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Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia. It is the native language of the Russians and belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages, and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. It was the de facto and de jure official language of the former Soviet Union.

Russia (Russian: Россия, romanized: Rossiya, [rɐˈsʲijə]), or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extends across eleven time zones, and shares land boundaries with fourteen countries.

Russian (Russian: русский язык, transliteration: russkiy yaz'ik) is a Slavic language. It is the main language spoken in Russia . It is also spoken by many people in other parts of the former Soviet Union , such as in Ukraine , Belarus , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Kyrgyzstan , Moldova , Latvia , Lithuania , Turkmenistan ...

ru.wikipedia.org. The Russian Wikipedia ( Russian: Русская Википедия) is the Russian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in May 2001. It currently has about 1,937,000 articles. [1] It is currently the 7th largest edition.

The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in 862, ruled by Varangians.

Russia (Russian: Россия, romanized: Rossiya, [rɐˈsʲijə]), or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It has land from the Baltic Sea to the Bering Strait . It is the largest country in the world , followed by Canada , the United States , and China .

The Russian Empire, also known as Imperial Russia, was the final period of the Russian monarchy from its proclamation in November 1721, until its dissolution in September 1917. It consisted of most of northern Eurasia. The Empire succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad.

The Russian Wikipedia ( Russian: Русская Википедия, romanized: Russkaya Vikipediya) is the Russian-language edition of Wikipedia. As of September 2023, it has 1,937,462 articles. It was started on 11 May 2001. In October 2015, it became the sixth-largest Wikipedia by the number of articles.