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The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod (unveiled on 8 September 1862). The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians.
Russia–European Union relations are the international relations between the European Union (EU) and Russia. [1] Russia borders five EU member states: Estonia , Finland , Latvia , Lithuania and Poland ; the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is surrounded by EU members.
The modern history of Russia began with the Russian SFSR, a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, gaining more political and economical autonomy amidst the imminent dissolution of the USSR during 1988–1991, proclaiming its sovereignty inside the Union in June 1990, and electing its first President Boris Yeltsin a year later.
The Red Army retreated from Estonia in the face of the German armed forces. 3 March: Soviet Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ending its participation in World War I, relinquishing Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine, and ceding to the Ottoman Empire all territory captured in the Russo-Turkish War. 6 March
From October 1936, even the outdoor walks were prohibited for Trotsky and his wife. [194] Trotsky did eventually manage to smuggle out one letter on 18 December 1936, titled The Moscow "Confessions". [198] On 19 December 1936, Trotsky and his wife were deported from Norway after being put on the Norwegian oil tanker Ruth, under guard by Jonas Lie.
Hungary - which has maintained close ties to Russia since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine - took on the EU's rotating six-month presidency at the start of this month.
With his wife and sisters, he then moved to France, settling first in Bombon and then Paris. [102] Here, he became a close friend to the French Bolshevik Inessa Armand; some biographers suggest that they had an extra-marital affair from 1910 to 1912. [103]
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