Alexander Herzen is known as one of the fathers of agrarian populism. To learn how to add open license text to Wikipedia articles, please see this how-to page. [231], Russia's entirely natural ecosystems are conserved in nearly 15,000 specially protected natural territories of various statuses, occupying more than 10% of the country's total area. Russia was the world's fifth-leading destination for international students in 2019, hosting roughly 300 thousand. State-run Channel One and Russia-1 are the leading news channels, while RT is the flagship of Russia's international media operations. [544], Until the 18th-century, music in Russia consisted mainly of church music and folk songs and dances. Influential migr writers include Vladimir Nabokov,[582] and Isaac Asimov; who was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers. [209] It spans the northernmost edge of Eurasia; and has the world's fourth-longest coastline, of over 37,653km (23,396mi). [293], Human rights in Russia have been increasingly criticised by leading democracy and human rights groups. [51] 26% of the population was fluent in Russian in 2006, and 5% used it as the main language with family, friends, or at work.[52]. This strengthened dialectal differences and for centuries prevented the establishment of any standardized "national" language. Russian is one of the official languages (or has similar status and interpretation must be provided into Russian) of the following: The Russian language is also one of two official languages aboard the International Space Station NASA astronauts who serve alongside Russian cosmonauts usually take Russian language courses. In the 18th and the late 19th centuries, a period known as the "Golden Age" of Russian Literature, the grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation of the Russian language in a standardized literary form emerged. Federal regions also have their own departments of health that oversee local administration. Mike Myrianthis, a Greek oil industry veteran, believes that whoever bombed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline opened a can of worms. [357], Russia has been widely described as an energy superpower. [158] Prior to 1991, the Soviet economy was the world's second-largest, but during its final years, it went into a crisis. [475] It spent roughly 4.7% of its GDP on education in 2018. Earlier, Crump illustrated the Russian perspective on the radio show Nieuwsweekend (5 February). [81] Catherine's successor, her son Paul, was unstable and focused predominantly on domestic issues. World-renowned composers of the 20th century include Alexander Scriabin, Alexander Glazunov,[545] Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich, and later Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina,[548] Georgy Sviridov,[549] and Alfred Schnittke. Source: Energoatom, Ukraine's state company that runs all nuclear power plants in this country Quote: "The Russian invaders in the satellite city In a statement, the military said the soldiers "went together to Hell" after they were struck by missiles. Russian emergency services told the state-run news agency Interfax that the sergeant accidentally detonated a hand grenade which caused ammunition to blow up and started a fire. [50], In Belarus, Russian is a second state language alongside Belarusian per the Constitution of Belarus. 6 January], 1918, the Russian Constituent Assembly declared Russia a democratic federal republic (thus ratifying the Provisional Government's decision). [426], Moscow, the nation's cosmopolitan capital and historic core, is a bustling megacity. The dialects often show distinct and non-standard features of pronunciation and intonation, vocabulary, and grammar. [198] In September 2022, Putin proclaimed the annexation of 15% of Ukraine's landmass in its Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, the largest seizure attempted in Europe since World WarII. [616] Among the 3,000 licensed radio stations nationwide, notable ones include Radio Rossii, Vesti FM, Echo of Moscow, Radio Mayak, and Russkoye Radio. [196] As a result, Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe in March,[197] and was suspended from the United Nations Human Rights Council in April. [226] The region along the Lower Volga and Caspian Sea coast, as well as some southernmost slivers of Siberia, possess a semi-arid climate. Leo Tolstoy's ( ) War and Peace, contain entire paragraphs and even pages in French with no translation given, with an assumption that educated readers would not need one. [47][105][106][107] In the countries of the former Soviet Union the Russian language was being replaced or used in conjunction with local languages. ", " : . [5] Orthodox Christianity, together with Islam, Buddhism, and Paganism (either preserved or revived), are recognised by Russian law as the traditional religions of the country, part of its "historical heritage". . . [600] Beef Stroganoff,[601]:266 Chicken Kiev,[601]:320 pelmeni,[602] and shashlyk are popular meat dishes. Jan 17 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the Russian economy was likely to have shrunk by 2.5% in 2022, but that it was performing better than most experts had predicted. Another important aspect is the reduction of unstressed vowels. In a statement, the military said the soldiers "went together to Hell" after they were struck by missiles. [228] Climate change in Russia is causing more frequent wildfires,[229] and thawing the country's large expanse of permafrost. In many places in eastern and southern Ukraine and throughout Belarus, these languages are spoken interchangeably, and in certain areas traditional bilingualism resulted in language mixtures such as Surzhyk in eastern Ukraine and Trasianka in Belarus. Jan 17 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the Russian economy was likely to have shrunk by 2.5% in 2022, but that it was performing better than most experts had predicted. [335] It has a labour force of roughly 70 million, which is the world's sixth-largest. [183] Putin won a second presidential term in 2004. Rossiyane ( ), Russian language term for all citizens and people of Russia, regardless of ethnicity. [263] Russia is one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. [27] Russia was home to some of the last surviving Neanderthals, from about 45,000 years ago, found in Mezmaiskaya cave. [406] Many foreign scientists lived and worked in Russia for a long period, such as Leonard Euler and Alfred Nobel. Russian has six cases: Nominative (for the grammatical subject), Accusative (for direct objects), Dative (for indirect objects), Genitive (to indicate possession or relation), Instrumental (to indicate 'with' or 'by means of'), and Prepositional (used after the locative prepositions "in", "on", "about", "in the presence of"). [501] Russia is the leading nation in rhythmic gymnastics; and Russian synchronised swimming is considered to be the world's best. [216] The lowest point in Russia and Europe, is situated at the head of the Caspian Sea, where the Caspian Depression reaches some 29 metres (95.1ft) below sea level. The Russian-imposed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, has posted to Telegram to say that in total the air defences of the Crimean city repulsed 10 drones from Ukraine this morning. [5] Many Russians practise other religions, including Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism),[462] Assianism (Scythian Neopaganism),[463] other ethnic Paganisms, and inter-Pagan movements such as Ringing Cedars' Anastasianism,[464] various movements of Hinduism,[465] Siberian shamanism[466] and Tengrism, various Neo-Theosophical movements such as Roerichism, and other faiths. Winter precipitation in most parts of the country usually falls as snow. [175] From the time Chechen separatists declared independence in the early 1990s, an intermittent guerrilla war was fought between the rebel groups and Russian forces. It has historically been a great power,[264] and a former superpower as the leading constituent of the former Soviet Union. [92], The Russian alphabet has many systems of character encoding. Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan", ", . They are the [51] 55% of the population was fluent in Russian in 2006, and 26% used it as the main language with family, friends, or at work. In modern times, the monumental Dialectological Atlas of the Russian Language ( Dialektologichesky atlas russkogo yazyka), was published in three folio volumes 19861989, after four decades of preparatory work. [121] The Soviet Union, ultimately, made the costly transformation from a largely agrarian economy to a major industrial powerhouse within a short span of time. [372] It was also the world's first country to develop civilian nuclear power, and to construct the world's first nuclear power plant. [citation needed], The Russian language in the world declined after 1991 due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and decrease in the number of Russians in the world and diminution of the total population in Russia (where Russian is an official language), however this[clarification needed] has since been reversed. [522], Early Russian painting is represented in icons and vibrant frescos. [179] High budget deficits coupled with increasing capital flight and inability to pay back debts, caused the 1998 Russian financial crisis, which resulted in a further GDP decline. An update proposed in the late 1990s has met a hostile reception, and has not been formally adopted. [618][619] Soviet-era filmmakers, most notably Sergei Eisenstein and Andrei Tarkovsky, would go on to become among of the world's most innovative and influential directors. The punctuation, originally based on Byzantine Greek, was in the 17th and 18th centuries reformulated on the French and German models. [84][85] Consonants include a fricative //, a semivowel /wu/ and /xxvxw/, whereas the Standard and Northern dialects have the consonants //, /v/, and final /l/ and /f/, respectively. [231] They include 45 biosphere reserves,[235] 64 national parks, and 101 nature reserves. [53][54], In the 10th to 11th centuries, Kievan Rus' became one of the largest and most prosperous states in Europe. [358] It has the world's largest proven gas reserves,[359] the second-largest coal reserves,[360] the eighth-largest oil reserves,[361] and the largest oil shale reserves in Europe. Official Calls for Tribunal for War Crimes in Ukraine", "E.U. Besides being taught at universities and schools, there were also educational programs on the radio and TV. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (license statement/permission). became more prominent in later history, and the country typically was called by its inhabitants "Rus land". [213], Russia has nine major mountain ranges, and they are found along the southernmost regions, which share a significant portion of the Caucasus Mountains (containing Mount Elbrus, which at 5,642m (18,510ft) is the highest peak in Russia and Europe);[7] the Altai and Sayan Mountains in Siberia; and in the East Siberian Mountains and the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East (containing Klyuchevskaya Sopka, which at 4,750m (15,584ft) is the highest active volcano in Eurasia). During the conflict, Russian troops overran East Prussia, reaching Berlin. Its leading figure was Maxim Gorky, who laid the foundations of this style. For information on reusing text from Wikipedia, please see the terms of use. The sounds /t, d, ts, s, z, n, r/ are dental, that is, pronounced with the tip of the tongue against the teeth rather than against the alveolar ridge. [51] The 2009 census states that 482,200 people speak Russian as a native language, or 8.99% of the population. It was soon followed by the adoption of Christianity in 988 and the introduction of the South Slavic Old Church Slavonic as the liturgical and official language. [538] Under Alexander I, Empire style became the de facto architectural style. Belarusian , , or Polish , d). Afterward, the influx from the countries of the former Soviet Union changed the statistics somewhat, with ethnic Russians and Ukrainians immigrating along with some more Russian Jews and Central Asians. [271] India is the largest customer of Russian military equipment, and the two countries share a strong strategic and diplomatic relationship since the Soviet era. WebRussia ( Russian: , Rossiya, [rsij] ), or the Russian Federation, [c] is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. [52], In Estonia, Russian is spoken by 29.6% of the population according to a 2011 estimate from the World Factbook,[53] and is officially considered a foreign language. [511] Defender of the Fatherland Day, dedicated to men, is celebrated on 23 February. A large part of the population, especially the older generations, can speak Russian as a foreign language. [178] In 1992, most consumer price controls were eliminated, causing extreme inflation and significantly devaluing the rouble. Primary and secondary education by Russian is almost non-existent. [231][234] Approximately 1,100 rare and endangered plant and animal species are included in the Russian Red Data Book. [624][625] In 196168 Sergey Bondarchuk directed an Oscar-winning film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's epic War and Peace, which was the most expensive film made in the Soviet Union. [99][102][103][104] In 2012, A. L. Arefyev published a new study "Russian language at the turn of the 20th21st centuries", in which he confirmed his conclusion about the trend of weakening of the Russian language after the Soviet Union's collapse in various regions of the world (findings published in 2013 in the journal "Demoskop Weekly"). [565] By the Age of Enlightenment, literature had grown in importance, with works from Mikhail Lomonosov, Denis Fonvizin, Gavrila Derzhavin, and Nikolay Karamzin. Education in Russian is still a popular choice for both Russian as a second language (RSL) and native speakers in Russia, and in many former Soviet republics. [333] It has the world's ninth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the sixth-largest by PPP. [352] As of 2016[update], Russia has the world's fifth-largest road network, with 1.5 millionkm of roads,[353] while its road density is among the world's lowest. [citation needed], The language possesses five vowels (or six, under the St.Petersburg Phonological School), which are written with different letters depending on whether the preceding consonant is palatalized. Russian was the language of 5.9% of all websites, slightly ahead of German and far behind English (54.7%). The 18th-century taste for Rococo architecture led to the splendid works of Bartolomeo Rastrelli and his followers. [143] Russia is a member of the G20, the OSCE, and the APEC. [134] Another German failure was the Siege of Leningrad, in which the city was fully blockaded on land between 1941 and 1944 by German and Finnish forces, and suffered starvation and more than a million deaths, but never surrendered. Russian is still seen as an important language for children to learn in most of the former Soviet republics. [176] Terrorist attacks against civilians were carried out by Chechen separatists, claiming the lives of thousands of Russian civilians. 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[44] The invaders, later known as Tatars, formed the state of the Golden Horde, which pillaged principalities of Rus' and ruled its southern and central expanses for over two centuries. [84][86] Some of these features such as akanye and yakanye, a debuccalized or lenited //, a semivowel /wu/ and palatalized final /t/ in 3rd person forms of verbs are also present in modern Belarusian and some dialects of Ukrainian (Eastern Polesian), indicating a linguistic continuum. [87], During the Napoleonic Wars, Russia joined alliances with various European powers, and fought against France. [637], Ice hockey is very popular in Russia, and the Soviet national ice hockey team dominated the sport internationally throughout its existence. [82] Following his short reign, Catherine's strategy was continued with AlexanderI's (18011825) wresting of Finland from the weakened Sweden in 1809,[83] and of Bessarabia from the Ottomans in 1812. [78], The language was first introduced in North America when Russian explorers voyaged into Alaska and claimed it for Russia during the 18th century. 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WebThe Russians (Russian: , romanized: russkie) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe, who share a common Russian ancestry, culture, and history. [571] Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin wrote prose satire,[572] while Nikolai Leskov is best remembered for his shorter fiction. [425] Russia's most visited and popular landmarks include Red Square, the Peterhof Palace, the Kazan Kremlin, the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius and Lake Baikal. However, due to the harshness of its environment, about 13.1% of its land is agricultural,[7] and only 7.4% of its land is arable. [514], Victory Day, which honors Soviet victory over Nazi Germany and the End of World War II in Europe, is celebrated as an annual large parade in Moscow's Red Square;[515] and marks the famous Immortal Regiment civil event. The Russian president this week hailed his 'prisoner army' with his spokesman declaring Russia 'must know - and knows - its heroes'. [616] Russia has the largest video gaming market in Europe, with over 65 million players nationwide. [389] Dmitry Mendeleev invented the Periodic table, the main framework of modern chemistry. Primary school is compulsory for eleven years, starting from age 6 to 7, and leads to a basic general education certificate. [512] International Women's Day on 8 March, gained momentum in Russia during the Soviet era. [581] Nikolay Ostrovsky's novel How the Steel Was Tempered has been among the most successful works of Russian literature. [7][8][9] It has some official roles, being permitted in official documentation and is the lingua franca of the country and the language of the elite. Together with Ukrainian and Belarusian, the Russian language makes up the eastern branch of the Slavic family of languages. [107] In the meantime, both the Bolsheviks and White movement carried out campaigns of deportations and executions against each other, known respectively as the Red Terror and White Terror. [561] Pop music has continued to flourish in Russia since the 1960s, with globally famous acts such as t.A.T.u. Emergency personnel work at the site where an apartment block was heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine January 15, 2023. [44], Led by Prince Alexander Nevsky, Novgorodians repelled the invading Swedes in the Battle of the Neva in 1240,[56] as well as the Germanic crusaders in the Battle on the Ice in 1242. M.A. [25] Radiocarbon dated specimens from Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains estimate the oldest Denisovan specimen lived 195122,700 years ago. [470], In 2012, the research organisation Sreda, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, published the Arena Atlas, an adjunct to the 2010 census, enumerating in detail the religious populations and nationalities of Russia, based on a large-sample country-wide survey. ", "The Constitution of the Russian Federation", "Chapter 5. Breslauer, George W. and Colton, Timothy J. [524] The early 19th century saw many prominent paintings by Karl Briullov and Alexander Ivanov, both of whom were known for Romantic historical canvases. [47][48][49], Russian is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Summers can be quite hot, even in Siberia. It maintains diplomatic relations with 190 United Nations member states, four partially-recognised states, and three United Nations observer states; along with 144 embassies. [622] Dziga Vertov's "Kino-Eye" theory had a huge impact on the development of documentary filmmaking and cinema realism. [592] Aleksandr Dugin, known for his fascist views, has been regarded as the "guru of geopolitics". Russian is notable for its distinction based on palatalization of most of its consonants. [507][508] Matryoshka dolls are considered a cultural icon of Russia. Grigori Perelman was offered the first ever Clay Millennium Prize Problems Award for his final proof of the Poincar conjecture in 2002, as well as the Fields Medal in 2006. [459], After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a renewal of religions in Russia, with the revival of the traditional faiths and the emergence of new forms within the traditional faiths as well as many new religious movements. : -? These have been fed by several waves of immigrants since the beginning of the 20th century, each with its own flavor of language. [427] Saint Petersburg, the Imperial capital, is famous for its classical architecture, cathedrals, museums and theatres, white nights, criss-crossing rivers and numerous canals. [376] It has the world's third-largest cultivated area, at 1,265,267 square kilometres (488,522sqmi). , ", "Article 16. The Russian republic was established immediately after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and became a union republic in 1922. Riasanovsky, Nicholas V., and Mark D. Steinberg. [citation needed], According to the Institute of Russian Language of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an optional acute accent ( ) may, and sometimes should, be used to mark stress. [89], The officers who pursued Napoleon into Western Europe brought ideas of liberalism back to Russia, and attempted to curtail the tsar's powers during the abortive Decembrist revolt of 1825. [586] Peter Kropotkin was the most important theorist of anarcho-communism. [citation needed], Despite leveling after 1900, especially in matters of vocabulary and phonetics, a number of dialects still exist in Russia. [98], In 1914, Russia entered World WarI in response to Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Russia's ally Serbia,[99] and fought across multiple fronts while isolated from its Triple Entente allies. By the early 18th century, Russia had vastly expanded through conquest, annexation, and the efforts of Russian explorers, developing into the Russian Empire, which remains the third-largest empire in history. [51] Russian is the language of 9% of the population according to the World Factbook. Russian is the primary language of the overwhelming majority of people in Russia and is also used as a second language in Occasionally referred to as "autonomous district", "autonomous area", and "autonomous region", each with a substantial or predominant ethnic minority. The Havana State University has started a bachelor's specialization called the Russian Language and the Second Foreign Language. [489] Obesity is a prevalent health issue in Russia; 61.1% of Russian adults were overweight or obese in 2016. It is a descendant of Old East Slavic, a language used in Kievan Rus', which was a loose conglomerate of East Slavic tribes from the late 9th to the mid 13th centuries. [388] Since the times of Nikolay Lobachevsky, who pioneered the non-Euclidean geometry, and Pafnuty Chebyshev, a prominent tutor; Russian mathematicians became among the world's most influential. [365][366] Russia's oil and gas production has led to deep economic relationships with the European Union, China, and former Soviet and Eastern Bloc states. [417]:3460 During the same period, Lunokhod 1 became the first space exploration rover,[418] while Salyut1 became the world's first space station. [541] Prevalent styles of the late 20th-century were Art Nouveau,[542] Constructivism,[543] and Socialist Classicism. This project is fully entitled to be called an anticipated one, because the Russian Cuban collaboration is a strategic direction actively developed as more and more young people are interested in the Russian language, the Education navigator informs. [citation needed], Among the first to study Russian dialects was Lomonosov in the 18th century. . [77], In Vietnam, Russian has been added in the elementary curriculum along with Chinese and Japanese and were named as "first foreign languages" for Vietnamese students to learn, on equal footing with English. A number of encoding conversion applications were developed. [411] In 1965, Alexei Leonov became the first human to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the space capsule during Voskhod 2. Earlier, Crump illustrated the Russian perspective on the radio show Nieuwsweekend (5 February). ", "Article 68. [55] Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky sacked Kiev in 1169 and made Vladimir his base,[55] leading to political power being shifted to the north-east. In China, Russian has no official status, but it is spoken by the small Russian communities in the northeastern Heilongjiang and the northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Russian emergency services told the state-run news agency Interfax that the sergeant accidentally detonated a hand grenade which caused ammunition to blow up and started a fire. [513] Spring and Labor Day, originally a Soviet era holiday dedicated to workers, is celebrated on 1 May. [j] In 1993, when the new constitution was adopted, there were 89 federal subjects listed, but some were later merged. [70], In Tajikistan, Russian is the language of inter-ethnic communication under the Constitution of Tajikistan and is permitted in official documentation. [644] Russia has produced numerous prominent tennis players. [623] Many Soviet socialist realism films were artistically successful, including Chapaev, The Cranes Are Flying, and Ballad of a Soldier. The beginning of the five permanent members of the republic of Kazakhstan '' ``. Part of the Fatherland Day, originally a Soviet era his fascist,! 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