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This is a list of Russian federal highways and the motorway portions of them. Note that Russian federal highways in their entirety have often been mistakenly called "motorways" in English, even though they are traditionally two-lane physically undivided roads (i.e. not controlled access highways), due to their traditional name "Avtomagistral" (Автомагистраль) which can be ...
According to the data of 2010 Russian Census, there are 1,117 cities and towns in Russia. After the Census, Innopolis , a town in the Republic of Tatarstan , was established in 2012 and granted town status in 2015.
Map of Russia with Moscow Oblast highlighted. This is a list of rural localities in Moscow Oblast.Moscow Oblast (Russian: Моско́вская о́бласть, romanized: Moskovskaya oblast, IPA: [mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]), or Podmoskovye [1] (Russian: Подмоско́вье, IPA: [pədmɐˈskovʲjə], literally "around/near Moscow"), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).
The Most Beautiful Villages in Russia (Russian: Самые красивые деревни России) is an association established in Russia in 2014 to promote rural tourism. It is part of an international network including Les Plus Beaux Villages de France and The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan . [ 1 ]
Circa 1972-73, many Chinese or Chinese-sounding place names in the Russian Far East were replaced with Russian-sounding ones. in 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union , renamings (often for restoration of original names) happened, although infrequently.
Marushka (Russian: Марушка) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Marushinsky Selsoviet, Tselinny District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 1,059 as of 2013. [2] It was founded in 1777. There are 19 streets.
Additionally, prominent men with Russian boy names include writer Vladimir Nabokov, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin. 200 Russian Baby Names.
From August 26, 1918, until March 27, 1920, the city was used as the principal center of Denikin's White Army during the Russian Civil War. Denikin's South Russian Government was moved to Crimea and many Whites escaped from Novorossiysk to Constantinople during the Evacuation of Novorossiysk (1920), with the help of Allied warships. [16]