Russia
Country in Eastern Europe and North Asia
Summary
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. With a population of over 140 million, Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous in the world. It is a highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and a major cultural centre.
Originally created by 212.192.249.xxx
10/31/2001, 1:02:12 PM
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5/26/2026, 2:50:12 PM
Recent revisions
Reverting edit(s) by [[Special:Contributions/0211 SKDGAKUCHO|0211 SKDGAKUCHO]] ([[User_talk:0211 SKDGAKUCHO|talk]]) to rev. 1356234239 by TylerBurden: [[WP:CRV|Unexplained content removal]] [[w:en:WP:RW|(RW 16.1)]]
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1356201249|1356201249]] by [[Special:Contributions/Vietic2|Vietic2]] ([[User talk:Vietic2|talk]]) Rv unexplained removal
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compromise according to talk, as most major democracy and governance indices classify.
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1354257610|1354257610]] by [[Special:Contributions/Jirka.h23|Jirka.h23]] ([[User talk:Jirka.h23|talk]]) Naturally, I'm sure Russian state sources do not agree for example, so gain consensus on TP if you want to change it
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not all sources agree.
Rv tangentially related and unsupported by cited sources, neither source refers to the language law or languages in general, plus alcoholism and suicide is already mentioned below in the health section while there is no mention of divorce in the WHO document, which again is irrelevant to health
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no longer an [[Advanced economy]] - see cite in that article
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minor wording improvement, per edit request
An inconclusive and now years old study does not really need to be in this summary
