Vi fant 2 definisjoner av Russian Federation på engelsk.
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| Russian Federation - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state | ||
| Russia | ||
| eurasia the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia | ||
| cis, commonwealth of independent states an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 | ||
| karelia a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea | ||
| capital of the russian federation, moscow, russian capital a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation | ||
| astrakhan a city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River | ||
| cherepovets a city of east central Russia to the north of Moscow | ||
| chechen republic, chechenia, chechnya an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic | ||
| grozny, groznyy the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields | ||
| kaluga a city of central Russia to the south of Moscow | ||
| khabarovsk an administrative territory in Russia on the eastern coast of Siberia | ||
| kursk a city of southwestern Russia | ||
| siberia a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters | ||
| european russia the part of Russia that is part of Europe | ||
| gorkiy, nizhni novgorod, nizhnyi novgorod, gorki, gorky an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky | ||
| kazan an industrial city in the European part of Russia | ||
| leningrad, peterburg, petrograd, saint petersburg, st. petersburg a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia | ||
| murmansk a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II | ||
| nalchik a city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains; an industrial center and health resort | ||
| novgorod a city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia's oldest city and an important trading center in the Middle Ages | ||
| molotov, perm Soviet statesman (1890-1986) | ||
| rostov, rostov na donu, rostov on don a seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia | ||
| saratov an industrial city in the European part of Russia | ||
| smolensk a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II | ||
| ufa a city in the European part of Russia | ||
| stalingrad, tsaritsyn, volgograd a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43 | ||
| novosibirsk a city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia | ||
| chelyabinsk a city in the Asian part of Russia | ||
| omsk a city in the Asian part of Russia | ||
| vladivostok a seaport in the Asian part of Russia | ||
| nova zembla, novaya zemlya two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear warheads | ||
| kola peninsula a peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and the White Sea | ||
| amur, amur river, heilong, heilong jiang an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk | ||
| dnieper, dnieper river a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea | ||
| don river, don a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto" | ||
| ilmen, lake ilmen a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga | ||
| ladoga, lake ladoga a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland | ||
| lake onega, onega lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe | ||
| neva, neva river a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland | ||
| tien shan, tyan shan a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles | ||
| ural mountains, urals a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia | ||
| vetluga, vetluga river a river in central Russia; flows generally southward into the Volga | ||
| volga, volga river a Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea | ||