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Russia, pronounced
Russian: Росси́я,
Rossiya), also the
Russian Federation (Росси́йская
Феде€а́†ия,
Rossiyskaya
Federatsiya; listen
(help·info)), is a
transcontinental
country extending
over much of
northern Eurasia. It
is a
semi-presidential
republic comprising
83 federal subjects.
Russia shares land
borders with the
following countries
(counter-clockwise
from northwest to
southeast): Norway,
Finland, Estonia,
Latvia,
Lithuania
(Kaliningrad
Oblast),
Poland
(Kaliningrad
Oblast), Belarus,
Ukraine, Georgia,
Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, China,
Mongolia and North
Korea. It is also
close to the U.S.
state of Alaska,
Sweden, Turkey and
Japan across
relatively small
stretches of water
(the Bering Strait,
the Baltic Sea, the
Black Sea and La
Pérouse Strait,
respectively).
At 17,075,400 square
kilometres
(6,592,800 sq mi),
Russia is by far the
largest country in
the world, covering
more than an eighth
of the Earth€™s land
area; with 142
million people, it
is the ninth largest
by population. It
extends across the
whole of northern
Asia and 40% of
Europe, spanning 11
time zones and
incorporating a
great range of
environments and
landforms.
Russia has the
world's largest
mineral and energy
resources, and is
considered an energy
superpower. It has
the world's largest
forest reserves and
its lakes contain
approximately
one-quarter of the
world's unfrozen
fresh water.
The nation's history
began with that of
the East Slavs. The
Slavs emerged as a
recognizable group
in Europe between
the 3rd and 8th
centuries AD.
Founded and ruled by
Vikings and their
descendants, the
first East Slavic
state, Kievan Rus',
arose in the 9th
century and adopted
Christianity from
the Byzantine Empire
in 988, beginning
the synthesis of
Byzantine and Slavic
cultures that
defined Russian
culture for the next
millennium. Kievan
Rus' ultimately
disintegrated and
the lands were
divided into many
small feudal
Russian states.
The most powerful
successor state to
Kievan Rus' was
Moscow, which served
as the main force in
the Russian
reunification
process and
independence
struggle against the
Golden Horde. Moscow
gradually reunified
the surrounding
Russian
principalities and
came to dominate the
cultural and
political legacy of
Kievan Rus'. By the
18th century, the
nation had greatly
expanded through
conquest, annexation
and exploration to
become the huge
Russian Empire,
stretching from
Poland eastward
to the Pacific
Ocean.
Russia established
worldwide power and
influence from the
times of the Russian
Empire to being the
largest and leading
constituent of the
Soviet Union, the
world's first and
largest
constitutionally
socialist state and
a recognized
superpower. The
nation can boast a
long tradition of
excellence in every
aspect of the arts
and sciences. The
Russian Federation
was founded
following the
dissolution of the
Soviet Union in
1991, but is
recognized as the
continuing legal
personality of the
Soviet Union. Russia
is a permanent
member of the United
Nations Security
Council and a
leading member of
the Commonwealth of
Independent States
and the G8. It is
one of the five
recognized nuclear
weapons states and
possesses the
world's largest
stockpile of weapons
of mass destruction.
Reach family,
friends and work
colleges and make
your cheap phone
calls today to
Russia.
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Call rate
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Our standard call
rate to
phone Russia
is just 2p/min.
Calls to a mobile
are 7p/min
You can make your
low rate
call from the UK to
Russia by calling
the access number
opposite.
Make your low rate
international
call to Russia by
calling
our low rate access
number.
Alternatively you
can top-up using
your mobile by
simply texting GO
CALL to 80041.
To make your cheap
international call
to Russia, click on
the link below...
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landline
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