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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, Rossiya), also the Russian Feeration (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция (help·info), Rossiyskaya Federatsiya), is a transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia. It is a semi-presidential republic comprising 83 federal subjects. Russia shares land borders with the following countries (counter-clockwise from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast), Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It is also close to the U.S. state of Alaska, Sweden, Denmark, Turkey and Japan across relatively small stretches of water (the Bering Strait, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and La Pérouse Strait, respectively).

Trivia about russia

  • Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, this is the largest country in area in the world
  • Radical socialist Y. Breshko-Breskovskaya is called “the grandmother of” this country’s “revolution”
  • The largest country in the world, it has 21 republics, 49 oblasts & 6 krays
  • In 1589 Boris Godunov got this country's Orthodox Church recognized as an independent patriarchate
  • In area, it's the largest country in both Europe & Asia
  • Peter the Great abolished the aristocratic Boyar class in this country
  • The snitch knows who bought the Claymore mine & he can get Jonas some AK-47s, first created in this country
  • 9 days after Garfield's inauguration, Alexander II of this country was assassinated
  • Izvestia
  • In 1861 by imperial decree, Alexander II liberated 40 million serfs in this country
  • This country sold what's known as Seward's Folly
  • The Kremlin Cup is this country's most important tennis event
  • This 6.5-million square-mile nation stretches from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the steppes of central Asia
  • In 1877 "Swan Lake" took flight in this country, the homeland of the composer
  • John Reed's "Ten Days That Shook the World" is an account of this country's 1917 revolution
  • Lake Onega,Lake Baikal
  • In area, it's the largest country in the world that has a red, white & blue flag
  • It's the largest country that borders Kazakhstan
  • China,Russia,Canada
  • Cold nation: RSS
  • If you've got a week to spare, you can see much of this 6.6 million sq. mi. country via the Trans-Siberian Railway
  • Vladimir Nabokov
  • Moskovskaya
  • St. Petersburg State,Rostov State,Novosibirsk State
  • In 1867 William Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from this nation for $7.2 million
  • Spanning from Europe to the Pacific, it's the largest country in the world
  • This country signed treaties with the U.S. & Britain accepting 54° 40' as its southern border for Alaska
  • Guinness calls Gogol's play "The Inspector General" this country's greatest early comedy
  • Alexander Pushkin
  • The deepest lake in the world(the country)
  • President Vladimir Putin
  • As a result of its 1904-1905 war with this country, Japan received control of Manchuria
  • Bolshevik Island
  • Kazakhstan has less than a 1,000-mile border with China, but an over 4,000-mile one with this country
  • In 1894 Nicholas II succeeded his father, Alexander III, as the ruler of this country
  • The Great Hall in Russia's Catherine Palace is adorned with a painting called "The Allegory of" this country
  • Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
  • Yuri Shaporin's 1925 opera "The Decembrists" was set in this country 100 years earlier
  • This country has the most time zones, 11
  • In area, it's the largest country that borders China
  • The Tatar Strait separates Sakhalin Island & Siberia in this country
  • "Da" is how to accept an invitation to visit this, the world's largest country
  • In 2005 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once this country's richest man, got 9 years in jail for fraud & tax evasion
  • The Severomuyskiy Tunnel stretches 9 1/2 miles in this nation
  • Rostov-on-Don zoo
  • This nation's city of Rostov-on-Don grew up around a fortress built there in 1761
  • In entertainment news, Anatoly Ivaskevich hosts this country's hit game show "Who Wants to Eat a Meal?"
  • This country's highest peak, Mount Elbrus, lies in the Caucasus Mountains on the Georgian border
  • This country's revolution had two parts, the February revolution and the October revolution
  • The "Dictionary Of Wars" lists 9 between Sweden & this giant from 1240 to 1808
  • In 1812 Napoleon's Grand Army of 614,000 invaded this country; months later only 40,000 were left
  • Patriarch Alexy II has been credited with the revival of the church in this country
  • Almost twice the size of the U.S., it's the largest member of the C.I.S.
  • In this largest country, comrades left & right enjoy coulibiac, a pie made with the spinal marrow of the sturgeon
  • Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
  • In September 1944 this country's forces entered Bulgaria, which promptly switched to the Allied side
  • This country vs.Chechen rebels
  • Winter forced Napoleon & his army into a devastating retreat from this country in late 1812
  • The MiG
  • The 1st schools in Alaska were established in the 1820s by this country
  • Dobre utra means "Good morning" in this language spoken in Omsk & Tomsk
  • Chechnya, a breakaway republic, was overrun by the army of this country in 1994
  • The frieze seen here is at the base of this nation's monument to the conquerors of space
  • On Feb. 22, 1980 Mike Eruzione scored the winning goal as the U.S. beat this country in hockey
  • Partly designed by Peter the Great, this country's first battleship, the Poltava, was launched in 1712
  • Navigable but carrying little traffic, the Selenge River forms part of Mongolia's border with this country
  • This country's submarine fleet, partly based at Severomorsk, suffers from underfunding & deterioration
  • Ownership of the Kuril Islands to Japan's north is disputed between Japan & this nation
  • In 1889 a Siberian wolfhound in the WKC show had quite a pedigree; its breeder was listed as the czar of this country
  • This nation covers more than 6.5 million square miles in area
  • "Fiddler on the Roof" may be the most famous American musical set in this country
  • Suprematism, made famous by Kazimir Malevich, was this country's first pure 20th century art movement
  • For zavtrak in this country, you might have tea, black bread & kasha in the city of Gorky
  • From 1809 until 1917, Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy of this country
  • It's the northernmost country in Asia
  • China & Finland
  • Nearly twice as large as Canada, it covers 11% of the Earth's land surface
  • Immanuel Kant was born in Konigsberg, Prussia, which is now known as Kaliningrad in this country
  • The world's longest oil pipeline runs 2,500 miles from Samara in this country to Mozyr in Belarus
  • This country that we fought in the Crimean War deserves a good beating & if we were a man we'd go give it to them
  • In 1917 the U.S. entered the war and this large country stopped fighting
  • So cruel & tyrannical was this country's Czar Paul I that his own son approved of his 1801 assassination
  • Because Constantine had renounced the throne, this country got Nicholas I after Alexander I died
  • The Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye & the Kamchatka volcanic region
  • If you're on Cape Chelyuskin in this country, you'll have to cross the Vilkitsky Strait to get the the Arctic Ocean
  • Sophia Alexeyevna served as regent of this country from 1682 to 1689
  • In 1922 Marc Chagall left this country, his native land
  • Norway & China
  • It was the last country to officially join the G-8, doing so in 1997
  • Ulysses Grant's granddaughter Julia married a prince from this country & had to flee its revolution in 1917
  • The Viking Rurik, not Erik the Red, is considered founder of this country which his descendants ruled until 1598
  • The troika
  • According to legend, a Norseman named Rurik settled in Novgorod in 862 & founded this country
  • A Jan. 9, 1905 march & massacre in this country started a revolutionary year--a taste of things to come
  • The Ural mountains form a boundary between the European & Asian parts of this country
  • Alaska's Little Diomede Island is a scant 2 1/2 miles away from this country
  • Between 1019 & 1919 there were at least 10 wars between Poland & this eastern neighbor
  • This country's Chukchi Peninsula is the easternmost mainland part of Asia
  • The Bolshoi Casino inspired by this country has its own version of roulette -- if asked to play, just say "nyet"
  • On Feb. 8, 1904 Japanese ships attacked this country's fleet at Lushun, Manchuria, beginning a war
  • South Dagestan has this country's longest wine-growing tradition
  • In 2005 shell said its Sakhalin project in this country was $10 billion over budget--a lot, even for an oil company
  • Prior to independence in 1917, Finland had been a grand Duchy of this country for 108 years
  • The Caucusus Mountains of Eastern Europe are predominantly found in this large country
  • The flag of this former constituant nation of the Soviet Union is seen here
  • The Sami live in Norway, Sweden & Finland & on this country's Kola Peninsula
  • t's the country that gave us the term for a 3-horse-drawn sled known as a troika
  • This country occupies & claims the Kuril Islands, but Japan claims the southernmost island in the group
  • Women from this country won tennis' Wimbledon & French & U.S. Opens
  • Choreographer Michel Fokine
  • On Dec. 2, 1971 this country landed its Mars 3 on the planet's surface; sadly, a planetwide dust storm killed it after 20 seconds
  • The Octobrists were formed in this large country in 1905 & quickly became its majority political group
  • The cold, mineral-rich region of Siberia is found in this country
  • Vitus Bering was born in Denmark, but explored the Arctic for this European power
  • In the 1860s Borodin & Balakirev were 2 of "The Mighty Five" who created a national style in this country
  • The one that spans 11 time zones
  • The ill-planned 1825 Decembrist rising in this country was suppressed on the same day it occurred
  • Heihachiro Togo made his name leading the fleet during Japan's 1904-05 war against this country
  • Siberia in this country has had the greatest range in temperatures -- from 98 degrees F. to -90 degrees F.
  • Tradition says Rurik, a Norse leader, settled in Novgorod in 862 & became founder of this country
  • The 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk fixed China's border with this country along the Amur River valley
  • This large country re-adopted its old red, white & blue flag in 1991
  • Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Nazi invasion of this nation
  • As minister to this country from 1832-34, Buchanan helped create our first commercial treaty with it
  • Murmansk in this country is the largest city in population found north of the Arctic Circle
  • It's big... and it's cold
  • This country won the battle of Stalingrad, August 1942-February 1943
  • 7 is the international dialing code for Kazakhstan & this big neighbor
  • Fabian von Bellingshausen, sailing for this nation, discovered & named Peter I & Alexander I Islands
  • In April 1824 the U.S. & this country agreed to 54 deg. 40 min. N. latitude as the southern limit of its west coast claims
  • The 2001 film "Enemy at the Gates"
  • From 1953 until 1964, Nikita Khrushchev was the powerful leader of this large nation
  • After the czar was overthrown in 1917, Finland declared its independence from this country
  • A holdover from the Cold War, the Spetsnaz are some of this country's elite special forces
  • Sakhalin
  • At the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia, this country's army was surrounded & largely destroyed
  • In 2000 this country revived the melody of its old national anthem, heard here
  • If you want a pup, there's a place called that near Kirov in this country
  • German Johann Dobereiner had diddled around with the patterns, but the periodic table was codified in this country
  • In 1825, the Decembrists attempted a coup in this country--didn't work
  • Europe's high point is 18,510-foot Mount Elbrus in this country