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Russia

capital, Moscow

Russian Civil War

Russian Language

Russian Literature

Russian Revolutions of 1917

Q & A About Russia and Eastern Europe

see also Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

accidents and disasters

arts, music, and literature

business and economy

civil rights and civil liberties

colonies and colonialism

customs and culture

dissolution of the Soviet Union

foreign relations

geography and environment

government and politics

overview of government of Russia

abolition of corporal punishment

abolition of cruel and barbaric punishments

abolition of serfdom

administrative divisions

administrative divisions – oblasts

administrative divisions – okrugs

administrative divisions – republics

administrative divisions – territories

amnesty for 1991 uprising

areas formerly under Russian influence

banishment of the Romanovs

capital punishment legal status

centralized power and Peter the Great

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Communism and the Communist party

Congress of People’s Deputies

Congress of Peoples’ Deputies

Constituent Assembly

Constitution: origins and development

Constitutional Court

control of former Soviet Union

control of nuclear weapons of former USSR

dissolution of the USSR

dissolving of Russian parliament by Yeltsin

domestic terrorism in 1999

Duma – Chernomyrdin, Viktor Stepanovich

Duma – Kerensky, Aleksandr Fyodorovich

Duma – Khasbulatov, Ruslan Imranovich

Duma – Lvov, Georgy Yevgenyevich, Prince

Duma – Rutskoy, Aleksandr Vladimirovich

Duma – Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich

Duma – Zinovyev, Grigory Yevseyevich

extension of serfdom

first popularly elected vice president of Russia

formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States

head of provisional government

improved condition of serfs

judicial system reform

Kremlin and Red Square

local government

local self-government in Russia

Menshevik Party

military discipline in civil service

national anthem

National Salvation Front

Our Home is Russia political party

parliament acknowledges dissolution of USSR

People’s Party of Free Russia

persecution of Jews

political leaders

political leaders – Soviet and Russian presidents and communist party leaders

political parties

political subdivisions

post-Soviet government

post-USSR political upheaval

prime ministers

privatization of industry

provisional government after Russian Revolution

reactionary politics

Russian control of Moscow

Social Democratic Labor Party

Socialist Revolutionary Party

supporters of social welfare

system of universal military service

table of UN Security Council members

vice presidents

Virgin Lands Program

history – 16th century and before

history – 17th century

history – 18th century

history – 19th century

history – 20th century – before Civil War and Revolution

history – 20th century – Civil War and Revolution

history – 20th century – early Soviet era, interwar years

history – 20th century – Russia during World War I

history – 20th century – Russia during World War II

history – 20th century – Soviet Union after WWII

history – 20th-21st centuries – today’s Russia and the CIS

largest country in Europe

largest lake, freshwater

largest lake, saltwater

largest river by volume

plants and animals

population and demographics

science and technology

space exploration

sports and recreation

tallest mountain

traditional culture

transportation and communications

warfare – armed forces

warfare – conflicts – World War I

warfare – conflicts – World War II

warfare – conflicts other than World Wars

warfare – internal strife – Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

warfare – internal strife – pre-Soviet era

warfare – internal strife – Russian Civil War

warfare – internal strife – Russian Revolution

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