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Preferred Name

Russia
Synonyms

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic {1917-1991}

Russian Federation

Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
Definitions

A transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia. Russia shares land borders with the following countries (counter-clockwise from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast), Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. The Russian Federation comprises 83 federal subjectsm 46 oblasts(provinces), 21 republics, 9 krais (territories), 4 autonomous okrugs (autonomous districts), one autonomous oblast, and two federal cities. The federal subjects are grouped into seven federal districts. These subjects are divided into districts (raions), cities/towns and urban-type settlements, and, at level 4, selsovets (rural councils), towns and urban-type settlements under the jurisdiction of the district and city districts. begin_date: 1991-12.
ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00002721
comment

begin_date: 1991-12.
definition

A transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia. Russia shares land borders with the following countries (counter-clockwise from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast), Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. The Russian Federation comprises 83 federal subjectsm 46 oblasts(provinces), 21 republics, 9 krais (territories), 4 autonomous okrugs (autonomous districts), one autonomous oblast, and two federal cities. The federal subjects are grouped into seven federal districts. These subjects are divided into districts (raions), cities/towns and urban-type settlements, and, at level 4, selsovets (rural councils), towns and urban-type settlements under the jurisdiction of the district and city districts.
has_exact_synonym

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic {1917-1991}

Russian Federation

Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
has_obo_namespace

GAZ
id

GAZ:00002721
label

Russia
located_in

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000460
notation

GAZ:00002721
prefLabel

Russia
treeView

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subClassOf

http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing
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