La Russia (in verde scuro) e i territori ucraini occupati nel 2014 e nel 2022 (in verde chiaro), territori la cui annessione non è riconosciuta dalla maggioranza della comunità internazionale. Le repubbliche autonome possono avere altre lingue ufficiali. Per l'elenco si veda Repubbliche della Russia. Sigla autom.
Russia ( Russian: Россия, Rossiya, [rɐˈsʲijə] ), or the Russian Federation, [c] is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering 17,098,246 square kilometres (6,601,670 sq mi), and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's ...
It is the largest country in the world, followed by Canada, the United States, and China. Russia's population is about 146.7 million people. It is the most populous country in Europe. Moscow is its capital city. It is also the largest city in Europe. Other big cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan.
Russia emerged from the Time of Troubles on the coronation of Michael Romanov as the first Tsar of the Romanov dynasty in 1613. During the rest of the seventeenth century, Russia completed the exploration and conquest of Siberia, claiming lands as far as the Pacific Ocean by the end of the century.
Russia is a multinational state, with many subnational entities associated with different minorities. [16] There are over 193 ethnic groups nationwide. In the 2021 census, roughly 71.7% of the population were ethnic Russians, and the remaining 16.7% of the population were ethnic minorities with 11.6% not stating an ethnicity. [17]
La Repubblica Socialista Sovietica Autonoma di Carelia venne formata il 6 luglio 1956 dopo essere stata per breve tempo una repubblica sindacale dal 1940 [7] mentre la parzialmente riconosciuta Repubblica Popolare di Tuva fu annesso dai sovietici l'11 ottobre 1944 e divenne la Repubblica Socialista Sovietica Autonoma di Tuva il 10 ottobre 1961. …
The Russo-Ukrainian War [f] is an international conflict between Russia and Russian-backed separatists, against Ukraine, which began in February 2014. [g] Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian military in the Donbas war.