Hi, my mother is from Russia.
Good! officially known as the Russian Federation (), is a sovereign country in Eurasia.
How long has it been known as the Russian Federation?
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
The Crimean Peninsula was annexed by the Russian Federation in February–March 2014 and since then has been administered as two Russian federal subjects—the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol. The annexation from Ukraine followed a Russian military intervention in Crimea that took place in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and was part of wider unrest across southern and eastern Ukraine.
On 22–23 February 2014, Russian president Vladimir Putin convened an all-night meeting with security service chiefs to
Russia (disambiguation)
Russia (, "Rossija"), also known as the Russian Federation, is the largest country in the world, located in northern Eurasia.
"Russia Proper" usually refers to:
- Central Federal District
- Central Russia
Russia may also refer to:
States.
- Soviet Union (USSR), the socialist state that existed from 1922 to 1991, of which RSFSR was a part
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), the largest of the