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Russianism or Russicism is an influence of the Russian language on other languages. In particular, Russianisms are Russian or Russified words, expressions...

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and...

template Infobox ethnic group is being considered for merging. › Russians (Russian: русские, romanized: russkiye [ˈruskʲɪje] ) are an East Slavic ethnic...

Look up Russian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Russian(s) may refer to: Russians (Russian: русские, romanized: russkiye), an ethnic group of the East...

The Russian Empire was the final period of the Russian monarchy, spanning most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation...

"No Russian" is the fourth mission of the 2009 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and its 2020 remaster. In the mission, the player controls Army...

Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed groups who started...

Retriever's heritage. One early account claimed Nous was purchased from a Russian circus trainer in Brighton; another claimed he was bought from a cobbler;...

Russian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic...

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing...

considered for merging. › The Russian alphabet is the writing system used to write the Russian language. The modern Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters:...

The romanization of the Russian language (the transliteration of Russian text from the Cyrillic script into the Latin script), aside from its primary use...

The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social change in Russia, starting in 1917. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a...

The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming is a 1966 American comedy film directed and produced by Norman Jewison for United Artists. The satirical...

The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the...

The Russian nobility or dvoryanstvo (Russian: дворянство) arose in the Middle Ages. In 1914, it consisted of approximately 1,900,000 members, out of a...

The Russian ruble or rouble (Russian: рубль, romanized: rublʹ, [ˈrublʲ] ; symbol: ₽; ISO code: RUB) is the official currency of Russia. Banknotes and coins...

Russo-Ukrainian war include six deaths during the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 14,200–14,400 military and civilian deaths during the war in...

politics of Russia function within the framework of the federal semi-presidential republic of Russia. According to the Constitution of Russia, the President...

The Russian Blue cat (Russian: Русская голубая кошка, romanized: Russkaya golubaya koshka), commonly known as the Russian Blue, is a pedigreed cat breed...

in the Marxist model. Vladimir Lenin stated that the "peasantry ... in Russia constitute eight- or nine-tenths of the petty bourgeoisie". However, in...

government of Russia or fully titled the Government of the Russian Federation is the highest federal executive governmental body of the Russian Federation...

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR) was a communist state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest and most populous...

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional...

list of cities and towns in Russia. According to the data of 2010 Russian Census, there are 1,117 cities and towns in Russia. After the Census, Innopolis...

keep the story out of Russia. It ordered executives and editors not to distribute that issue in Russia or show it to "Russian government officials, journalists...

English, contain words (Russianisms) most likely borrowed from the Russian language. Not all of the words are of purely Russian or origin. Some of them...

Russian oligarchs (Russian: олигархи, romanized: oligarkhi) are business oligarchs from the former Soviet republics who rapidly accumulated wealth in the...

expressed strong pro-Russia and pro-Putin opinions which have raised questions about his relationship with Vladimir Putin and the Russian government. Politico...

The Russian (Ivan Vassilovitch Dragovsky; Russian: Иван Васильевич Драговский) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel...

uniquely humorous to Russian speakers and constitute a staple of Odesa humour. Also, the Odesa dialect of Yiddish has plenty of Russianisms. To a significant...

Soviet Russia", also called the Russian reversal, is a joke template taking the general form "In America you do X to/with Y; in Soviet Russia Y does X...

(Russian: Александр III Александрович Романов, romanized: Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich Romanov; 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia...

the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after a coup d'etat against her husband, Peter III. Her long reign helped Russia thrive under...

Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria...

established the Russian SFSR, the world's first constitutionally communist state. Following the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War, the Russian SFSR and...

Swastika under the banner of Russia for Russians. These forces came together in a last gasp effort to save the Supreme Soviet of Russia against Boris Yeltsin...

and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has the same origins. Some Russian nationalists consider Alaska to be Russian territory...

Russia has an estimated population of 146.0 million as of 1 January 2025, down from 147.2 million recorded in the 2021 census. It is the most populous...

July [O.S. 25 June] 1796 – 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1855) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1825 to 1855. He was the...

Carl), Ilyin (of Ilya), Petrov (of Peter), Grigorovich (son of Grigory, Russian form of Gregory), Stefanović (son of Stefan, little Stefan), MacAllister...

coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Duga (Russian: Дуга, lit. 'arc' or 'curve') was an over-the-horizon radar (OTH) system...

countries, located between Britain and Russia, as if between "Scylla and Charybdis". Of the two monsters – Britain and Russia – it was the latter that Mahan considered...

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (Russian: Анастасия Николаевна; 18 June [O.S. 5 June] 1901 – 17 July 1918) was the youngest daughter of Tsar...

Russian literature is the literature of Russia, its émigrés, and Russian-language literature. Major contributors to Russian literature, as well as English...

Le Sacre du printemps) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei...

The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (Russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, romanized: subyekty...

"Russia for Russians" (Russian: «Росси́я для ру́сских», romanized: "Rossiya dlya russkikh", pronounced [rɐˈsʲijə dʲlʲɪ ˈruskʲɪx]) is a political slogan...

merging. › The history of the Jews in Russia goes back to the beginnings of the Russian state. At one time, the Russian Empire hosted the largest population...

wrote to Russia (now under Bolshevik control) desiring for permanent friendly relations. A treaty of friendship between Afghanistan and Russia was finalized...

The DShK M1938 (Russian: ДШК, for Дегтярёва-Шпагина крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova-Shpagina krupnokaliberny, 'Degtyaryov–Shpagin large-calibre') is a Soviet...

Halpert, Madeline. "Russia Closes Amnesty International And Other Human Rights Organization Offices". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-21. "Russia declares Carnegie...

The All-Russian Political Party "United Russia" is the ruling political party of Russia since 2001. As the largest party in the Russian Federation, it...

Russia has a developing market-oriented mixed economy considered high-income and highly industrialized. It has the ninth-largest economy in the world by...

French invasion of Russia 330km 205miles 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1     The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second...

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. They are organised into three...

On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest...

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents...

Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp; 21 February 1728 – 17 July 1762) was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when his wife, Catherine...

river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of 3,531 km (2...

The Tsardom of Russia, also known as the Tsardom of Moscow, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547...

often criticised for using the term "oligarch" selectively to describe Russian and other former Eastern Bloc tycoons, whilst treating their Western counterparts—such...

Look up White Russia or White Russian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. White Russia, White Russian, or Russian White may refer to: White Ruthenia,...

considered for merging. › Afro-Russians (Russian: Афророссияне, romanized: Afrorossiyane), commonly known as Black Russians (Russian: Русские негры, romanized: Russkie...

autocrat of all Russia was the official title of the Russian monarch from 1721 to 1917. The title originated in connection with Russia's victory in the...

is an exceptionally deep-ranged basso profondo, especially typical of Russian Orthodox choral music. This voice type has a vocal range which extends...

zones in Russia, which currently observe times ranging from UTC+02:00 to UTC+12:00. Daylight saving time (DST) has not been used in Russia since 26 October...

Muslims in Russia numbered about 19% of the religious population, and, according to the US Department of State in 2017, Muslims in Russia numbered 14...

considered for merging. › Russian Americans are Americans of full or partial Russian ancestry. The term can apply to recent Russian immigrants to the United...

Russia (Russian: Россия) is the largest country in the world, covering over 17,098,246 square kilometers (6,601,670 sq mi), encompassing more than one-eighth...

The winter white dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus), also known as the Russian dwarf hamster, Djungarian hamster, Dzungarian hamster, striped dwarf hamster...

economy, many Russians blame the new system for creating these costs in the first place. Russia was greatly weakened in what Russia's second President...

Alexander II (29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination...

of Russia from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917. He was the last Russian monarch before the Russian Revolution and oversaw the Russian Empire's...

The Russian Ground Forces (Russian: Сухопу́тные войска́ [СВ], romanized: Sukhopútnye Voyská [SV]), also known as the Russian Army in English, are the land...

as Romanoff. Russian: Романовы, romanized: Romanovy, IPA: [rɐˈmanəvɨ]) is a royal house which was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 until...

2026[update]. The earliest progenitors to the modern roller coasters were the "Russian Mountains", which first appeared in the 17th century. LaMarcus Adna Thompson...

intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation, often unofficially referred to in Russian as Special services (Russian: Спецслужбы), include: Federal...

Elizaveta Petrovna (Russian: Елизаве́та Петро́вна; 29 December [O.S. 18 December] 1709 – 5 January [O.S. 25 December] 1762) was Empress of Russia from 1741 until...

Siberia (/saɪˈbɪəriə/ sy-BEER-ee-ə; Russian: Сибирь, romanized: Sibir', IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ] ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North...

Russian Far East (Russian: Дальний Восток России, IPA: [ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ]) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and...

territories of modern Belarus, Ukraine, Eastern Poland and some of western Russia. Historically, in a broader sense, the term was used to refer to all the...

(Russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич, romanized: Pavel I Petrovich; 1 October [O.S. 20 September] 1754 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1801) was Emperor of Russia from...

Invasion of Russia can refer to: Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' (1237–1242), a series of invasions that resulted in the Rus' states becoming vassals of...

The 2025–26 Russian Premier League (known as the Mir Russian Premier League, also written as Mir Russian Premier Liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 34th...

was used from ancient times, in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, until largely replaced by handheld electronic calculators, during the 1980s...

Soviet Union, hooliganism is defined generally in the Criminal Code of Russia as a medium gravity crime. Olympic medalist Vasiliy Khmelevskiy was convicted...

"North Stream"; Russian: Северный поток, Severny potok) is a set of offshore natural gas pipelines which run under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany to...

Courland and Semigallia from 1711 until 1730 and then ruled as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. Much of her administration was defined or heavily influenced...

The Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL, Russian: Легион «Свобода России», romanized: Legion "Svoboda Rossii"; Ukrainian: Легіон «Свобода Росії», romanized: Lehion...

From Russia with Love is a 1963 spy film directed by Terence Young and the second in the James Bond series. It was produced by Eon Productions, starring...

The office of the president of Russia is the highest authority in the Russian Federation. The holder is the federation's head of state and has formal presidency...

1916 secret treaty between the United Kingdom and France, with assent from Russia and Italy, to define their mutually agreed spheres of influence and control...

Russian Circles is an American instrumental post-metal band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was originally formed by childhood friends Mike Sullivan...

Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served...

(Новгород), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The city lies along the Volkhov River just downstream from its outflow...

List of leaders of Russia may refer to: List of heads of government of Russia List of heads of state of Russia List of leaders of the Soviet Union List...

Edward Snowden's residency in Russia is part of the aftermath from his global surveillance disclosures. On June 23, 2013, Snowden flew from Hong Kong to...

A Just Russia (Russian: Справедливая Россия, romanized: Spravedlivaya Rossiya; abbr. SR) is a social conservative, democratic socialist, and social-democratic...

The president of Russia, officially the president of the Russian Federation, is the executive head of state of Russia. The president is the chair of the...

The Russian Premier League (RPL; Russian: Российская премьер-лига, Rossiyskaya premyer-liga; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional...

Hesse and by Rhine; 6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918) was the last empress of Russia as the consort of Nicholas II from their marriage on 26 November [O.S. 14...

The Summit Series, Super Series 72, Canada–USSR Series (Russian: Суперсерия СССР — Канада, romanized: Superseriya SSSR — Kanada), or Series of the Century...

operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between Russia and Romania on one side and Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire...

formed by incorporating Russia into the G7. The G8 became the G7 again after Russia was expelled in 2014 following the Russian annexation of Crimea. The...

 'island of polar bears') is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the 92nd-largest island in the world and roughly the size of Crete...

The New Union Treaty (Russian: Новый союзный договор, romanized: Novyy soyuznyy dogovor) was a draft treaty that would have replaced the 1922 Treaty on...

championship for national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting...

13th century, Moscow became the leading Russian principality and was transformed into a centralized Russian state in the late 15th century. Moscow became...

of the Seventh Coalition, the Peninsular War, and the French invasion of Russia. The first stage of the war broke out when Britain declared war on France...

Dagestan, officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located...

The Russian mafia (Russian: ру́сская ма́фия, romanized: russkaya mafiya [ˈruskəjə ˈmafʲɪjə] or росси́йская ма́фия, rossiyskaya mafiya [rɐˈsʲijskəjə ˈmafʲɪjə])...

Romanov Empire (Russian: Романовская Империя), also known as the Imperial Throne (Russian: Императорский Престол), formerly the Russian Empire (Российская...

name derives, through Yiddish, from Ukrainian and Russian бо́рщ (borshch, Ukrainian: [ˈbɔrʃt͡ʃ] , Russian: [ˈborɕː] ). Together with cognates in other Slavic...

Practiced worldwide, sambo is a martial art with Soviet and Russian origins. It originated in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union during the 1920s. The word...

surrender in May 1945. During the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation, many people from Russia and other parts of the former USSR were settled in the three Baltic countries...

The national flag of Russia is a tricolour of three equal horizontal bands: white on the top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom. The design was...

type of federal subject of the Russian Federation. Twenty-one republics are internationally recognized as part of Russia; another is under its de facto...

In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it. This took place in the relative power vacuum immediately...

the prevention of cross-border crime. As the USSR disintegrated, Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine signed the Belovezha Accords on 8 December 1991, declaring...

for research and military purposes. Many of them have stayed closed in Russia and some post-Soviet states. The concept exists in other countries as well...

Krasnoyarsk is the largest city and administrative centre of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yenisey River, and is the second-largest city...

During the 2008 war with Russia, Russian warplanes attacked the port. Although a ceasefire was declared on August 12, the Russian troops continued to occupy...

The 7.62×54mmR is a rimmed rifle cartridge developed by the Russian Empire and introduced as a service cartridge in 1891. Originally designed for the...

(Петроград) and later Leningrad (Ленинград), is the second-largest city in Russia, after Moscow, the nation's capital. Situated on the Neva River at the head...

importation of heroin. The Russian mafia in Israel began with the mass immigration of Soviet Russian Jews to Israel in 1989. Jewish Russian crime bosses such as...

team Great Russia Little Russia Novorossiya (New Russia) New Russia (disambiguation) White Russia (disambiguation) Black Ruthenia (Black Russia) Prussia...

Russian Doll is an American comedy-drama television series, created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler, that premiered on Netflix on...

commanding general. Rank insignias colonel general of Russia The rank of colonel general (Russian: генерал-полковник, romanized: general-polkovnik) was...

On the federal level, Russia elects a president as head of state and a parliament, one of the two chambers of the Federal Assembly. The president is elected...

This is a list of Russian monarchs. The list begins with the semi-legendary prince Rurik of Novgorod, sometime in the mid-9th century, and ends with Nicholas...

Federal Assembly of Russia, with the upper house being the Federation Council. It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993...

southwards from the southern part of the Main Caucasian Range of southwestern Russia to the Turkish and Armenian borders, and from the Black Sea in the west...

The Constitution of the Russian Federation (Russian: Конституция Российской Федерации, romanized: Konstitutsiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii) was adopted by...

lemon juice. Bellini Made with Prosecco and peach purée or nectar. Black Russian Made with vodka and coffee liqueur. Bloody Mary Made with vodka, tomato...

The Amur River (Russian: река Амур) or Heilong River (simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; traditional Chinese: 黑龍江) is a perennial river in Northeast Asia, forming...

Per capita tobacco smoking rates in Russia have historically ranked among the highest in the world, making the country a prized market for tobacco companies...

Tajiks in Russia was about 350,236 according to the 2021 census, up from 38,000 in the last Soviet census of 1989. Most Tajiks came to Russia after the...

Religion in Russia (FOM 2026) Eastern Orthodoxy (61%) Other Christians (2%) Islam (8%) No religion (23%) Other religions (2%) Not answered (5%) Orthodox...

The climate of Russia is formed under the influence of several determining factors. The enormous size of the country and the remoteness of many areas from...

officially the Republic of Adygea or the Adygean Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is...

Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. In January 2022, prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was the tenth-largest city in the country and the...

The Russian Republic was the short-lived Russian state which controlled, de jure, the territory of the former Russian Empire after its proclamation by...

energy in Russia, and there is large potential in Russia for more use of hydropower. According to the International Hydropower Association Russia is the...

Alekseyevich (Russian: Иван V Алексеевич; 6 September [O.S. 27 August] 1666 – 8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1696) was Tsar of all Russia between 1682 and...

controlled by Russia. It is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Since 2014 it has been under the de facto control of Russia, which annexed...

Росси́я (Russia), first rose in the days of the Russian Empire, and the Russian Tsar was usually styled "the Tsar of All the Russias", as Russia or the...

Ukraina" (in Russian) Cruiser "Chrvona Ukraina" from Black Sea fleet (in Russian, with photos) – article from encyclopedia of ships in Russian Archived 12...

Infobox religion is being considered for merging. › The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, РПЦ, romanized: Russkaya...

Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia. The Monarchist Party of Russia supports Prince Nikolai as the heir of the Russian throne, since they are of the...

March 2016. Förster, Jürgen (2005). "The German Military's Image of Russia". Russia: War, Peace and Diplomacy. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-84913-1...

cultural influence of Russia. It is a vague term, mostly used to refer to communities with a historical, cultural, or spiritual tie to Russia. This can include...

socialist political party in the late Russian Empire, during both phases of the Russian Revolution, and in early Soviet Russia. The party members were known as...

competitions have long been Sweden and Russia; both countries have established professional men's bandy leagues. In Russia, it is estimated that more than one...

Perovskia atriplicifolia (/pəˈrɒvskiə ætrɪplɪsɪˈfoʊliə/), and commonly called Russian sage, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant and subshrub. Although...

(1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers...

The Russian Knights (Russian: Русские Витязи, romanized: Russkie Vityazi) is an aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force. Originally formed...

the Kremlin, is a fortified complex, known by the same name, in Moscow, Russia. Located in the historic centre of the country's capital city, the Kremlin...

Russian cursive is a variant of the Russian alphabet used for writing by hand. It is typically referred to as (ру́сский) рукопи́сный шрифт (rússky) rukopísny...

Retrieved 2012-08-13.[permanent dead link] Zak, Anatoly (22 May 2009). "Russia 'to save its ISS modules'". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2009. Foust, Jeff...

Ufa is the capital and largest city of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan...

The Vympel R-37 (NATO reporting name: AA-13 Axehead) is a Russian long-range air-to-air missile. The missile and its variants also had the names K-37...

Unmanned Systems Forces (Russian: Войска беспилотных систем [ВБС], romanized: Voyska bespilotnykh sistem [VBS]) is a branch of the Russian Armed Forces dedicated...

The 2025 Russia–United States Summit (also known as the Trump–Putin Summit in Alaska) was a summit meeting between United States president Donald Trump...

The Russian Sleep Experiment is a creepypasta that tells the tale of five Soviet-era test subjects being exposed to an experimental sleep-inhibiting stimulant...

Khabarovsk (Russian: Хабаровск [xɐˈbarəfsk] ) is the largest city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located 30 kilometers (19 mi)...

year following a vote of its assembly. The decision was disputed by Soviet Russia, which in 1924 established, within the Ukrainian SSR, a Moldavian autonomous...

The Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC; Russian: Русский добровольческий корпус, РДК, romanized: Russkiy dobrovolcheskiy korpus, RDK) is a far-right paramilitary...

Russian pyramid, also known as Russian billiards (Russian: ру́сский билья́рд, russky bilyard), is a form of billiards played on a large billiard table...

Russian irredentism (Russian: русский ирредентизм) are territorial claims made by the Russian Federation to regions that were historically part of the...

The classification system of inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with those in other countries...

This is a list of cities and towns in Russia and parts of the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine with a population of over 50,000 as of the 2021...

Legislative elections are scheduled be held in Russia from 18–20 September 2026. At stake are 450 seats in the State Duma of the 9th convocation, the lower...

II of Russia. In 1781 the brewery changed hands and the beer became known as "Barclay Perkins Imperial Brown Stout". It was shipped to Russia by Albert...

armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century. The Russian military and troops of its...

after the reign of the Empress Catherine II of Russia, whose long rule led to the modernisation of the Russian Empire, many urban legends arose, some based...

Tula (Russian: Ту́ла, IPA: [ˈtulə]) is the largest city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast in Russia, located 193 kilometers (120 mi) south of...

February [O.S. 28 January] 1725) was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly...

The Second Chechen War (Russian: Втора́я чече́нская война́, Chechen: Шолгӏа оьрсийн-нохчийн тӏом, lit. 'Second Russian-Chechen War') took place in Chechnya...

IPA: [lʊˈɡanskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə]) is a disputed republic of Russia with a capital in Luhansk, established on an illegally annexed part of Luhansk...

century, Russia had established a colonial presence in parts of North America, but few Russians ever settled in Alaska. Alexander II of Russia, having...

federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Kemerovo is the administrative center and largest city of the oblast. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most urbanized...

themselves under the rule of the Russian Emperor, which was formalized in the Akhal Treaty between Russia and Persia. After the Russian Revolution, Soviet control...

Uzbekistan, Russian, a foreign language, is widely used as an inter-ethnic tongue and in government due to the country's Soviet and Russian Imperial past...

and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the...

Assembly, the Russian president Vladimir Putin announced six novel nuclear or dual-use weapons systems, popularly dubbed "super weapons" (Russian: супероружие...

with a portion of its territory extending into Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan...

Vladimir (Russian: Влади́мир, IPA: [vlɐ'dʲimʲɪr] ) is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, 200...

the principalities that emerged from it is commonly denoted as northeast Russia or northeast Rus'. Yury Dolgoruky (r. 1125–1157) moved his capital from...

like in Northwest Russia, Central Russia, Southern Russia, Siberian Russia, Volga Russia, Ural Russia, Far East Russia and the Russian North Caucasus and...

Volga Federal District in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga rivers in Central Russia, with a population of over...

The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia (Russian: Основы геополитики: геополитическое будущее России) is a geopolitical book...

Day in Russia has become a celebration in which popular culture plays a central role. The 60th and 70th anniversaries of Victory Day in Russia (2005 and...

Russian Turkestan was the vast region of Central Asia governed by the Russian Empire, often described by historians as a colonial possession. It was formally...

Ryazan (Russian: Рязань, IPA: [rʲɪˈzanʲ] ; also Riazan) is the largest city and the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located...

Buran (Russian: Буран, IPA: [bʊˈran], lit. 'blizzard'; GRAU index serial number: 11F35 1K, construction number: 1.01) was the first flight orbiter to...

state of Russia during the conflict. It was illegally annexed by Russia in 2022. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity in 2014, Russia occupied and...

(/ˈtʃɛtʃniə/ CHETCH-nee-ə), officially the Chechen Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian...

An ushanka (Russian: ушанка, IPA: [ʊˈʂankə], from уши, ushi, 'ears'), also called an ushanka-hat (Russian: шапка-ушанка, romanized: shapka-ushanka, [ˈʂapkə...

The Russian government conducted foreign electoral interference in the 2016 United States elections with the goals of sabotaging the presidential campaign...

matershchina, mat language (Russian: мат; матерщи́на / ма́терный язы́к, romanized: matershchina / materny yazyk) are the Russian terms for highly vulgar,...

The Russian Aerospace Forces or Russian Air and Space Forces (VKS) comprise the aerial, space warfare, and missile defence branches of the Armed Forces...

commonly known simply as Roscosmos (Роскосмос), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace...

that embroiled Russia and the major European powers. This initiated a period of diplomatic manoeuvring among Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France, and...

The "little green men" were Russian soldiers who were masked and wore unmarked uniforms upon the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014. They were...

Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian is a Japanese light novel series written by SunSunSun and illustrated by Momoco. It was originally published...

of standard Russian based on the Moscow dialect (unless otherwise noted). For an overview of dialects in the Russian language, see Russian dialects. Most...

This is a list of languages used in Russia. Russian is the only official language at the national level and there are other 35 official languages, which...

The Tsar of all Russia, formally the Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, was the title of the Russian monarch from 1547 to 1721. During this...

Russian cosmism (Russian: Русский космизм), or simply cosmism, is a philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in late 19th- and early 20th-century...

disasters such as in the Black Death persecutions, the many pogroms in the Russian Empire, and the ideology of Nazism, which led to the Holocaust, the systematic...

stopped Russian aid to Albania, Hoxha said to his people: 'Even if we have to eat the roots of grass to live, we won't take anything from Russia.' China...

Chita (Russian: Чита, IPA: [tɕɪˈta]) is a city and the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway route...

Russian roulette (Russian: Ру́сская руле́тка, romanized: Rússkaya rulétka) is a potentially lethal game of chance in which a player places a single round...

The Russian Empire and the subsequent Russian Republic belonged to the victorious bloc of the Allies, but following the October Revolution in Russia, the...

Pregel (Russian: Pregolya), Passarge (Polish: Pasłęka), and Frisching (Russian: Prokhladnaya) into the Vistula Lagoon, and the Memel (Russian: Neman,...

The Russian diaspora is the global community of ethnic Russians. The Russian-speaking (Russophone) diaspora are the people for whom Russian language is...

the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern Russia, with a population of 1,154,885 residents, and...

The Russian Orthodox Cross (or just the Orthodox Cross by some Russian Orthodox traditions) is a variation of the Christian cross used since the 16th century...

coalition of countries led by the French Republic, the United Kingdom, the Russian Empire, the United States, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Empire of Japan...

1144 Orlan (Russian: Орлан, lit. 'sea eagle'), is a class of nuclear-powered guided-missile heavy cruisers of the Soviet Navy and Russian Navy, the largest...

(2004). Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1857431872. Figes, Orlando (2014). Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A History. New...

local far-right pro-Russian parties have recruited combatants for the Russian side in Ukraine, who have then after gone to the Russian Imperial Movement's...

deer, roe deer and wild boar are still the most important food sources in Russia and the more mountainous regions of Eastern Europe. Other prey species include...

Tver Oblast (Russian: Тверская область, romanized: Tverskaya oblastʹ, IPA: [tvʲɪrˈskajə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative...

is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia, and is administratively part of...

I of Russia in 1598. The modern nations of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine all claim Kievan Rus' as their cultural ancestor, with Belarus and Russia deriving...

зажигательные патроны калибра 12,7 мм" [Russia has created new incendiary cartridges of 12.7 mm caliber]. armstrade.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-05-07. RU patent...

reports about the involvement of Chinese detachments in the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War. Chinese troops served as bodyguards of Bolshevik...

Russia are administered by Roskomnadzor, and the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. Russia's national...

of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 as of the 2010 Census,[update] Irkutsk is the 25th-largest city in Russia by population, the fifth-largest...

The Holocaust saw a genocide committed against Russian Jews during the occupation of Soviet Russia by Nazi Germany. On 22 June 1941, Adolf Hitler abruptly...

local Kumyk name of Anji, is the capital and largest city of Dagestan, Russia. The city is located on the Caspian Sea, covering an area of 468.13 square...

Russia of the Future (Russian: Россия Будущего, romanized: Rossiya Budushchego, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə ˈbudʊɕːɪvə]), originally known as the People's Alliance...

Blini (also blinis or bliny; Russian: блины; sg. blin; Russian: блин) are Russian pancakes, often made with a yeast-raised batter of buckwheat and/or wheat...

Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, 360 kilometers (220 mi) west-southwest of Moscow...

Chelyabinsk Oblast is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center...

A krai (Russian: край, romanized: kray, IPA: [krai], lit. 'region, edge') is a type of federal subject of the Russian Federation. The country is divided...

This list of active Russian Navy ships presents a picture which can never be fully agreed upon in the absence of greater data availability and a consistent...

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's...

list of 83 of the 89 federal subjects of Russia in order of population according to the 2010 and 2021 Russian Census. The totals of all federal subjects...

(Polish: wódka [ˈvutka]; Russian: водка [ˈvotkə]) is a clear distilled alcoholic beverage. Its varieties originated in Poland and Russia. Vodka is composed...

In Russia, the oblasts are 46 administrative territories; they are one type of federal subject, the highest-level administrative division of Russian territory...

Appanage Russia, also known as the period of appanages or the appanage period, refers to a period in Russian history dated between the 12th and 15th centuries...

GOST (Russian: ГОСТ) refers to a set of international technical standards maintained by the Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification...

Vitse-admiral Popov was a monitor built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1870s. It was one of the most unusual warships ever constructed, and still...

Serbia, and declared war on 28 July. After Russia mobilised in Serbia's defence, Germany declared war on Russia and France, who had an alliance. The United...

Russian opposition to NATO enlargement relates to the aftermath of the Revolutions of 1989, when the fall of Soviet-allied communist states to opposition...

Udmurtia, officially the Udmurt Republic, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is administratively part of the Volga Federal District...

The 7.62×39 mm (also called 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge...

The involvement of Russia in the 2026 Iran war has encompassed a range of diplomatic, intelligence and logistical actions amid the conflict that began...

list of Russian military aircraft currently in service across three branches of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as in the National Guard of Russia. The...

The Russian Twist is a simple abdominal exercise for working the core, shoulders, and hips. It is typically performed in repetitive sets and tones the...

Khabarovsk Krai is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is located in the Russian Far East and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal...

nationalism and efforts to oppose it in Russia in 2005" Archived 10 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine ; "FJC Russia Appeal Clarifies Situation Over Potentially...

European Russia is the western and most populated part of the Russian Federation. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the country's...

Russia, the largest country in the world by area, has international land borders with fourteen sovereign states as well as two narrow maritime boundaries...

Peter II Alexeyevich (23 October 1715 – 30 January 1730) was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until 1730, when he died at the age of 14. He was the only son...

in Albania, the Holy Roman Empire, Russia, and Serbia. In a few places, among them the Holy Roman Empire and Russia, the motif was further augmented to...

coalition led by the Russian Empire which included Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro. Precipitating factors included the Russian goals of recovering territorial...

Intelligence Service (SVR) is the civilian foreign intelligence agency of Russia. The SVR succeeded the First Chief Directorate of the KGB in December 1991...

factions of the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. It was led mainly by the right-wing[better source needed] and conservative officers of the Russian Empire, while...

Russian dialects are spoken variants of the Russian language. Russian dialects and territorial varieties are divided in two conceptual chronological and...

The All-Russian Political Party "Rodina" is a nationalist political party in Russia. It was established by Dmitry Rogozin in February 2004 from Party...

Moskva, formerly Slava, was a guided missile cruiser of the Russian Navy. Commissioned in 1983, she was the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class...

The 1889–1890 pandemic, often referred to as the "Asiatic flu" or "Russian flu", was a worldwide respiratory viral pandemic. It was the last great pandemic...

rizanyna; Russian: Резня в Буче, romanised: Reznya v Buche) was the mass murder of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war by the Russian Armed Forces...

(/ˈkuːlæk/ KOO-lak; Russian: кула́к) was a peasant who owned over 3 ha (8 acres) of land in the times near the end of the Russian Empire. In the early...

Kazan is the capital and largest city of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an area of 425...

Astrakhan (Russian: Астрахань, IPA: [ˈastrəxənʲ] ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia. The city lies...

breakaway territory of Transnistria, it is co-official with Ukrainian and Russian. In the 2014 census, out of the 2,804,801 people living in Moldova, 24%...

as a black Russian, which first appeared in 1949, becomes a white Russian with the addition of cream. Neither drink has any known Russian origin; both...

opposing the cultural hegemony of the Russian Empire. Before the Russian Revolution, the term intelligentsiya (Russian: интеллигенция) identified and described...

Nakhimov (Russian: Адмирал Нахимов) is the third and modernized Project 1144 Orlan (NATO reporting name Kirov-class) battlecruiser of the Russian Navy. The...

the second of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. It was led by Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks as part of the broader Russian Revolution of 1917–1923. It began...

cinema of Russia refers to the film industry in Russia, engaged in production of motion pictures in Russian language. It began in the Russian Empire, widely...

Astrakhan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan. As of the...

Tyumen Oblast is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is located in Western Siberia, and is administratively part of the Ural Federal District....

the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was captured on 24 February, the first day of the invasion, by the Russian Armed Forces...

In tsarist Russia, the term serf (Russian: крепостной крестьянин, romanized: krepostnoy krest'yanin, lit. 'bonded peasant') meant an unfree peasant who...

Russian Winter, sometimes personified as "General Frost" or "General Winter", is an aspect of the climate of Russia that has contributed to military failures...

The Sukhoi Su-30 (Russian: Сухой Су-30; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in...

Conscription in Russia (Russian: всеобщая воинская обязанность, romanized: vseobshchaya voinskaya obyazannost, translated as "universal military obligation"...

Yantar (Russian: Янтарь) is a special purpose intelligence collection ship built for the Russian Navy. The ship has been operated by the Russian Navy's...

The General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Yiddish: אַלגעמײנער ייִדישער אַרבעטער־בונד אין ליטע, פּױלן און רוסלאַנד, romanized: Algemeyner...

Spetsnaz (Russian: Спецназ) are special operations forces in the former Soviet Union and Russia. Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's...

Feodorovna of Russia, was a German princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son...

Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: Ирина Александровна; 15 July [O.S. 3 July] 1895 – 26 February 1970) was the only daughter and eldest child...

directly to the president of Russia (see Intelligence agencies of Russia), the director of the GRU is subordinate to the Russian military command, reporting...

The Black Russian is a cocktail of vodka and coffee liqueur. It contains 50 ml vodka and 20 ml coffee liqueur, per IBA specified ingredients. The drink...

Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia located in Siberia. Its administrative center is the city of Krasnoyarsk, the second-largest city...

Bulgaria (1908–1946), the Serbian Empire (1346–1371), and the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721). The first monarch to adopt the title of tsar was Simeon I of...

Karachay-Cherkessia, officially the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus. It is administratively part of the North...

Novorossiysk (Russian: Новоросси́йск, IPA: [nəvərɐˈsʲijsk] ; Adyghe: ЦӀэмэз, romanized: C̣ămăz) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The port of Novorossiysk...

Kaliningrad Oblast, an exclave of Russia between Lithuania and Poland (663 kilometres (412 mi) west of the bulk of Russia). Located on the Pregolya River...

December] 1916) was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, through...

Dead Hand, also known as Perimeter (Russian: Система «Периметр», romanized: Sistema "Perimetr", lit. '"Perimeter" System', with the GRAU Index 15E601...

air-defense system brought down a Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter in a minefield, which resulted in the death of 127 Russian soldiers in the greatest loss of...

Whaling in the lands of Russia and the former Soviet Union has been conducted in the Chukotka region of Siberia for at least 4,000 years and has traditionally...

Gun control in Russia is carried out in accordance with the Federal Law on Weapons. The law establishes three major categories of weapons: civil, service...

The TP-82 (Russian: ТП-82) is an out-of-service triple-barreled Soviet combination gun carried by cosmonauts on space missions. It was intended as a survival...

Russia is divided into several types and levels of subdivisions. The federal districts are groupings of the federal subjects of Russia. Federal districts...

Republic of Bashkortostan, sometimes also called Bashkiria, is a republic of Russia between the Volga river and the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. The republic...

The Wagner Group (Russian: Частная военная компания «Вагнер», romanized: Chastnaya Voennaya Kompaniya "Vagner"), officially known as PMC Wagner (ЧВК «Вагнер»...

The wildlife of Russia inhabits terrain that extends across 12 time zones and from the tundra region in the far north to the Caucasus Mountains and prairies...

began with Russia's invasion in February 2022. Russia's president Vladimir Putin seeks recognition of all occupied land as Russian, for Russia to be given...

Alexander I of Russia (Russian: Александр I Павлович, romanized: Aleksandr I Pavlovich, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ]; 23 December [O.S. 12 December] 1777...

Aurora (Russian: Авро́ра, romanized: Avrora, IPA: [ɐˈvrorə]) is a Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in Saint Petersburg...

of Württemberg; wife of Emperor Paul I of Russia; mother of Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I of Russia Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), daughter...

This is a ranking list of Russian billionaires. The following is based on the annual estimated wealth and assets assessment compiled and published by...

collapse of the Russian Empire during the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War. On 15 November 1917, the Bolshevik Russian government declared...

Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, were a radical faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks...

Republic of Ichkeria and the Russian Federation from 1994 to 1996. The conflict ended in a peace treaty that saw Russian forces withdraw from the territory...

a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia, straddling the Voronezh River 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from where it flows...

July [O.S. 12 July] 1596 – 23 July [O.S. 13 July] 1645) was Tsar of all Russia from 1613 after being elected by the Zemsky Sobor of 1613 until his death...

January] 1676), also known as Alexis, was Tsar of all Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676. He was the second Russian tsar from the House of Romanov. He was the...

Prinz zu Leiningen; Russian: Карл Эмих Николаус Фридрих Герман цу Лейнинген; born 12 June 1952), also known by his Orthodox Russian name Nikolai Kirillovich...

who form nearly 85% of the population, is the official language while Russian and Tajik are significant minority languages. The first recorded settlers...

Yaroslavl (/ˌjærəˈslævəl/; Russian: Ярославль, IPA: [jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ]) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 250 kilometers...

two official languages in Belarus, the other being Russian. It is also spoken in parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland (where it is the official...

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remained the most active area of the frontline. In the winter of 2022–2023, Russia focused on capturing the city of Bakhmut, largely destroying the city in...

Taganrog (Russian: Таганрог, IPA: [təɡɐnˈrok]) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several...

Moscow Oblast, informally known as Podmoskovye is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). With a population of 8,524,665 (2021 Census) living in an area...

of Defence of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации; MOD) is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces. The...

Rocket to Russia is the third studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on November 4, 1977, through Sire Records. It is the band's...

governments during the Russian Civil War. They fought against the Red Army of Soviet Russia. When it was created, the structure of the Russian Army during the...

Saratov is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River. As of the 2021 Census,[update] Saratov...

Russian symbolism was an intellectual, literary and artistic movement predominant at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. It arose separately...

Tourism in Russia represents 2.5% of the GDP of Russia. In 2024, foreign visitors to Russia for the purpose of tourism rose to 4.2 million, led by growth...

This article discusses political parties in Russia. The Russian Federation has a de jure multi-party system, however it operates as a dominant-party system...

The Russia national football team (Russian: Сборная России по футболу, romanized: Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents Russia in men's international...

Israel is represented in the Russian Federation through an embassy in Moscow and a consulate-general in Saint Petersburg. Russia is represented in Israel...

JSC Russian Helicopters (Russian: Вертолёты России, romanized: Vertolyoty Rossii, lit. 'Vertol of Russia') is a Russian helicopter manufacturing holding...

Presidential elections were held in Russia on 14 March 2004. Incumbent President Vladimir Putin was seeking a second full four-year term. It was a landslide...

The United States and Russia maintain strategic foreign relations since the establishment in 1991, a continuation of the relationship the United States...

October 1993, a constitutional crisis arose in the Russian Federation from a conflict between the then Russian president Boris Yeltsin and the country's parliament...

between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was built upon the Franco-Russian Alliance...

Name of Russia (Russian: Имя Россия, romanized: Imya Rossiya) was a series produced by the Russia-1 television channel that aimed to determine the most...

Slavic cultures in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. They are used commonly in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus...

The Russian passport (Russian: Заграничный паспорт гражданина Российской Федерации, romanized: Zagranichnyy pasport grazhdanina Rossiyskoy Federatsii...

Lobov (Russian: Адмирал Флота Лобов, "Fleet Admiral Lobov"). After the Soviet Union disbanded in the early 1990s, the ship passed on to Russia and then...

the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014, when Russian-backed paramilitaries began an uprising against the Ukrainian government...

2022, Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine in a steep escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The campaign had been preceded by a Russian military...

Look up Russian doll in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A Russian doll (or Matryoshka) is a type of nested, wooden toy. Russian Doll or Russian Dolls may...

Finnish War. As a result, the eastern third of Sweden was ceded to the Russian Empire and became established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland...

civil society. This means that Russia has a weak civic political culture. Furthermore, the authoritarian traditions of Russia mean that there is little support...

Russian imperialism is the political, economic, cultural, and military power or control exerted by Russia and its predecessor states, over other countries...

 › Russians constitute the country's largest ethnic minority in Ukraine. This community forms the largest single Russian community outside of Russia in...

Veps: Leningradan agj; Finnish: Leningradin alue) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). The oblast has an area of 84,500 square kilometres (32,600 sq mi)...

Sunday (Russian: Крова́вое воскресе́нье, romanized: Krovavoye voskresenye, IPA: [krɐˈvavəɪ vəskrʲɪˈsʲenʲjɪ]), also known as Red Sunday (Russian: Красное...

The Russian Navy is the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It has existed in various forms since 1696. Its present iteration was formed in January...

[SSJ100], Russian: Сухой Суперджет 100, romanized: Sukhoy Superdzhet 100) is a regional jet originally designed by the now-merged Russian aircraft company...

Romanov (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Романов, romanized: Aleksey Nikolaevich Romanov; 12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 – 17 July 1918) was the last Russian tsesarevich...

Football Club Zenit (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Зенит», romanized: Futbolny klub "Zenit", pronounced [fʊdˈbolʲnɨj ˈklub zʲɪˈnʲit]), also known as Zenit...

Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) starting with the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military and authorities have committed war crimes, such...

Presidential elections were held in Russia on 26 March 2000. Incumbent prime minister and acting president Vladimir Putin, who had succeeded Boris Yeltsin...

of Russia includes extant Indigenous peoples in the territory of Russia who are not listed in the official list of minor Indigenous peoples of Russia. Some...

The Russian Five was the nickname given to the unit of five Russian ice hockey players from the Soviet Union that played for the Detroit Red Wings of...

Channel One (Russian: Первый канал, romanized: Pervyy kanal, IPA: [ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal], lit. 'First Channel') is a Russian federal television channel. Its...

Russo-Ukrainian war with Russia's annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas, and has continued to serve during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine...

Russia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 23 times from its debut in 1994 to 2021. Russia won the 2008 contest with Dima Bilan performing...

of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River 705 kilometers (438 mi) east of Moscow. Ulyanovsk has been the only Russian UNESCO City of Literature...

"Russians" is a song by Sting, from his debut solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, released in June 1985, and released as a single in November. The...

regarded as part of Europe. It is bordered to the north and northeast by Russia; to the west by the Black Sea, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to...

administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a population of over 1.1 million people, and...

Prisons in Russia consist of four types of facilities: pre-trial institutions; educative or juvenile colonies; corrective colonies; and prisons. A corrective...

1768–1774 was a major armed conflict that saw Russian armies victorious against the Ottoman Empire. Russia's victory brought the Yedisan between the rivers...

People's Front (Russian: Народный фронт, romanized: Narodnyy front, NF), formally All-Russia People's Front (Russian: Общероссийский народный фронт,...

Russian casualties of war lists deaths of Russian armed forces and Russian citizens caused by conflicts in which Russia was involved. The Soviet wars...

During the 20th century in the Soviet Union, Russian criminal and prison communities maintained a culture of using tattoos to indicate members' criminal...

The Russian desman (Desmana moschata; Russian: выхухоль vykhukhol') is a small semiaquatic mammal that inhabits the Volga, Don and Ural River basins in...

The emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia, also known as the Edict of Emancipation of Russia, (Russian: Крестьянская реформа 1861 года, romanized: Krestyanskaya...

importance to the United States. Jamestown publications focus on China, Russia, Eurasia, and global terrorism. The Jamestown Foundation was founded in...

From September 2015 until December 2024, Russia conducted a military intervention in the Syrian civil war, following a request by Ba'athist Syria under...

1C Company (Russian: Фирма «1С», [ˈfʲirmə ɐˈdʲin ˈɛs]pronunciation) is a Russian software developer, distributor and publisher based in Moscow. It develops...

Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest city in Russia, and the most...

The Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was caused by the Ottoman Empire's war with Persia and the continuing raids by...

1962 – 23 November 2006) was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who specialised in...

Minsk (Russian: Минск) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from...

Nizhny Tagil (Russian: Нижний Тагил, IPA: [ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil]) is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located 25 kilometers (16 mi) east of the boundary...

Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg...

of Nature (IUCN). It is native to China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and the Russian Federation. The binomial name of Campbell's dwarf hamster is Phodopus campbelli...

The White Terror (Russian: Белый террор, romanized: Belyy terror) in the former Russian Empire refers to violence and mass killings carried out by the...

The demographic crisis in Russia, refers to the aging and decline of the Russian population caused by demographic transition and other factors. Although...

Feodor III or Fyodor III Alekseyevich (Russian: Фёдор III Алексеевич; 9 June 1661 – 7 May 1682) was Tsar of all Russia from 1676 until his death in 1682....

country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus...

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, also known as Yamalia (Russian: Ямалия) is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast. Its administrative...

Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,633,595, making it the third-most populous city in Russia after Moscow and Saint...

State Award System of the Russian Federation has varied and distinct origins. The first being pre-1917 orders of the Russian Empire re-established after...

The Russian Revolution of 1905, also known as the First Russian Revolution, was a revolution in the Russian Empire which began on 22 January 1905 and...

Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 then of the...

Sometimes the patriarchal cross has a short, slanted crosspiece near its foot (Russian Orthodox cross). This slanted, lower crosspiece often appears in Byzantine...

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) is a left-conservative political party in Russia that officially adheres to Marxist–Leninist philosophy...

northwestern Russia, in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake located entirely in Europe, the second largest lake in Russia after Lake...

GOELRO is the transliteration of the Russian abbreviation for "State Commission for Electrification of Russia" (Russian: Государственная комиссия по электрификации...

people have been head of the Russian government since its establishment in 1905. The Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire, created in November 1905...

principal engagements of the Crimean War, where Russia lost to a French-led alliance. During the Russian Civil War, Crimea changed hands many times and...

The coat of arms of Russia is one of the state symbols of the Russian Federation, along with the state flag and the national anthem. The current coat...

People's Artist of the RSFSR (Russian: Народный артист РСФСР, Narodnyj artist RSFSR) was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including...

Russian Railways (Russian: ОАО «Российские железные дороги», romanized: OAO «Rossijskije železnyje dorogi») or RZD (ОАО «РЖД») is a Russian fully state-owned...

Deafness in Soviet Russia experienced a cultural transformation following the Russian Revolution. The Soviet's collectivist ideology, termed New Soviet...

Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. A Kyrgyz diaspora is also found in Russia, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. They speak the Kyrgyz language, which is the...

Udmurt-Russian ethno-pop band comprising eight elderly women from the village of Buranovo, Udmurtia. Buranovskiye Babushki represented Russia at the Eurovision...

Illegal immigration to Russia has been ongoing. In 2012, the Russian Federal Security Service's Border Service stated there had been an increase in illegal...

exclusively of Russian clubs. Since 2013, it is the first tier of Russian professional club basketball. Therefore, the highest placed Russian team in the...

took place in Russia in 1917. The main events of the revolution took place in and near Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), the capital of Russia at the time...

Russia, referred to by its formal name; the Russian Federation, by the International Olympic Committee, has competed at the modern Olympic Games on many...

and territories published by the Russian government that it says "commit unfriendly actions against Russia, Russian companies and citizens". Countries...

Kaluga (Russian: Калу́га, IPA: [kɐˈɫuɡə] ) is a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It stands on the Oka River 150 kilometers...

The gathering of the Russian lands or Rus' lands (Russian: собирание русских земель) was the process in which new states – usually the Principality of...

(/mɔːrˈdoʊvɪə/ mor-DOH-vee-ə), officially the Republic of Mordovia, is a republic of Russia, situated in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Saransk. As of the...

of Russia. As of 2023, excluding Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Sevastopol, there are 1,893 administrative districts (including the 20 in the Russian-occupied...

Prostitution is illegal in Russia. The punishment for engagement in prostitution is a fine from 1500 up to 2000 rubles. Moreover, organizing prostitution...

The Russian Federation's Law on Refugees defines who is a refugee for purposes of obtaining asylum in the country. The Law defines a refugee as a "person...

Luhansk Oblast (Ukrainian: Луганська область, romanized: Luhanska oblast; Russian: Луганская область, romanized: Luganskaya oblast), also referred to as...

Russia, as the largest country in the world, has great ethnic diversity. It is a multinational state and home to over 190 ethnic groups countrywide. According...

Urals, are a mountain range in Eurasia that runs north–south mostly through Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan...

Saints of Volhynia (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and Greek Orthodox Church) 15 July – Synaxis of All Saints of Kiev (Russian Orthodox Church...

(born Marta Helena Skowrońska; Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Михайлова; 15 April 1684 - 17 May 1727) was Empress of Russia from 8 February 1725 until her...

department of the Ministry of Defence of Russia responsible for the military acquisition and equipment of the Russian Armed Forces. It is subordinate to the...

but his efforts seem to have entailed no lasting consequences, since the Russian Primary Chronicle and other Slavonic sources describe the tenth-century...

authority in Russia. In traditional Russian historiography, he is regarded as a Russian national hero and a central figure of the Russian Middle Ages....

districts (Russian: федеральные округа, romanized: federal'nyye okruga, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨjɪ ɐkrʊˈɡa]) are groupings of the federal subjects of Russia. Federal...

Timurids and Khanate of Bukhara. The region was later conquered by the Russian Empire, before becoming part of the Soviet Union. Within the Soviet Union...

is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of 859...

Nikolaevich of Russia (Russian: Николай Николаевич Романов (младший – the younger); 18 November 1856 – 5 January 1929) was a Russian grand duke and World...

better known by the ring name "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff, under which name he was billed as being from Russia and, following the dissolution of the...

Chuvashia, officially known as Chuvash Republic — Chuvashia, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuvash people. The...

Kursk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk. As of the 2021 census, Kursk Oblast had a population...

Tula Oblast (Russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, romanized: Tulʹskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in European...

organised by FIFA. It was held in Russia, from 17 June to 2 July 2017, as a prelude to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Russia was announced as the host on 2 December...

slow and—in many cases—superficial phenomenon, especially in what is today Russia. It was vigorous in western and central parts of what is today Ukraine,...

January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the...

1918 between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria), by which Russia withdrew from World War...

Russia, leading to a series of federal government reforms consolidating power in the Kremlin and strengthening the powers of the President of Russia....

city of Leipzig. Kievan Rus' was the first supplier of the Russian fur trade. Originally, Russia exported raw furs, consisting in most cases of the pelts...

Encyclopedia (GSE; Russian: Больша́я сове́тская энциклопе́дия, БСЭ, romanized: Bolshaya sovetskaya entsiklopediya, BSE) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias...

Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, (Russian: Части и подразделения специального назначения Главного управления...

Tomsk is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, on the Tom River. Population: 544,566 (2025); 556,478 (2021 census); 524,669 (2010...

tortoise, the Russian tortoise (mainly in the pet trade), Horsfield's tortoise, the four-clawed tortoise, the four-toed tortoise, the Russian steppe tortoise...

Open Russia (Russian: Открытая Россия, romanized: Otkrytaya Rossiya) is a political organisation founded by the exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky...

K-141 Kursk (Russian: Курск) was an Oscar II-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy. On 12 August 2000, K-141 Kursk was lost...

Of all the languages of Russia, Russian, the most widely spoken language, is the only official language at the national level. There are 25 other official...

The Russian Liberation Army (German: Russische Befreiungsarmee; Russian: Русская освободительная армия, romanized: Russkaya osvoboditel'naya armiya, abbr...

From Russia with Love may refer to: From Russia, with Love (novel), 1957 novel by Ian Fleming From Russia with Love (film), 1963 film based on the novel...

As part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian state and state-controlled media have spread disinformation in their information war against Ukraine...

Alexandrovich of Russia (24 January [O.S. 12 January] 1897 – 8 May 1981) was the first son and second child of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand...

The Imperial Russian Army (Russian: Русская императорская армия, romanized: Russkaya imperatorskaya armiya) was the army of the Russian Empire, active...

interconnected Wikipedia articles about falsified aspects of medieval Russian history written from 2012 to 2022 by Zhemao (Chinese: 折毛; pinyin: Zhémáo)...

Propaganda in Russia promotes views, perceptions or agendas of the government of Russia. The media include state-run outlets and online technologies,...

(Tatarstan and Bashkortostan) of European Russia, who for this reason are often also known as Tatars in Russian. They compose 53% of Tatarstan's population...

Olivier salad (Russian: салат Оливье, romanized: salat Olivye, pronunciation), also known as Russian salad or Stolichny salad, is a traditional salad...

China and Russia share one of the world's most important foreign relationships. Both nations share interest in energy cooperation, military ties, and geopolitical...

Russian Empire. Originating in the 16th century as a titular grand duchy held by the king of Sweden, Finland became an autonomous part of the Russian...

This is a list of Russian flags, including federal, administrative, and military flags, as well as historical flags. Following the collapse of the Soviet...

2015, Russian pronunciation: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj mɐˈksʲiməvʲɪtɕ prʲɪmɐˈkof]) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from...

rifle cartridge used by the Soviet Union, the former Warsaw Pact, modern Russia, and other countries. It was originally developed for the PTRS and PTRD...

The British government accused Russia of attempted murder and announced a series of punitive measures against Russia, including the expulsion of diplomats...

The Committee for State Security (Russian: Комитет государственной безопасности, romanised: Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti, IPA: [kəmʲɪˈtʲed ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj...

(1798–1860), Empress of Russia by marriage to Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) (1872–1918), Empress of Russia by marriage to...

or matryoshka (/ˌmætriˈɒʃkə/; Russian: матрёшка), also known as a Russian stacking doll, nesting doll, or simply a Russian doll, is a set of wooden dolls...

Sochi (Russian: Сочи, IPA: [ˈsotɕɪ] , from Ubykh: Шъуача – seaside) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along...

the Holy Roman Empire, and the Russian House of Romanov. The theory was first widely disseminated in the 1990s by Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov...

Areas of southern and eastern Ukraine are occupied and controlled by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the ongoing invasion. In Ukrainian...

Elections to the 9th All-Russian Congress of Soviets were held in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in the spring of 1921 (not to be confused...

romanized: Alexándra), later known as Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (Russian: Алекса́ндра Гео́ргиевна); 30 August [O.S. 18 August] 1870 – 24 September [O...

Moscow, Third Rome (Russian: Москва — третий Рим, romanized: Moskva — tretiy Rim) is a theological and political concept asserting Moscow as the successor...

is accessible at: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, 23 April Another ISW-relevant publication, published in October 2023: Russian Regular Ground Forces...

established by eight Russian Orthodox monks in Alaska, then part of Russian America, in 1794. This grew into a full diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church...

Russia is divided into twelve economic regions — groups of federal subjects sharing the following characteristics: Common economic and social goals and...

War, also known as the Russian invasion of Georgia, was a war waged against Georgia by the Russian Federation and the Russian-backed separatist regions...

sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia situated in the northeast of European Russia. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population...

Russian presidential elections determine who will serve as the president of Russia for the next six (formerly four from 1996 to 2012 and five from 1991...

It's Russian (Russian: Русское) is a 2004 Russian crime comedy-drama film directed by Aleksandr Veledinsky. In 1959 Kharkov, young poet Eduard "Ed" Savenko...

1940–1957), is the administrative centre of Perm Krai in the European part of Russia. It sits on the banks of the Kama River near the Ural Mountains, covering...

(Russian: Ю́жно-Сахали́нск, IPA: [ˈjuʐnə səxɐˈlʲinsk] , lit. 'South Sakhalin City') is a city and the administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia...

Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly known as the Special Operations Forces (abbr. SOF; Russian: Силы специальных операций; ССО...

Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in the Russian Far East. The oblast has an area...

LDPR – Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is a Russian ultranationalist and right-wing populist political party. It succeeded the Liberal Democratic Party...

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Russian: Ольга Николаевна; romanized: Olga Nikolaevna) 15 November [O.S. 3 November] 1895 – 17 July 1918) was...

were held in Russia on 16 June 1996, with a second round being held on 3 July 1996. It resulted in a victory for the incumbent Russian president Boris...

Tale About Baba-Yaga" (Russian: Сказка о Бабе-Яге, romanized: Skazka o Babe-Yage, lit. 'Fairy Tale about Baba-Yaga') is a Russian fairy tale published in...

for merging. › The Russian Mennonites (German: Russlandmennoniten [lit. "Russia Mennonites", i.e., Mennonites of or from the Russian Empire]) are a group...

Russian jokes (Russian: анекдоты, romanized: anekdoty, lit. 'anecdotes') are short fictional stories or dialogs with a punch line, which commonly appear...

monitoring in Russia. TopHit has been referenced by music critics and music producers as a key source for tracking the popularity of artists in Russia and the...

The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; Russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к, РАН, romanized: Rossiyskaya akademiya nauk, RAN) consists of the national...

The Republic of Karelia, or simply Karelia or Karjala is a republic of Russia situated in the northwest of the country. The republic is a part of the Northwestern...

of Russia (Russian: Кирилл Владимирович Романов; Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov; 12 October [O.S. 30 September] 1876 – 12 October 1938) was a Russian grand...

Novosibirsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk...

Great Russia, sometimes Great Rus' (Russian: Великая Русь [vʲɪˈlʲikəjə rusʲ], Velikaya Rus'; Великая Россия, Velikaya Rossiya; Великороссия [vʲɪlʲɪkɐˈrosʲːɪjə]...

Forestry in Russia is a set of industries related to wood harvesting and processing. It is one of the oldest sectors in the country's economy, Russia's timber...

associates of 45th U.S. president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin regarding Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and...

The Soviet F-1 hand grenade (Russian: Фугасный 1, romanized: Fugasnyy 1, lit. 'Explosive, Type No. 1') is an anti-personnel fragmentation defensive grenade...

Bryansk (Russian: Брянск, IPA: [brʲansk] ) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna River, 379 kilometers...

Separatism in Russia refers to bids for secession or autonomy for certain federal subjects or areas of the Russian Federation. Historically there have...

Kirillovich of Russia (Russian: Владимир Кириллович Романов; 30 August [O.S. 17 August] 1917 – 21 April 1992) was the Head of the Imperial Family of Russia, a position...

The Russian First League (Russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (Russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National...

Briner (Russian: Юлий Борисович Бринер; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner (Russian: Юл Бриннер), was a Russian and American...

The Borzoi or Russian Hunting Sighthound is a Russian breed of hunting dog of sighthound type. It was formerly used for wolf hunting; until 1936, the...