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==History== | ==History== | ||
The [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]] declared sovereignty on December 12, 1991<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=1991-12-12|title=Постановление Верховного Совета РСФСР от 12.12.1991 № 2015-I|url=https://www.lawmix.ru/abrolaw/13907|newspaper=Сейчас.ру|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref>, even though 73% of the population had voted to remain in the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]] earlier that year.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=2020-10-07|title=Sowjetunion, 17. März 1991 : Weiterbestand der UdSSR als Föderation gleichberechtigter und souveräner Staaten|url=https://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=su011991|newspaper=Database and Search Engine for Direct Democracy|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2021-12-29}}</ref> On December 25, [[Mikhail Gorbachev|Gorbachev]] resigned and the Soviet Union was dissolved the next day.<ref>{{Citation|author=Zbigniew K. Brzezinski|year=1997|title=Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents, Data, and Analysis|chapter=|section=|page=50|quote=|pdf=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt5OLD3vp4UC&q=26+december+1991+ussr&pg=PR5#v=snippet&q=26%20december%201991%20ussr&f=false|city=London|publisher=Center for Strategic and International Studies|isbn=1563246376|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> | |||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
==Politics== | ==Politics== | ||
The ruling party of the Russian Federation is the nationalist party [[United Russia]], which has the majority of seats in the parliament. Vladimir Putin was formerly a member of the party but is now an independent.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=2012-04-24|title=Vladimir Putin quits as head of Russia's ruling party|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/9223621/Vladimir-Putin-quits-as-head-of-Russias-ruling-party.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> Other major parties are the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]], the social democratic party [[A Just Russia – For Truth]], and the far-right [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|Liberal Democratic Party]]. | |||
==Infrastructure== | ==Infrastructure== | ||
==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
Revision as of 19:26, 29 December 2021
Российская Федерация | |
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 Flag
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| Capital and largest city | Moscow |
| Government | Federal semi-presidential republic |
• President | Vladimir Putin |
• Prime minister | Mikhail Mishustin |
| History | |
• Proclamation of the Russian Empire | 2 November 1721 |
| 30 December 1922 | |
• Establishment of the Russian Federation | 12 December 1991 |
| Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 146,171,015 |
History
The Russian SFSR declared sovereignty on December 12, 1991[1], even though 73% of the population had voted to remain in the Soviet Union earlier that year.[2] On December 25, Gorbachev resigned and the Soviet Union was dissolved the next day.[3]
Economy
Politics
The ruling party of the Russian Federation is the nationalist party United Russia, which has the majority of seats in the parliament. Vladimir Putin was formerly a member of the party but is now an independent.[4] Other major parties are the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the social democratic party A Just Russia – For Truth, and the far-right Liberal Democratic Party.
Infrastructure
Demographics
Culture
- ↑ "Постановление Верховного Совета РСФСР от 12.12.1991 № 2015-I" (1991-12-12). Сейчас.ру.
- ↑ "Sowjetunion, 17. März 1991 : Weiterbestand der UdSSR als Föderation gleichberechtigter und souveräner Staaten" (2020-10-07). Database and Search Engine for Direct Democracy. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ↑ Zbigniew K. Brzezinski (1997). Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents, Data, and Analysis (p. 50). [PDF] London: Center for Strategic and International Studies. ISBN 1563246376
- ↑ "Vladimir Putin quits as head of Russia's ruling party" (2012-04-24). The Telegraph.