Russia

Russia or Russian Federation (Russian Rossiyskaya Federatsiya), independent republic in EasternEurope and northern Asia, the world's largest country by area. Russia was once the largest and the most prominent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, or Soviet Union). In 1991 the USSR broke apart and Russia became an independent country.

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