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Russia , or the Russian Federation, 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 (counterclockwise from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland,
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (via Kaliningrad Oblast), Poland (via Kaliningrad
Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Abkhazia, Georgia, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, China,
Mongolia and North Korea. It also borders the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean,
the Caspian Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Black Sea. Russia is close to the
United States (Alaska) and
Japan.
At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country
in the world, covering more than an eighth of the Earth’s land area; with 142
million people, it is the ninth largest by population. It extends across the
whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 11 time zones and
incorporating a great range of environments and landforms. Russia has the
world's greatest reserves of mineral and energy resources, and is considered an
energy superpower. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes
contain approximately one-quarter of the world's unfrozen fresh water.
The nation's history began with that of the East Slavs. The Slavs emerged as a
recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and
ruled by a noble Viking warrior class and their descendants, the first East
Slavic state, Kievan Rus', arose in the 9th century and adopted Christianity
from the Byzantine Empire in 988,beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic
cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Kievan Rus'
ultimately disintegrated and the lands were divided into many small feudal
states. The most powerful successor state to Kievan Rus' was Moscow, which
served as the main force in the Russian reunification process and independence
struggle against the Golden Horde. Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding
Russian principalities and came to dominate the cultural and political legacy of
Kievan Rus'. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through
conquest, annexation and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the
third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland eastward to the Pacific
Ocean and Alaska.
Russia established worldwide power and influence from the times of the Russian
Empire to being the largest and leading constituent of the Soviet Union, the
world's first and largest constitutionally socialist state and a recognized
superpower. The nation can boast a long tradition of excellence in every aspect
of the arts and sciences. The Russian Federation was founded following the
dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, but is recognized as the continuing
legal personality of the Soviet Union. It has one of the world's fastest growing
major economies and has the world's eleventh largest GDP by nominal GDP or
seventh largest by purchasing power parity with the eighth largest military
budget. Russia is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a
member of the G8, APEC and the SCO, and is a leading member of the Commonwealth
of Independent States. It is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states
and possesses the world's largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.
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