Polity

Russia

Modern Sovereign Republics

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia and the largest country in the world by area. In 1991 the Russian SFSR emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union as the Russian Federation, and following a constitutional crisis in 1993 a new constitution was adopted, establishing a semi-presidential republic. Russia retains, as the successor state of the Soviet Union, a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Facts
Capital
Moscow 1
Start Year
1991 1
Government type (class)
Federation 1
Classification
Status (Extant or Former)
Extant 1
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Population at Peak
148,000,000 1
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The Contemporary Period, Eras
Source Wikipedia: Russia
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Government Type

Federation

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Nationals Include

Andrei Rublev

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Avvakum

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Dmitri Mendeleev

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Dorzhi Banzarov

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Gavriil Ksenofontov

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Gleb Botkin

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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

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John of Kronstadt

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Natasha Demkina

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Nikolai Berdyaev

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Nikolai Levashov

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Pavel Florensky

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Sergei Bulgakov

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Sergei Shirokogorov

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Silouan the Athonite

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Tikhon of Zadonsk

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Veleslav

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Vladimir Megre

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Nikolai Trubetzkoy

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Roman Jakobson

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Yuri Knorozov

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Alexander Herzen

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Gustav Shpet

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Lev Shestov

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Source Lev Shestov (Wikipedia)Lead
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was a Russian existentialist and religious philosopher
Maria Bezobrazova

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Mikhail Bakhtin

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Mikhail Bakunin

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Mikhail Maslin

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Nikolai Berdyaev

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Nikolay Chernyshevsky

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Source Nikolay Chernyshevsky (Wikipedia)Lead
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was a Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, democrat, and socialist philosopher
Pavel Florensky

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Peter Kropotkin

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Vladimir Solovyov

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Russia
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    In 1991, the Russian SFSR emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union as the Russian Federation.
  • Russia: Status
    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 sharing land borders with fourteen countries.
  • Wikipedia lead paragraph, official name/state form (w-bbfill-history3-0927)
  • Lead
    Moscow, the most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is
  • Demographics
    Russia's population peaked at over 148 million in 1993, and subsequently declined due to its death rate exceeding its birth rate, which some analysts have called a demographic crisis.
  • In Era: The Contemporary Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
    Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia.
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