Russia (Russian: Россия / Rossíja, Russian pronunciation: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация / Rossiyskaya Federatsiya), is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the south. Russia covers over 17,125,200 square kilometers (6,612,100 sq mi), spanning more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country's capital and largest city, other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk, and Samara. It was released on December 2, 2020.
Russia is the largest country in the world, the ninth-most populous country, as well as the most populous country in Europe. The country is one of the world's most sparsely populated and urbanized. About half of the country's total area is forested, concentrating around four-fifths of its total population of over 146.7 million on its smaller and dense western portion, as opposed to its larger and sparse eastern portion. Russia is administratively divided into 85 federal subjects. The Moscow Metropolitan Area is the largest metropolitan area in Europe, and among the largest in the world, with more than 20 million residents.
Political Parties[]
Left-Wing[]
- Russian Socialist Party
- Communist Party of the Russian Federation
- Russian Ecological Party
- Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice
- Green Alternative
- A Just Russia
- Communist Party of Social Justice
- Soviet Restoration Party
- Siberian Independence Party
- Yabloko
Right-Wing[]
- United Russia
- Patriots of Russia
- Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
- New People
- Rodina
- White Movement
Centrist[]
- Party of Growth
- For Truth
- Constitutional Democratic Party
- Russian Mercenary Party
States[]
| Russian Federation | |
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| Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation | |
| Republics | Adygea • Altai • Bashkortostan • Buryatia • Chechnya • Chuvashia • Dagestan • Ingushetia • Kabardino-Balkaria • Kalmykia • Karachay-Cherkessia • Karelia • Khakassia • Komi • Mari El • Mordovia • North Ossetia – Alania • Tatarstan • Tuva • Udmurtia • Sakha |
| Krais | Altai Krai • Kamchatka Krai • Khabarovsk Krai • Krasnodar Krai • Krasnoyarsk Krai • Perm Krai • Primorsky Krai • Stavropol Krai • Zabaykalsky Krai |
| Oblasts | Amur Oblast • Arkhangelsk Oblast • Astrakhan Oblast • Belgorod Oblast • Bryansk Oblast • Chelyabinsk Oblast • Irkutsk Oblast • Ivanovo Oblast • Kaliningrad Oblast • Kaluga Oblast • Kemerovo Oblast • Kirov Oblast • Kostroma Oblast • Kurgan Oblast • Kursk Oblast • Leningrad Oblast • Lipetsk Oblast • Magadan Oblast • Moscow Oblast • Murmansk Oblast • Nizhny Novgorod Oblast • Novgorod Oblast • Novosibirsk Oblast • Omsk Oblast • Orenburg Oblast • Oryol Oblast • Penza Oblast • Pskov Oblast • Rostov Oblast • Ryazan Oblast • Sakhalin Oblast • Samara Oblast • Saratov Oblast • Smolensk Oblast • Sverdlovsk Oblast • Tambov Oblast • Tomsk Oblast • Tver Oblast • Tula Oblast • Tyumen Oblast • Ulyanovsk Oblast • Vladimir Oblast • Volgograd Oblast • Vologda Oblast • Voronezh Oblast • Yaroslavl Oblast |
| Federal Cities | Moscow • St. Petersburg |
| Autonomous Oblasts | Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
| Autonomous okrugs | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug • Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug • Nenets Autonomous Okrug • Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Cabinet of the Russian Federation | |
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| President of the Russian Federation • Prime Minister of the Russian Federation | |
| Minister of Defence • Minister of Foreign Affairs • Minister of Finance Minister of the Interior • Minister of Justice • Minister of Health | |
| Federal Assembly | |
| State Duma | Federation Council |
| Chair of the State Duma | Chair of the Federation Council |
| Federal Elections | |
| 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th | |
| Presidential elections | |
| 1st | |