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Russian Federation

Russian Federation

8 2.9
A country in eastern Europe and northern Asia that used to be part of the Soviet Union
  • proper noun
translation icon : Federación Rusa
  • The Russian Federation spans 11 time zones, making it one of the largest countries in the world.
  • laws of the Russian Federation
  • President of the Russian Federation
  • citizen of the Russian Federation

I still don't understand how anyone who has at least a triple digit IQ, you can say the Russian Federation and Putin are the good guys.

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Examples

  • In 2009-2010, he was deputy minister of Justice of the Russian Federation.

    Blog text (20)

  • Meanwhile, the Russian Federation, after years of planning, adopted a new constitution in 1993.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Only the United States, with 25 percent, and the Russian Federation, with 16 percent, have more.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Its present membership of about 100 countries includes all major nations except the Russian Federation.

    Academic text (1994)

  • A lesson that must be learned from the Russian Federation and China.

    Blog text (9)

  • I do not want similar protests to be held in the Russian Federation.

    Blog text (20)

  • The Constitution of the Russian Federation must be changed to ensure your lifelong rule.

    Putin (2025)

  • At least as important, however, is the Russian Federation's prison system.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The official policies of the United States and the Russian Federation toward each other have changed tremendously since September 11.

    Academic text (2003)

  • However, the Russian Federation continues its nuclear assistance to Iran and is currently building a nuclear reactor in Bushehr.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

Russia
vsRussian Federation
997 1.0

A large country in northeastern Europe and northern Asia that formed after the Soviet Union ended in 1991

is the formal official name used for that modern country
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
vsRussian Federation
8.9

A large republic of the former Soviet Union covering much of eastern Europe and northern Asia, now Russia

is the current state's official name rather than the historical republic

Surface Forms

Russian Federation main

Morphology

Russian + federation

The meaning is directly derivable from 'Russian' (relating to Russia) combined with 'federation' (a political union of states), so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it refers to Russia as a federal state. This is a regular compositional proper name and is cross-linguistically transparent, so no special idiomatic knowledge is required.

Etymology

Russian Federation comes from the two parts Russian (about Russia) and Federation (a group of states or regions joined together). After the Soviet Union ended in 1991, the country chose this formal name to show it is one nation made of many regions, so today Russian Federation is the official name for 'Russia'.