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European Russia [a] is the western and most populated part of the Russian Federation. It is geographically situated in Europe , as opposed to the country's sparsely populated and vastly larger eastern part, Siberia , which is situated in Asia , encompassing the entire northern region of the continent.
Geneflow between Asian minority groups and Russians contributed to the overall pattern of genome diversity across the different ethno-linguistic groups of Russia. [13] [14] The Russian gene pool, even taking into account contacts with Asians, is a typical European one. It lacks the Mongoloid contribution.
Russian clubs CSKA Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg won the UEFA Cup in 2005 and 2008. [191] [192] The Russian national football team reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008. [193] Russia was the host nation for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, [194] and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [195] Ice hockey is very popular in Russia. [196]
Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by land area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] Russia is the ninth-most populous country in the world and the most populous country in Europe. It is a ...
The country's physical, cultural, ethnic, and geographic characteristics are Central Asian, [16] [17] with a large European influence and influx of European settlers from Russia from when it was a part of the Soviet Union and the earlier Russian Empire.
Akin to Cyprus, these small islets would nominally be considered Asian if only the continental shelf were used to define the boundary, but for history and cultural influences they are considered a part of Europe. Russia's Vaygach Island and Novaya Zemlya extend northward from the northern end of the Ural Mountains and are a continuation of that ...
Russia, as the largest country in the world, has great ethnic diversity.It is a multinational state and home to over 190 ethnic groups countrywide. According to the population census at the end of 2021, more than 147.1 million people lived in Russia, which is 4.3 million more than in the 2010 census, or 3.03%.
Eurasianism (Russian: евразийство, romanized: yevrazíystvo [jɪvrɐˈzʲijstvə]) is a socio-political movement in Russia and other former Soviet states, notably Kazakhstan, that emerged in the early 20th century under the Russian Empire, which states that Russia and the other Soviet or post-Soviet societies do not belong either only to the "European" or "Asian" categories but ...