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Russia (IPA: [ˈɹʌ.ʃə]) (Russian: Росси́я, Rossiya; pronounced [rʌˈsʲi.jə]), also[1] the Russian Federation (Росси́йская Федера́ция, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; [rʌˈsʲi.skə.jə fʲɪ.dʲɪˈra.ʦɨ.jə],(Russian language) listen ), is a transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia (Asia and Europe). With an area of 17,075,400 km², Russia is by far the largest country in the world, covering almost twice the total area of the next-largest country, Canada, and has enormous mineral and energy resources.[2] Russia has the world's ninth-largest population. Russia shares land borders with the following countries (counter-clockwise from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea and China. It is also close to the United States (the state of Alaska), Sweden, and Japan across relatively small stretches of water (the Bering Strait, the Baltic Sea, and La Pérouse Strait, respectively).
Formerly the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Russia became the Russian Federation following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. After the Soviet era, the area, population, and industrial production of the Soviet Union (then one of the world's two Cold War superpowers, the other superpower being the United States) that were located in Russia passed on to the Russian Federation.
After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the newly-independent Russian Federation emerged as a great power[3] and is also considered to be an energy superpower. Russia is considered the Soviet Union's successor state in diplomatic matters and is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. It is also one of the five recognised nuclear weapons states and possesses the world's largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Russia is the leading nation of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a member of the G8 as well as other international organisations.
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- June 8: Eight dead and two missing after cargo ship fire in Kaliningrad, Russia
- June 4: England; Australia set to battle for right to host 2018 Football (Soccer) World Cup while U.S. are considering their options
- June 1: World Health Organization calls for ban on tobacco ads
- May 28: International ban on cluster bombs "very close" says British Prime Minister
- May 26: Nine killed as Russian cargo plane crashes in Siberia
- ...that Emperor Nicholas II of Russia was billed 3,250 rubles for the Rosebud egg, the first Fabergé egg he presented to his empress consort Alexandra Fyodorovna?
- ...that the phrase of Soviet sniper Roza Shanina "I will return after the battle" would be paraphrased in a book title?
- ...that Vostochny is the largest eastern port of Russia. The port has year round navigation and has a deep water port, suitable for handling large tonnage ships?
The Battle of Moscow (Russian: Битва за Москву, Romanized: Bitva za Moskvu) refers to the Soviet defense of Moscow and the subsequent Soviet counter-offensive that occurred between October 1941 and January 1942 on the Eastern Front of World War II against Nazi forces. Adolf Hitler considered Moscow, which was the capital of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the largest Soviet city, to be the primary military and political objective for the Axis forces in their invasion of the Soviet Union. A separate German plan was codenamed Operation Wotan.
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- To start: Gatchina Palace, Mariya Limanskaya, Mikhail Mukasey, Molodtsov alphabet, Novgorodov alphabet, Veshenskaya (stanitsa), Leonid Sabaneyev, Kniga Bolshomu Chertezhu, Russian Hussars, Battle of the Alta River (1018), Battle of Listven (1024), Gorodets painting, Municipal reform of Catherine II, Ivan Vyshgorodsky, Borki Incident, Order No. 1, Trial of the 193, Inorodtsy, Peoples of Dagestan
- Ongoing projects: Russian Airplay Chart, Moscow Airplay Chart
- Stubs needing expansion: Poteshnye voiska, Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher), Iskra, Gzhel (actually, needs
disambig,handicraft pictures, and major rewriting), Federal Assembly of Russia, Mestnichestvo, State Duma, Capital punishment in Russia, Zemstvo, Oprichnina (there's so much more than this), Doukhobor (only dispora perspective so far), Herzen Univerity, the article has been recently started and features one of the major Russian and worldwide pedagogical education centers.
- To revive an article: Russian colonisation of Siberia (the peaceful colonisation of the 17th century; for war against Kuchum Russian conquest of Siberia is already created and the conquest ended with the battle of the Irmen River).
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