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The '''Russian Federation''' (Russian: Российская Федерация, ''Rossiyskaya Federatsiya''), commonly referred to as "Russia", is the largest of the [[earth]]'s countries and has the sixth largest population. Russia is a [[federal government|federation]], consisting of a number of constituent entities. Nonetheless, the centralized government is relatively strong, led by [[President]] [[Vladimir Putin]], who has nationalized the nation's energy companies and has been accused of bringing autocratic, anti-democratic tendencies to office. The capital of Russia is [[Moscow]].

The '''Russian Federation''' (Russian: Российская Федерация, ''Rossiyskaya Federatsiya''), commonly referred to as "Russia", is the largest of the [[earth]]'s countries (17,075,200 square kilometers) and has the sixth largest population. Russia is a [[federal government|federation]], consisting of a number of constituent entities. Nonetheless, the centralized government is relatively strong, led by [[President]] [[Vladimir Putin]], who has nationalized the nation's energy companies and has been accused of bringing autocratic, anti-democratic tendencies to office. The capital of Russia is [[Moscow]].

   

   

Russia has only been conquered once in the winter, by the famous [[Mongol]] [[Ghengis Khan]]. [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]] and many other famous military geniuses have tried to conquer it during the winter but all failed. This phenomenon is known as [[General Winter]]. Germany in [[World War I]] did declare peace with Russia in a treaty favorable to the Germans (often considered to be humiliating to Russia) at the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, but did not actually conquer the country.

Russia has only been conquered once in the winter, by the famous [[Mongol]] [[Ghengis Khan]]. [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]] and many other famous military geniuses have tried to conquer it during the winter but all failed. This phenomenon is known as [[General Winter]]. Germany in [[World War I]] did declare peace with Russia in a treaty favorable to the Germans (often considered to be humiliating to Russia) at the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]], but did not actually conquer the country.

The Russian Federation is a successor state to the [[Soviet Union]].

The Russian Federation is a successor state to the [[Soviet Union]]. [[Boris Yeltsin]] was the first President of Russia after [[Communism]] was removed and the nation of Russia re-established.  After years of economic difficulties after that break up of the Soviet Union and a return to a partial market economy, Russia has had 6.7% growth per year on average from 1998 to 2006, the last year of statistics. <ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html The World Fact Book]</ref>

 

 

 

 

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