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Russia (Federation)


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    • e-ru---
  • Variants

    • Russia (Federation). Pravitelʹstvo
    • Russian Federation
    • Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
    • Rossiya (Federation)
    • Rossii︠a︡ (Federation)
    • Российская Федерация
    • Rossiĭskai︠a︡ Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡
    • Rosiĭsʹka Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡
    • Російська Федерація
    • Federazione della Russia
    • Russische Föderation
    • RF (Russian Federation)
    • Federation of Russia
    • Urysye Federat︠s︡ie
    • Pravitelʹstvo Rossii
    • Правительство России
    • Pravitelʹstvo Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii
    • Правительство Российской Федерации
    • Правительство РФ
    • Pravitelʹstvo RF
    • Rosja (Federation)
    • Eluosi (Federation)
    • O-lo-ssu (Federation)
    • 俄罗斯 (Federation)
    • Roshia Renpō
    • Federazione russa
    • OKhU
    • Orosyn Kholboony Uls
    • Россия (Federation)
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    • Earlier Established Forms

    • Sources

      • found: BGN. Foreign names bull., Feb. 1992, surrogate:p. 4 (new name: Russia [conventional short form]; Russian Federation [conventional long form]; Rossiya [Russian short form]; Rossiyskaya Federatsiya [Russian long form]: PCL1 60°00ʹN 100°00ʹE; former name: Rossiyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika [Russian])
      • found: Tesori dal Cremlino, 1993:t.p. (Federazione della Russia)
      • found: Götz, R. Informationen zu den Gebietseinheiten der Russischen Föderation, 1993:cover title, etc. (... Russischen Föderation; RF)
      • found: Science, technology and innovation policies, 1994- :v. 1, t.p. (Federation of Russia)
      • found: Kniga pami︠a︡ti, 1995- :v. 2, t.p. (Rossiĭskai︠a︡ Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡. Respublika Adygei︠a︡) added t.p. (Urysye Federat︠s︡ie. Adygė Respublik)
      • found: Rosja a Katyń, 1994:t.p. (Rosja)
      • found: Vlastʹ. Pravitelʹstvo Rossii, 1997.
      • found: Qian Sulian yu Eluosi, 1994:t.p. (俄罗斯 = Eluosi [Wade-Giles: O-lo-ssu])
      • found: Systemy derz︠h︡avnoï sluz︠h︡by i︠e︡vropeĭsʹkykh kraïn --Velyka Brytanii︠a︡, Rosiĭsʹka Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡, Ukraïna, Frant︠s︡uzʹka Respublika, 1999.
      • found: Joint Research Project on the Russian Economic Reform (2nd : 1998 : Tokyo, Japan). The second report of the Joint Research Project on the Russian Economic Reform, 1998:t.p. (Roshia Renpō)
      • found: La porcellana imperiale russa, c2003:t.p. (Federazione russa)
      • found: Referat, angiĭn bolon diplomyn azhil, magistr, doktoryn zėrėg gorilson zokhiol bichikh arga zu̇ĭn zȯvlȯmzh, 2006:t.p. (OKhU)
      • found: LAC internal file, May 25, 2021(access point: Russia (Federation); variants: Rossii︠a︡ (1992- ); Rossiĭskai︠a︡ Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ (1992- ); Russia (1992- ); Russian Federation (1992- ); historical note: upon dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992, name changed from Russian S.F.S.R. (i.e. Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic))
      • found: Needinai︠a︡ Rossii︠a︡, 2015:title page (Россия = Rossii︠a︡)
      • notfound: LC data base, 05-22-92 (Russian S.F.S.R.);Pravitelʹstvo Rossii i federalʹnye organy ispolnitelʹnoĭ vlasti, 1995: p. 106 (Pravitelʹstvo RF) p. 183 (On 23 Dec. 1993 was promulgated the Ukaz Prezidenta Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii 'O preobrazovanii i reorganizat︠s︡ii Soveta Ministrov--Pravitelʹstva Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii' which reorganized [merged] with the Sovet Ministrov into the Pravitelʹstvo Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii)
    • Editorial Notes

      • [DESCRIPTIVE USAGE: Name heading for the government after 1991. Use "Russia" as qualifier for places within the country.]
      • [Do not confuse this Russia with the Russian Empire of the Czars, which existed ca. 15th cent. until the 1917 Revolution, nor with the Russian S.F.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.), which is the heading for the Communist government which ruled Russia from 1917 through 1991]
      • [Reference from Pravitelʹstvo Rosskiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii and Pravitelʹstvo Rossii]
      • [Non-Latin script references not evaluated.]
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    • Change Notes

      • 1992-05-22: new
      • 2023-09-19: revised
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