subject surface form: Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University
Faculty of Law regionServed Russia
subject surface form: Faculty of Law, Moscow State University
Faculty of Philology regionServed Russia
subject surface form: Faculty of Philology, Moscow State University
Faculty of Philosophy regionServed Russia
subject surface form: Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow State University
Faculty of Sociology regionServed Russia
subject surface form: Faculty of Sociology, Moscow State University
Gazpromavia regionServed Russia
Ice Hockey Federation of Russia regionServed Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (satellite campuses) regionServed Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Roscosmos regionServed Russia
Russian Union of Rectors regionServed Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Federation
Tupolev regionServed Russia