President Putin venerates the Relics of Orthodox St. Nicholas the Miracle-worker
The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has venerated the Relics of famous 4th century Orthodox Bishop Saint NIcholas the Miracle-worker.
RUSSIA: ORTHODOX EASTER CELEBRATIONS
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Russia's faithful will be celebrating the festival of Orthodox Easter this Sunday.
Freed from decades of state repression, the Russian orthodox church will greet the holiday with a wealth of holy pageantry.
But the religious are attracting a different type of political attention today.
Russia's presidential candidates have realised that the Orthodox Church is a potential source of large numbers of votes.
And from President Yeltsin to Communist Party boss Gennady Zyuganov, the race is on for the political soul of Russia's churchgoers.
With decades of state-sponsored atheist ideology laid to rest, Russia remains in the grips of an astonishing religious revolution.
The scaffold around the Church of the Holy Mother of God in a Moscow suburb bears witness to the hours of work and billions of rubles devoted to reconstructing the Orthodox tradition.
Once shunned as followers of the cult, the Orthodox faithful now enjoy unprecedented freedom of worship.
More than that, donating money to the church has become the vogue among Russia's rich new entrepreneurs while politicians battle it out for the hearts and minds of the Moscow Patriarchy.
It was not always so. The brutal communist campaign against religion destroyed over 50,000 churches across the country and outspoken priests were consigned to prison camps.
The destruction on Stalin's orders of Moscow's Christ the Saviour
Cathedral, Russia's largest, became a symbol of the regime of terror.
Now all but reconstructed, Russia's politicians are carving a role for it as the nation's spiritual centre.
And a role for themselves as the friends of Russia's increasingly powerful Patriarchy.
From President Yeltsin to extreme nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the church photo opportunity has become a key event in political propaganda.
Others too, with an eye on June's presidential elections, are latching on to the idea.
The monastery complex at Sergiev Posad outside Moscow was the seat of the Russian Orthodox Church under the communists.
Recently, it hosted the communists' current leader Gennady Zyuganov.
Zyuganov said he was on a fact-finding mission to learn more about Russia's spiritual heritage.
His opponents claim he used three hours of talks with church officials to lobby for support in the June elections.
In any event, while not claiming to be a believer himself, Zyuganov denies any plans to turn the clock back.
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Our relations with the church normalised long ago. Our political programme allows for freedom of conscience and maximum respect for all that it is connected with Russian culture
SUPER CAPTION: Gennady Zyuganov, Communist Party leader.
Gleb Yakunin, an orthodox priest defrocked for his outspoken politics and criticism of the Russian church, says the Patriarchy must make a stand.
Himself jailed for his beliefs in the 1970's, Yakunin believes that flirting with the communists is not worth the risk.
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As far as the reaction of simple believers is concerned, they are afraid. The church was dreadfully repressed for 70 years. Young believers do not support the Communists anyway, but old folk remember the years of repression and are deeply worried.
SUPER CAPTION: Gleb Yakunin, Member of Russian Parliament
Priests at the newly-restored Patriarchy, converted into a juvenile prison under the communists, insist there is no cause for alarm.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
It is clear that the Communist Party and other left-wing political groups have renounced atheism in words. The church has no grounds not to believe them - the church must always believe. The church cannot treat politicians or anyone else with prejudice
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Putin Smiles At Two Girls During A Midnight Liturgy In The Church Where He Was Baptized As A Baby
On Christmas Eve, the President of Russia attended a service at the Transfiguration Cathedral in St Petersburg conducted by its dean Nikolai Bryndin.
After the service Vladimir Putin addressed the believers: “I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! May you be happy and in good health! Happy holiday, and thank you very much.”
The President also had a conversation with the cathedral’s dean, whom he presented with the Icon of the Theotokos of Tikhvin. In turn, the President received the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan.
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Orthodox Christmas Christ the Saviour Cathedral Moscow~President Putin Veliky Novgorod [01.07.2017]
Christ is Born! - Glorify Him!
Khristos Razhdayetsya! - Slavite Yego!
Christos Razdajetsja! - Slavite Jeho!
Khrystos Razhdajetsia! - Slavite Yoho!
[01.07.2017]
Jan. 7 is a great day for all Orthodox Christians. On this day we celebrate Christmas, which is considered one of the greatest Christian holidays, because on this day is celebrated the birth of the Savior Jesus Christ. How important is this day for humanity is seen in that this day is taken as a key date, the cornerstone for computing of time, so we have the old and the new era, meaning time before and after the birth of Jesus Christ.
This holiday is also called the mother of many holidays because if we had not this holiday, meaning, if Jesus Christ wasn't born, there wouldn't happen his baptism, would not existed the Epiphany, nor Crucifixion and Resurrection, Ascension - Veligden, Pentecost, Transfiguration etc.
Merry Christmas!
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Putin lights a candle at Holy Trinity Cathedral and Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Center
Holy Trinity - Cult of Osiris Isis Horus Seth -- Isn't the KGB (founded 6 Feb 1922 by Bernadotte, Granovsky, Iron Felix and Qvisling) the ultimate Flath Earth Society? Paulician Putin kisses the Black Madonna Mary/Isis/Sirus and lights a candle at the new €170m Holy Trinity Cathedral and The Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Center (Cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris et Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe), a complex that consists of 4 buildings: the Cultural Center found on Quai Branly, an educational complex in University Street, an administrative building in Rapp Street and the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church under construction in Paris, France.
The opening was attended 19 March 2016[3] by Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, as well as Russia’s Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate.[4]
La cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris est une cathédrale chrétienne orthodoxe de styles architecturaux byzantin et russe, surmontée de cinq clochers à bulbe traditionnels en matériau composite recouvert d'or mat, et d'une croix orthodoxe. Elle est située dans le 7e arrondissement de Paris. Elle fait partie du Centre spirituel et culturel orthodoxe russe (CSCOR) placé sur le même site.
Initiée en 2007 par les chefs d'État Nicolas Sarkozy et Vladimir Poutine.
Son coût est estimé à 170 millions d'euros entièrement financé par la Russie.
Putin visits Russian Orthodox Church in Paris
RT Published on May 29, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Russian Orthodox spiritual and cultural centre in Paris on Monday, including a new Russian orthodox church.
5/28/2016 Emperor Vlad Putin visits Black Madonna Isis at Protaton, Mt. Athos - Palaiologos dynasty
Obama and the Black Madonna - Ishtar Isis/Sirius Mary, mother of Horus/Jesus - Cult of Osiris/Orion
Flat Earth - Paulician Baptism of Prince Oscar Bernadotte under Polaris, the North Star and Thuban
The Sphere - 9/11 Flat Earth - Followers of Horus, Fake Moon Landing, Kubrik, Asbestos and Zürich Re
Anti-Vaxxed: Shemsu Hor and Clan Heiberg to vaccinate 100% of Untermensch on Flat Earth
Wadjet Horus’ øye -- I myten om Horus, sønn av Isis og Osiris, kjemper han mot sin onkel Set
I Was an Nkvd Agent: A Top Soviet Spy Tells His Story Paperback – September 12, 2007
by Anatoli Granovsky
Anatoli Granovsky (born 1922)[1] is a former NKVD agent who defected to the West in 1946 and authored an autobiographical book about his career in Soviet intelligence. After defecting to Sweden in autumn 1946, Granovsky wrote the book I Was an NKVD Agent.
Defection
Granovsky, after working in eastern Europe, was reassigned a new cover as a member of the Merchant Navy in summer 1946. In Odessa Granovsky had been approached by the MGB, successor to the NKVD, and asked to be their spy aboard the ship Petrodvorets, with which he would rendezvous in Stockholm after traveling aboard another ship. On July 10, 1946, Granovsky arrived in Stockholm. On July 21 he slipped away from his colleagues in a crowd and went to see the assistant U.S. Military Attache. Because he could not speak English and the American could not speak Russian, they went the supervisory Military Attache, a Colonel who spoke German (in which Granovsky was experienced).
The Americans refused to grant Granovsky asylum and he was arrested by Swedish authorities. On November 8, 1946, shortly before he was to be repatriated to Soviet authorities, which was a veritable death sentence, Granovsky was granted asylum by King Gustaf V of Sweden.
Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
Following his death at age 92, he was implicated as a homosexual in the Haijby affair. His supposed lover – career criminal and accused pedophile Kurt Haijby – was imprisoned in 1952 for blackmail of the court in the 1930s. (Homosexuality was a criminal offense in Sweden until 1944, though Gustaf's position would have granted automatic immunity.)
The House of Bernadotte, the current royal house of Sweden, has reigned since 1818. Between 1818 and 1905, it was also the royal house of Norway.
Russia: Blessed Mother and Vladimir Putin
Putin Attends Christmas Service at The Church Where His Father Was Baptised
A TRUE CHRISTIAN: Russian President Putin attends Christmas service at Church of Saints Simeon and Anna in St. Petersburg
Credit to Россия 24
С Рождеством всех православных христиан поздравил Владимир Путин. Сам президент по традиции встретил праздник вне Москвы. На этот раз он приехал в Симеоновскую церковь Санкт-Петербурга, одну из старейших в городе.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered greetings to Orthodox Christians and all Russians on Christmas celebrated according to the Julian calendar on January 7.
A Kremlin press service statement quoted Putin as saying that Christmas gives millions of believers joy and hope.
Putin said the holiday accustoms Orthodox Christians to spiritual origins and fatherly traditions, and unites them around eternal Christian values and the centuries-old historic and cultural heritage of our people.
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1921 г. Старообрядческая церковь Николая Чудотворца у Тверской заставы, Москва, 1925 г. Церковь Флора и Лавра, Хредино, Струго-Красненский район, Псковская область, 1926 г. Церковь Параскевы Пятницы, Великодворье, Гусь-Хрустальный район, Владимирская область, 1926 г. Церковь Успения Пресвятой Богородицы, Войново, Меленковский район, Владимирская область, 1926 г. Церковь Успения Пресвятой Богородицы, Щелково, Кимрский район, Тверская область, 1936 г. Церковь Казанской иконы Божией Матери, Тосно, Тосненский район, Ленинградская область, 1946 г. Храм Михаила Архангела, Магнитогорск, 1946 г. Храм Святителя Николая Чудотворца - Магнитогорск, 1946 г. Церковь Симеона Верхотурского, Саракташ, Оренбургская область, 1947 г. Собор Воскресения Христова, Бишкек, Киргизия, 1952 г., Церковь Михаила Архангела - Караганда, 1956 г. Церковь Спаса Преображения, Айкино, Усть-Вымский район, Республика Коми, 1957 г. Церковь Николая Чудотворца в Бирюлеве, Бирюлево Западное, Москва, 1975 г., Церковь Архангела Михаила, Новокузнецк, 1976 г., Церковь Вознесения , Белово Кемеровской области, 1982 г., Покровская церковь , Прокопьевск, Церковь Введения во храм Пресвятой Богородицы, Рыжево, Егорьевский район, Московская область
Orthodox church, built with Sovetskaya VLASTI
1921 Old Believer Church of St. Nicholas in Tverskaya Zastava, Moscow, 1925 Church of Flora and Lavra, Hredino, strugo-krasnensky district, Pskov region, 1926 Church of St. Paraskeva, Velikodvore, Gus Crystal district, Vladimir region, 1926 . Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, Wojnowo, Melenkovsky district, Vladimir region, 1926 Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, Shchelkovo Kimrsky district, Tver region, 1936 Church of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God, Tosno, Tosno district, Leningrad, 1946 Church of the Archangel Michael, Magnitogorsk, 1946 Church of St. Nicholas - Magnitogorsk, 1946 Church of St. Simeon Verkhoturye, Saraktash, Orenburg region, 1947 Cathedral of the Resurrection, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 1952, Church of St. Michael the Archangel - Karaganda, 1956 The church of the Transfiguration, Aikino, the Republic of Komi Ust-Vymsky district, 1957 Church of St. Nicholas in Biryulyovo, Biryulyovo West, Moscow, 1975, the Church of Archangel Michael, Novokuznetsk, 1976 Church of the Ascension, Belovo Kemerovo region 1982, Church of the Intercession, Prokopyevsk, Church of Presentation of Mary, Ryzhevo Egoryevsky district, Moscow region
Nicholas II of Russia | Wikipedia audio article
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Nicholas II of Russia
00:03:16 1 Family background
00:06:34 2 Tsarevich
00:09:51 3 Engagement, accession and marriage
00:13:43 4 Reign
00:13:52 4.1 Coronation
00:17:55 4.2 Initiatives in foreign affairs
00:18:52 4.3 Ecclesiastical affairs
00:19:40 4.4 Russo-Japanese War
00:22:47 4.5 Anti-Jewish pogroms of 1903–1906
00:23:48 4.6 Bloody Sunday (1905)
00:28:08 4.7 1905 Revolution
00:31:49 4.8 Relationship with the Duma
00:41:58 4.9 Tsarevich Alexei's illness and Rasputin
00:44:33 4.10 European affairs
00:46:48 4.11 Tercentenary
00:47:26 4.12 First World War
00:56:40 4.13 Collapse
01:01:25 4.13.1 Abdication (1917)
01:04:41 4.14 Imprisonment
01:08:10 4.15 Execution
01:11:32 5 Identification
01:13:22 6 Funeral
01:14:12 7 Sainthood
01:16:19 8 Assessment
01:19:54 9 Ancestry
01:20:03 10 Titles, styles, honours and arms
01:20:14 10.1 Titles and styles
01:21:29 10.2 Honours
01:22:12 10.2.1 National
01:22:39 10.2.2 Foreign
01:23:30 10.3 Arms
01:23:38 11 Children
01:23:47 12 Wealth
01:25:01 13 Documentaries and films
01:25:37 14 See also
01:25:53 15 Note
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Nicholas II or Nikolai II (Russian: Николай II Алекса́ндрович, tr. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918), known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer in the Russian Orthodox Church, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 2 March 1917. His reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. He was given the nickname Nicholas the Bloody or Vile Nicholas by his political adversaries due to the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Semitic pogroms, Bloody Sunday, the violent suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the execution of political opponents, and his perceived responsibility for the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). Soviet historians portrayed Nicholas as a weak and incompetent leader whose decisions led to military defeats and the deaths of millions of his subjects.Russia was defeated in the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War which saw the annihilation of the reinforcing Russian Baltic Fleet after being sent on its round-the-world cruise at the naval Battle of Tsushima, off the coasts of Korea and Japan, the loss of Russian influence over Manchuria and Korea, and the Japanese annexation to the north of South Sakhalin Island. The Anglo-Russian Entente was designed to counter the German Empire's attempts to gain influence in the Middle East, but it also ended the Great Game of confrontation between Russia and the United Kingdom. When all Russian diplomatic efforts to prevent the First World War (1914–1918) failed, Nicholas approved the Imperial Russian Army mobilization on 30 July 1914 which gave Imperial Germany formal grounds to declare war on Russia on 1 August 1914. An estimated 3.3 million Russians were killed in the First World War. The Imperial Russian Army's severe losses, the High Command's incompetent management of the war efforts, and lack of food and supplies on the home front were all leading causes of the fall of the House of Romanov.
Following the February Revolution of 1917, Nicholas abdicated on behalf of himself and his son and heir, the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich. He and his family were imprisoned and transferred to Tobolsk in late summer 1917. On 30 April 1918, Nicholas, Alexandra, and their daughter Maria were handed over to the local Ural Soviet council in Ekaterinburg (renamed Sverdlovsk during the Soviet era); the rest of the captives followed on 23 May. Nicholas and his family were executed by their Bolshevik guards on the night of 16/17 July 1918. The remains of the imperial family were later found, exhumed, identified and re-interred with elaborate State and Church ceremony in St. Petersburg on 17 July 1998 – 80 years later.
In 1981, Nicholas, his wife, and their children were recognized as martyrs by the Russian Orthodox Church Outsid ...
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История династии началась одновременно с историей государства. Однако начало это скрыто в густом тумане легенд. Мы никогда не узнаем, кем на самом деле был легендарный варяг Рюрик, и был ли он реальным историческим лицом. Зато мы знаем, кем были его потомки. Среди них были поэты и воины, святые и разбойники, законодатели и братоубийцы. Одни восходили на престол по праву рождения, другие – по приглашению, третьи – по трупам родных братьев, но законной их власть над огромной страной делала сама принадлежность к правящему дому Рюриковичей.
В истории династии было все – яростная борьба за власть и высокое самопожертвование, завоевания и потери, интриги и новые законы, пепел пожарищ и создание мировых шедевров, любовь и предательство. Рюриковичи укрепляли, обороняли, расширяли своё государство: кто-то – огнем и мечом, кто-то – миром и договором. Во время их правления сформировалась русской нация и возник феномен русской культуры. Именно Рюриковичи создали ту самую страну - трансконтинентальную полиэтничную державу, - в которой мы сегодня живём.
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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]), is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 144.5 million people as of 2018, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is the largest metropolitan area in Europe proper and one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east.Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's first constitutionally socialist state. The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II, and emerged as a recognized superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space. By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union had the world's second largest economy, largest standing military in the world and the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, twelve independent republics emerged from the USSR: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Baltic states regained independence: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; the Russian SFSR reconstituted itself as the Russian Federation and is recognized as the continuing legal personality and a successor of the Soviet Union. It is governed as a federal semi-presidential republic.
Russia's economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it one of the leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons ...
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00:06:32 1 Etymology
00:08:41 2 History
00:08:51 2.1 Early history
00:10:56 2.2 Kievan Rus'
00:14:52 2.3 Grand Duchy of Moscow
00:17:32 2.4 Tsardom of Russia
00:22:40 2.5 Imperial Russia
00:29:11 2.6 February Revolution and Russian Republic
00:31:01 2.7 Soviet Russia and civil war
00:32:50 2.8 Soviet Union
00:37:29 2.8.1 World War II
00:41:28 2.8.2 Cold War
00:46:28 2.9 Russian Federation
00:52:03 3 Politics
00:52:13 3.1 Governance
00:54:43 3.2 Foreign relations
01:00:35 3.3 Military
01:04:04 3.4 Political divisions
01:07:27 4 Geography
01:08:51 4.1 Topography
01:13:30 4.2 Climate
01:16:04 4.3 Biodiversity
01:17:30 5 Economy
01:26:22 5.1 Corruption
01:29:29 5.2 Agriculture
01:32:05 5.3 Energy
01:35:09 5.4 Transport
01:40:52 5.5 Science and technology
01:48:14 5.6 Space exploration
01:50:29 5.7 Water supply and sanitation
01:51:21 6 Demographics
01:57:01 6.1 Largest cities
01:57:11 6.2 Ethnic groups
01:57:41 6.3 Language
01:59:20 6.4 Religion
02:11:26 6.5 Health
02:13:42 6.6 Education
02:15:56 7 Culture
02:16:06 7.1 Folk culture and cuisine
02:20:06 7.2 Architecture
02:24:14 7.3 Visual arts
02:27:49 7.4 Music and dance
02:31:04 7.5 Literature and philosophy
02:35:14 7.6 Cinema, animation and media
02:39:41 7.7 Sports
02:47:57 7.8 National holidays and symbols
02:52:37 7.9 Tourism
02:56:04 8 See also
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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]), is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 144.5 million people as of 2018, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is the largest metropolitan area in Europe proper and one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait. However, Russia recognises two more countries that border it, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both of which are internationally recognized as parts of Georgia.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on th ...
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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]), is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 144.5 million people as of 2018, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is the largest metropolitan area in Europe proper and one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east.Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's first constitutionally socialist state. The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II, and emerged as a recognized superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space. By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union had the world's second largest economy, largest standing military in the world and the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, twelve independent republics emerged from the USSR: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Baltic states regained independence: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; the Russian SFSR reconstituted itself as the Russian Federation and is recognized as the continuing legal personality and a successor of the Soviet Union. It is governed as a federal semi-presidential republic.
Russia's economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it one of the leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Russia is a great power as well as a regional power and has b ...
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00:05:32 1 Etymology
00:07:19 2 History
00:07:28 2.1 Early history
00:09:14 2.2 Kievan Rus'
00:12:33 2.3 Grand Duchy of Moscow
00:14:49 2.4 Tsardom of Russia
00:19:10 2.5 Imperial Russia
00:24:38 2.6 February Revolution and Russian Republic
00:26:13 2.7 Soviet Russia and civil war
00:27:46 2.8 Soviet Union
00:31:41 2.8.1 World War II
00:36:03 2.8.2 Cold War
00:40:19 2.9 Russian Federation
00:47:10 3 Politics
00:47:19 3.1 Governance
00:49:28 3.2 Foreign relations
00:54:06 3.3 Military
00:57:02 3.4 Political divisions
00:59:52 4 Geography
01:01:04 4.1 Topography
01:04:56 4.2 Climate
01:07:07 4.3 Biodiversity
01:08:19 5 Economy
01:15:44 5.1 Energy
01:18:19 5.2 External trade and investment
01:19:12 5.3 Agriculture
01:21:22 5.4 Transport
01:26:09 5.5 Science and technology
01:32:23 5.6 Space exploration
01:34:41 5.7 Water supply and sanitation
01:35:25 5.8 Corruption
01:38:01 6 Demographics
01:43:21 6.1 Largest cities
01:43:29 6.2 Ethnic groups
01:43:55 6.3 Language
01:45:19 6.4 Religion
01:55:31 6.5 Health
01:57:25 6.6 Education
01:59:19 7 Culture
01:59:27 7.1 Folk culture and cuisine
02:02:48 7.2 Architecture
02:06:16 7.3 Visual arts
02:09:16 7.4 Music and dance
02:12:01 7.5 Literature and philosophy
02:15:32 7.6 Cinema, animation and media
02:19:16 7.7 Sports
02:26:13 7.8 National holidays and symbols
02:30:11 7.9 Tourism
02:33:06 8 See also
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]), is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is by a considerable margin the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 146.77 million people as of 2019, including Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is one of the largest cities in the world and the second largest city in Europe; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait. However, Russia recognises two more countries that border it, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both of which are internationally recognized as parts of Georgia.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities and achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, wh ...
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00:03:01 1 Early life
00:05:14 2 KGB career
00:07:11 3 Political career
00:07:20 3.1 1990–1996: Saint Petersburg administration
00:09:09 3.2 1996–1999: Early Moscow career
00:11:41 3.3 1999: First premiership
00:13:24 3.4 1999–2000: Acting presidency
00:15:13 3.5 2000–2004: First presidential term
00:16:39 3.6 2004–2008: Second presidential term
00:20:25 3.7 2008–2012: Second premiership
00:22:12 3.8 2012–2018: Third presidential term
00:25:59 3.8.1 Intervention in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea
00:29:21 3.8.2 Intervention in Syria
00:30:25 3.8.3 Russia's interference in the US election
00:30:56 3.9 2018–present: Fourth presidential term
00:31:52 4 Domestic policies
00:34:23 4.1 Economic, industrial, and energy policies
00:38:32 4.1.1 2014 financial crisis and economic downturn
00:39:28 4.2 Environmental policy
00:40:12 4.3 Religious policy
00:42:15 4.4 Military development
00:45:47 4.5 Human rights policy
00:46:41 4.6 The media
00:48:28 4.7 Promoting conservatism
00:50:26 4.8 International sporting events
00:51:16 4.9 Wildlife protection and conservation
00:51:42 5 Foreign policy
00:51:51 5.1 Relations with South and East Asia
00:53:40 5.2 Relations with post-Soviet states
00:58:06 5.3 Relations with the United States, Europe, and NATO
01:03:00 5.4 Relations with the United Kingdom
01:03:31 5.4.1 Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
01:05:44 5.5 Relations with Australia and Latin American countries
01:06:55 5.6 Relations with Middle Eastern and North African countries
01:10:06 5.7 BRICS Summit
01:10:26 6 Public image
01:10:35 6.1 Polls and rankings
01:13:20 6.2 Assessments
01:15:59 6.3 Personal image
01:18:33 6.4 Publication recognition in the United States
01:18:59 6.5 Putinisms
01:19:32 7 Electoral history
01:19:41 8 Personal life
01:19:50 8.1 Family
01:20:29 8.2 Personal wealth
01:23:05 8.3 Residences
01:23:14 8.3.1 Official government residences
01:23:53 8.3.2 Personal residences
01:25:11 8.4 Pets
01:26:07 8.5 Religion
01:27:26 8.6 Sports
01:28:43 9 Honours
01:28:51 9.1 Civilian awards presented by different countries
01:29:02 9.2 Honorary doctorates
01:29:11 9.3 Other awards
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- Socrates
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин, IPA: [vɫɐˈdʲimʲɪr vɫɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ˈputʲɪn] (listen); born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer serving as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 2000 until 2008. In between his presidential terms he was also the Prime Minister of Russia under his close associate Dmitry Medvedev.
Putin was born in Leningrad during the Soviet Union. He studied law at Leningrad State University, graduating in 1975. Putin was a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before resigning in 1991 to enter politics in Saint Petersburg. He moved to Moscow in 1996 and joined President Boris Yeltsin's administration, rising quickly through the ranks and becoming Acting President on 31 December 1999, when Yeltsin resigned.
During his first presidency, the Russian economy grew for eight straight years, and GDP measured in purchasing power increased by 72%. The growth was a result of the 2000s commodities boom, recovery from the post-Communist depression, financial crises, prudent economic and fiscal policies. In September 2011, Putin announced he would seek a third term as president. He won the March 2012 presidential election with 64% of the vote. Falling oil prices coupled with international sanctions imposed at the beginning of 2014 after Russia's annexation of Crimea and military intervention in Eastern Ukraine led to GDP shrinking by 3.7% in 2015, though the Russian economy rebounded in 2016 with 0.3% GDP growth and is officially out of the recession. Putin gained 76% of the March 2018 presidential vote and was re-elected for a six-year term that will end in 2024 ...