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.

Archangel → country → Russia ⓘ

Arkhangelsk Oblast → country → Russia ⓘ

Arkhangelskoye Estate → country → Russia ⓘ

Armenian Church of St. Hripsime (Yalta) → country → Russia ⓘ

Armoury Chamber → country → Russia ⓘ

Arsk Cemetery → country → Russia ⓘ

Asia/Yakutsk → country → Russia ⓘ

Astapovo → country → Russia ⓘ

Astrakhan Oblast → country → Russia ⓘ

Avachinsky → country → Russia ⓘ

Bakhchisarai → country → Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russia (de facto)

Balashikha → country → Russia ⓘ

Bashkir language → country → Russia ⓘ

Batagay → country → Russia ⓘ

Bauman Moscow State Technical University (branches) → country → Russia ⓘ

Bellingshausen Station → country → Russia ⓘ

Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace → country → Russia ⓘ

Benois Wing → country → Russia ⓘ

Bezymianny → country → Russia ⓘ

Big Circle Line → country → Russia ⓘ

Diomede Islands → country → Russia ⓘ

subject surface form: Big Diomede

this entity surface form: Russian Federation

Big Diomede Island → country → Russia ⓘ

Bikin National Park → country → Russia ⓘ

Blagoveshchensky Bridge → country → Russia ⓘ

Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line → country → Russia ⓘ

Bolshaya Nevka → country → Russia ⓘ

Bolshoi Ballet → country → Russia ⓘ

Bolshoi Theatre → country → Russia ⓘ

Borovitskaya Tower → country → Russia ⓘ

Étienne-Maurice Falconet → country → Russia ⓘ

subject surface form: Bronze Horseman

Butovskaya Line → country → Russia ⓘ

CSKA Moscow → country → Russia ⓘ

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour → country → Russia ⓘ

Cathedral of the Annunciation → country → Russia ⓘ

Cathedral of the Archangel → country → Russia ⓘ

Catherine Block → country → Russia ⓘ

Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo → country → Russia ⓘ

Catherine Park → country → Russia ⓘ

Central Administrative Okrug → country → Russia ⓘ

Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute → country → Russia ⓘ

Central Bank of the Russian Federation → country → Russia ⓘ

Central Economic Region of Russia → country → Russia ⓘ

Central Embankment of the Volga → country → Russia ⓘ

Central Federal District of Russia → country → Russia ⓘ

subject surface form: Central Federal District

Central Federal District → country → Russia ⓘ

Chechnya → country → Russia ⓘ

Chess Mountain Cascade → country → Russia ⓘ

Chita Time → country → Russia ⓘ

Chukchi → country → Russia ⓘ

Chukchi Peninsula → country → Russia ⓘ