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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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  3. 22 hours ago · Medieval Russian states around 1470, including Novgorod, Tver, Pskov, Ryazan, Rostov and Moscow. The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in 862, ruled by Varangians.

  4. 3 days ago · The modern history of Russia began with the Russian Republic of the Soviet Union gaining more political and economical autonomy amidst the imminent dissolution of the USSR during 1988–1991, proclaiming its sovereignty inside the Union in June 1990, and electing its first President Boris Yeltsin a year later. The Russian SFSR (Soviet ...

  5. 1 day ago · It is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the world, with a population density of 8.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (22 inhabitants/sq mi). [10] As of 2020, the overall life expectancy in Russia at birth was 71.54 years (66.49 years for males and 76.43 years for females). [1]

    • 9.0 births/1,000 population (2022)
    • -0.39 (2020)
    • 13.1 deaths/1,000 population (2022)
    • 147,182,123 (2021 census), 144,699,673 (excluding Crimea)
  6. 22 hours ago · The Russian Empire, also known as Tsarist Russia, Tsarist Empire or Imperial Russia, and sometimes simply as Russia, [e] [f] was a vast realm that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

  7. 2 days ago · With the exodus of so much western technology from Russia following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, one of Vladimir Putin's priorities has been the attainment of "digital sovereignty": homegrown ...

  8. Apr 24, 2024 · Number of operational nuclear reactors: 37 (2023) Number of nuclear reactors under construction: 3. Net capacity of operational nuclear reactors: 27.73GW (2021) Percent of total electricity production: 20.7% (2021) Percent of total energy produced: 3.6% (2021) Number of nuclear reactors permanently shut down: 4.

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