Place details
Place nameRussia
Other namesRossiyskaya Federatsiya, Rossiyskaya, Rossiya, Russian Federation, Russie, Fédération de Russie, Russland, Rusia, Rusland, Rússia, RUS, RU, ISO643, RS00, Rossijskaja Sovetskaja Federativnaja Socialisticeskaja Respublika, Rossiyskaya SFSR, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, R.S.F.S.R.
Latitude60
Longitude47
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Area was inhabited by many early cultures including Scythians (7th century BCE), Sarmatians, Goths (3rd century CE), Huns, Avars, Khazars, Bulgars, and Slavs; Varangians (Scandinavians) created Russian state in the 9th century; was core of large empire and Soviet Union (1922); official language is Russian.