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22 hours ago · RU. Internet TLD. .ru. .рф. Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country.
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The coat of arms of Russia derives from the earlier coat of...
- Demographics of Russia
Russia is one of the world's most urbanized countries, with...
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- Annexation of Four Ukrainian Regions
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- Orthographic Projection
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- History of Russia
Medieval Russian states around 1470, including Novgorod,...
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2 days ago · Ivan IV, the first Tsar of Russia, called "the Terrible" in the West; transformed Russia into a multiethnic, multiconfessional, and transcontinental state; Boris Godunov, the first non-Rurikid monarch Ivan the Terrible; False Dmitriy I, the first impostor during the Time of Troubles; Vasili IV Shuisky, Tsar elected during the Time of Troubles
May 1, 2024 · Vasili III Ivanovich of Russia Grand Prince of Moscow; Vasili IV Tsar of Russia; Vasili Alexandrovich Prince of Russia; Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov Russian naval officer credited with preventing the Cuban Missile Crisis
May 1, 2024 · Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (born Jan. 12 [Jan. 24, New Style], 1848, Krasnoyarsk, central Siberia, Russia—died March 3 [March 19], 1916, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian historical painter, one of the few members of the Peredvizhniki (“Wanderers”) whose work has withstood the test of time. The Boyarynya Morozova, oil painting by Vasily Surikov ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (born October 14 [October 26, New Style], 1842, Cherepovets, Russia—died March 31 [April 13], 1904, Port Arthur [now Dalian], China) was a Russian painter noted for his war scenes. Vereshchagin attended the St. Petersburg Academy and studied in Paris. Devoting his life to travel, he acquired subjects for ...
Apr 20, 2024 · Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (born Jan. 29 [Feb. 9, New Style], 1783, Tula province, Russia—died April 12 [April 24], 1852, Baden-Baden, Baden [Germany]) was a Russian poet and translator, one of Aleksandr Pushkin’s most important precursors in forming Russian verse style and language. Zhukovsky, the illegitimate son of a landowner and a ...
