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Russia (Russian: Россия, Rossiya) is the world's largest country, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia boasts a rich...

functional.  55.7537.616759 Moscow, Russia. Another important city in the history of classical music where many Russian composers of the Romantic period...

of folk music vary somewhat from country to country and from region to region. The Sami people who live in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia have their...

Northwestern Russia is a region of Russia stretching from the major population center of Leningrad Oblast on the Baltic Sea to vast, remote, and empty...

England's Classical music tradition lags somewhat behind it's continental counterparts France, Germany, Italy, Austria and Russia, it has nevertheless...

in modern times, and the predecessor of the Soviet Union and present-day Russia. Reaching its maximum size during the mid-19th century, it included much...

about specific sights, restaurants, and accommodation. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Са́нкт-Петербу́рг Sankt-Peterburg), known as Petrograd (Петроград) in...

The North Caucasus is a region of the Caucasus in southwestern Russia, bordering Georgia and Azerbaijan to the south and Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai...

easternmost and third largest city, on the Narva River, which is the border with Russia. Famous for the Hermann Castle, right opposite Ivangorod's castle, and the...

the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Their total population is just short of 100,000 people. The Sámi National...

language, literature, music and arts developed, with active involvement by the (mostly Swedish speaking) educated class. Russian rule alternated between...

Portugal and Spain, while Russia has also received much immigration from the rest of the former Russian Empire. See also: Russian Empire, Austro-Hungarian...

The Trans-Siberian Railway (Russian: Транссиби́рская магистраль Transsibírskaya magistral' or Трансси́б Transsíb) is the name given to the rail routes...

is more likely to be proficient in Russian, as Russian was compulsory during the Soviet period. Most ethnic Russians do not speak Latvian well. When the...

discussion. This article uses a fairly narrow definition, covering only Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Although part of Kazakhstan is west of the Ural River and thus...

sights, restaurants, and accommodation. Since its founding in 1147, Moscow (Russian: Москва, Moskva) has been at the crossroads of history as the capital of...

Khabarovsk or Chabarovsk (Russian: Хаба́ровск, khah-BAH-ruhvsk) is a city on the Amur river in the Russian Far East, near the Chinese border. Often overlooked...

Krasnoyarsk (Russian: Красноя́рск kruhz-nah-YAHRSK) is a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is known for its beautiful nature nearby. However, the city...

საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a country in the Caucasus. Sandwiched between Russia in the north and Turkey in the south, it sits along the coast of the Black...

spoken. Since Kainuu region neighbours Russia, some places also offer service in Russian, at least near the Russian border. There are flights from Helsinki-Vantaa...