Russia
Spans two continents
Russia is the world's largest country by area, spanning Eastern Europe and northern Asia.
It was the core of the Soviet Union (1922–1991) and before that the Russian Empire.
In contemporary usage, Russia often appears in contexts of geopolitics, energy resources, and international tensions: Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian gas exports. (Imperial Russia refers specifically to the pre-revolutionary Russian Empire.)
Russia's capital city
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- FederationNamed union of states
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
- DumaMoscow's legislative chamber
ruble · Putin · Cyrillic · Sputnik · cosmonaut · Chekhov · Tolstoy · Dostoevsky
Subarctic evergreen biome
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- Trans-SiberianTraversing Russia's eastern wilderness
- Lake BaikalDeepest lake on Earth
Kamchatka · Sakhalin · gulag · exile · wilderness · mammoth · frozen · remote
Imperial Russian ruling family
- imperialRelating to supreme rule
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- tsarRussian absolute monarch
- tsarinaRussian emperor's wife
autocrat · serfdom · nobility · boyar · coronation · Winter Palace · Hermitage · Fabergé
Moscow's grand theater
- NureyevFamed male ballet dancer
- PavlovaBallet icon, namesake dessert
- BaryshnikovSoviet-born dance legend
- Swan LakeRomantic Russian ballet
Nutcracker · Giselle · Tchaikovsky · prima ballerina · Firebird · Sleeping Beauty · classical · Ballets Russes
Thin ice coating
- snowfallPrecipitation of frozen crystals
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
- ushankaFur hat, flaps optional
fur coat · ice fishing · troika · sleigh · harsh · long nights · heating · woodstove
Russian vodka brand
- SmirnoffMass-market vodka brand
- BelugaAirbus super transporter
- distilleryAlcohol manufacturing plant
- ryeHardy cereal crop
wheat · potato · toast · shot glass · chilled · neat · celebration · hospitality
Moscow
Russia's capital city
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- FederationNamed union of states
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
Duma · ruble · Putin · Cyrillic · Sputnik · cosmonaut · Chekhov · Tolstoy · Dostoevsky · Gorbachev
taiga
Subarctic evergreen biome
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- Trans-SiberianTraversing Russia's eastern wilderness
Lake Baikal · Kamchatka · Sakhalin · gulag · exile · wilderness · mammoth · frozen · remote · vastness
Romanov
Imperial Russian ruling family
tsarina · autocrat · serfdom · nobility · boyar · coronation · Winter Palace · Hermitage · Fabergé · Rasputin
Bolshoi
Moscow's grand theater
- NureyevFamed male ballet dancer
- PavlovaBallet icon, namesake dessert
- BaryshnikovSoviet-born dance legend
Swan Lake · Nutcracker · Giselle · Tchaikovsky · prima ballerina · Firebird · Sleeping Beauty · classical · Ballets Russes
frost
Thin ice coating
- snowfallPrecipitation of frozen crystals
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
ushanka · fur coat · ice fishing · troika · sleigh · harsh · long nights · heating · woodstove · hibernation
Stolichnaya
Russian vodka brand
- SmirnoffMass-market vodka brand
- BelugaAirbus super transporter
- distilleryAlcohol manufacturing plant
rye · wheat · potato · toast · shot glass · chilled · neat · celebration · hospitality · tradition
RussiaUnited States
North American federal republic
America · USA · NATO · Ukraine · Western Europe
RussiaVatican City
Independent papal microstate
Monaco · Singapore · Liechtenstein · San Marino · Malta
- Mother RussiaPersonified Russian nation
- Russian cultureTraditions from Moscow's nation
- White RussiansCoffee-flavored creamy cocktails
- Russian mafiaSlavic organized crime syndicate
- Russian rouletteFatal game of chance
- Black RussianVodka and Kahlúa drink
Russification, Russian, Russians, Prussia, Russify, Russian Federation, Russophobia, Russiagate