Largest World Countries: russia
Russia pronounced r 160 listen Russian tr Rossiya pronounced 160 160 listen is a country in northern Eurasia It is a federal semi-presidential democratic republic comprising 83 federal subjects Russia shares borders with the following countries from northwest to southeast Norway Finland Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Poland both via Kaliningrad Oblast Belarus Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan China Mongolia and North Korea It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the United States by the Bering Strait At 17 075 400 160 square kilometres 6 592 800 160 sq 160 mi Russia is by far the largest country in the world covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area Russia is also the ninth most populous nation in the world with 142 million people The nation's history began with that of the East Slavs who emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries…Read More about russia at WikiPedia
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are their religious or ethnic tensions within russia? what are they? three international concerns that involove russia? i really need help, i searched the internet but found nothing.. 10 points. best answer!
Answer:People ethnically identified as Russians have been politically and culturally dominant over modern Russia for five hundred years of tsarist and Soviet imperial expansion. However, despite repression of their cultural autonomy, scores of minority cultures have survived within the Russian Federation; including the peoples of the North Caucasus, numerous indigenous groups in Siberia, the Tatars in the Volga region, and the East Slavic Ukrainians and Belorusians. All but the youngest citizens share a Soviet cultural experience, since under Communist Party rule the state shaped and controlled daily life and social practice. Much of that experience is being rejected by non-Russians who are reclaiming or reinventing their ethnic or traditional pasts; many communities are asserting a specific local identity in terms of language and culture. In addition to being the largest, the Russian Federation is one of the world's northernmost countries. European Russia, the most densely populated, urbanized, and industrialized region, lies between the Ukraine-Belarus border and the Ural Mountains. Seventy-eight percent of the population lives in this area. Russians account for 81 percent of the population and were the dominant ethnic group in all but a few regions. Other major ethnic nationalities are Tatars (4 percent), Ukrainians (3 percent), Chuvash (1 percent), Bashkir (1 percent), Belarussian (1 percent), and Mordovians (1 percent). Dozens of other ethnic nationalities make up the remaining 8 percent. There has been a significant rate of intermarriage between ethnic populations. Russia has had a thousand-year history of growth and contraction, political consolidation and disintegration, repression and relaxation, messianism and self-definition, and varying forms of interdependence with other nations. This history has had far-reaching effects on the other populations of Eurasia as well as on every aspect of the national culture. For many centuries, the question of whether Russian culture is more "eastern" or "western" has been a burning issue. Situated at the crossroads of important cultures and civilizations in every direction, the Slavic groups and other peoples of Russia have profoundly influenced and been influenced by them all in terms of trade, technology, language, religion, politics, and the arts. Inter-ethnic relations are fraught with tensions spawned over centuries of Russian and Soviet colonial domination and activated in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet state. Most conflicts are multidimensional, simultaneously involving struggles for political control, rights over natural resources, migration and relocation, and the revitalization of national or ethnic cultures and their identity. Soviet policies—which compelled the use of the Russian language on all peoples, organized massive changes in livelihood and lifestyle for tens of millions, forcibly moved whole populations (such as Crimean Tatars and Meshketian Turks), installed ethnic Russian political elites and managers in non-Russian regions, and extracted the wealth from local production into central coffers in Moscow; have all set the stage for the conflicts of today. Conflicts over resources are heated in parts of Siberia and the Far East. The Sakha (Yahut) are trying to claim rights to some economic benefits from the vast diamond, oil, gold, and other mineral wealth in their republic. T his battle over resources is associated with a growing nationalist movement. Other Siberian peoples are engaged in similar struggles over oil and gas revenues, and rights to traditional fisheries, forest products, and reindeer-grazing lands. Environmental issues play a significant role, too, as people fight to prevent or reverse the spoiling of rivers, lakes, and soils by the oil and mining industries. Occupation of the North Caucasus has been a cause of conflict for three centuries. Russia waged devastating wars with Chechnya from the mid-1990s on, attempting to repress local independence movements, stem a pan-Islamic movement from taking hold there, and maintain access to the oil wealth of the Caspian sea. There are no signs that this conflict will be resolved peacefully, and relations are characterized by intense hatred, prejudice, and propagandizing on both sides. Roots of this conflict lie in a long history of violent repression and impoverishment in Chechnya. Internal migration and displacement has contributed greatly to ethnic tensions and prejudice, as several million Russians have returned from newly independent states in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Baltics, feeling themselves unwanted guests in those places, or in some cases (Tajikistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) escaping civil wars. Border regions between Russia and former Soviet republics, which often contain highly mixed and intermarried Russian and non-Russian populations, present a significant problem. In general, unflattering and insulting stereo-types of Siberian natives, Koreans, Central Asians, peoples of the Caucasus, Ukrainians, Jews, and other ethnic nationalities are widely shared among Russians and circulate unimpeded in print media. Add to this mix, virtually every denomination of Christianity, Islam and Judaism practiced widely all over Russia by various ethnic groups; and you can see Russia's melting pot of cultures, people and religions is a good basis for ethnic/cultural conflict on a national scale.
Just a question FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN THERE, what is Russia like? in regards to culture, people, geography, sights-to-see, etc. also, what are your expiriences of it like? have you ever been there? whats your opinion on russia??? thankyou in advance!!!
Answer:Super - duper. What else I can say.
What kind of Secret weapons that is Known publicly other than Shkval Torpedo that Russia have and Don't have?
Answer:If you want a comprehensive listing of who has what, Jane's is the best nonclassified source (not just for satellites, but most anything miltary related). http://jsd.janes.com/public/jsd/index.shtml
People tell me that Russia sucks. They tell me it is a failed state, smells bad there, and claim it is just a destroyed society. They say everything is expensive.
Answer:Yes, Russia is improving rapidly. If you saw it after the collapse of the Soviet Union and with Yelzin (first president), you would be shocked and terrified, but after Putin everything changed for the better. Even though it seems that western media doesn't like him, he is the best thing that happened to Russia within the last 60-70 years, after the Germans' defeat in the WW2 (in my humble opinion). I lived in Russia and Mexico, and can compare the two. Have you ever heard what is going on on the Mexican boarder, like in Juarez? That is the destroyed society. In Russia they don't shoot, don't steal and don't have bangs like that any more. It has become much safer and civilized. The only thing to work on, I believe, is people's negative attitude to everything. Russians complain too much. =) But they have a beautiful country.
If Russia had chosen Judaism instead of Greek Orthodox, how might the medieval period have been different in England and France or any other European country? I have to write a paper about this subject for my history class, and I'm a little lost. Can someone help me please?
Answer:This is a very strange question. As things stand, Russia did not interact much with the West in medieval times. The one exception is the Vikings/Varangians who lived in Russia. However, Scandinavian peoples were late to accept Christianity, anyway. The alliance with the Byzantine empire that was helped by Orthodoxy did not really influence Russian military history much. The Northern Crusades by the Teutonic Knights, Mongol invasion, etc. would have pretty much looked the same whether Russians were Orthodox Christian or Jewish. However, Orthodoxy's influence on Russian culture was enormous. The alphabet is Greek-derived. The literary language is highly influenced by Old Church Slavonic, which originates in the Balkans (nowadays Bulgaria) and was used in the Orthodox church service; without Old Church Slavonic influence via religion, Russian would look a lot more like Ukrainian or a more "peasant tongue." When Byzantium fell, Russia took on its role as leader of Orthodoxy (the Third Rome) and later all Slavs of Europe. These factors played a big part in the Crimean war and WWI. However, in the medieval period, as relations were so scarce between Russia and Western Europe, it is doubtful that Russian Judaism vs. Eastern Orthodoxy would have made much of a difference in France or England in medieval times.