Russian Federation
Disputed territory. Russia’s incorporation of Crimea in 2014 is not recognised by most UN member states. Historical borders are an approximate reconstruction from Cliopatria (Seshat Global History Databank, CC BY 4.0). Disputed territories are shown as in the source; this does not reflect a position of the project.
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 three-fourths of its population living in urban areas. 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.
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Rulers
- Rus and Russia
- Boris Yeltsin 1991 – 1999, Putin 2000 – 2008, Medvedev since 2008, Putin since 2012