russian federation

Noun
  1. A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia;
    Formerly Soviet Russia;
    Since 1991 an independent state (synset 109028783)
    domain member region: foreign intelligence service, sluzhba vneshney razvedki, svr - Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information; collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime
    is an instance of: country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation
    specific instances: asian russia - the Russia that is part of Asia
    belongs to: cis, commonwealth of independent states - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
    has:
    • karelia - a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea
    • capital of the russian federation, moscow, russian capital - a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation
    • astrakhan - a city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River
    • cherepovets - a city of east central Russia to the north of Moscow
    • chechen republic, chechenia, chechnya - an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic
    • grozny, groznyy - the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields
    • kaluga - a city of central Russia to the south of Moscow
    • khabarovsk - an administrative territory in Russia on the eastern coast of Siberia
    • kursk - a city of southwestern Russia
    • siberia - a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters
    • european russia - the part of Russia that is part of Europe
    • gorki, gorkiy, gorky, nizhni novgorod, nizhnyi novgorod - an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
    • kazan - an industrial city in the European part of Russia
    • leningrad, peterburg, petrograd, saint petersburg, st. petersburg - a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia
    • murmansk - a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II
    • nalchik - a city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains; an industrial center and health resort
    • novgorod - a city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia's oldest city and an important trading center in the Middle Ages
    • molotov, perm - a city in the European part of Russia
    • rostov, rostov na donu, rostov on don - a seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia
    • saratov - an industrial city in the European part of Russia
    • smolensk - a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II
    • ufa - a city in the European part of Russia
    • stalingrad, tsaritsyn, volgograd - a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43
    • novosibirsk - a city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia
    • chelyabinsk - a city in the Asian part of Russia
    • omsk - a city in the Asian part of Russia
    • vladivostok - a seaport in the Asian part of Russia
    • nova zembla, novaya zemlya - two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear warheads
    • kola peninsula - a peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and the White Sea
    • amur, amur river, heilong, heilong jiang - an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk
    • dnieper, dnieper river - a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea
    • don, don river - a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov
    • ilmen, lake ilmen - a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga
    • ladoga, lake ladoga - a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland
    • lake onega, onega - lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe
    • neva, neva river - a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland
    • tien shan, tyan shan - a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles
    • ural mountains, urals - a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia
    • vetluga, vetluga river - a river in central Russia; flows generally southward into the Volga
    • volga, volga river - a Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea
    • volkhov, volkhov river - a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally north into Lake Ladoga
    is a part of: eurasia - the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
    same as: russia

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