Russia
Россия (Rossiya)
- Arkhangel'sk (Архангельск) : now historically Archangel
- Kavkaz (Кавказ) : Caucasus
- Komsomol'sk-na-Amure (Комсомольск-на-Амуре) : Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- Moskva (Москва) : Moscow
- Oryol (Орёл) : now historically Orel
- Rostov-na-Donu (Ростов-на-Дону) : Rostov-on-Don
- Sankt-Peterburg (Санкт-Петербург) : Saint Petersburg
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Famous quotes containing the word russia:
“... gathering news in Russia was like mining coal with a hatpin.”
—Mary Heaton Vorse (1874–1966)
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—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)