History UsefulNotes / TheGloriousFederalSubjects

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'''Capital:''' Krasnogorsk (Красногорск; it is the de facto capital and a Moscow suburb, so nobody cares. The government palace is closer to Moscow border than to any residential non-Moscow district anyway)\\

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This republic is known in the world as the birthplace the AK-47 assault rifle.

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This republic is known for being the largest administrative division in the world, dwarfing many countries in size, and being home to the two coldest permanently inhabited settlements on Earth, Omyakon and Verkhoyansk, with the capital of the Republic, Yakutsk, being the second coldest large city in the world after Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk. It's also the northern and easternmost Turkic region in the world, and was home to the last stage of the Russian Civil War, the Yakut Revolt.\\\

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Yaroslavl is usually considered as the oldest city on the Volga river and its historic sector is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Rostov, a small city to the southwest, was the predecessor of the principality of Vladimir-Suzdal (see above).

The headquarters of the Russian Baltic Fleet is located here in the city of Baltiysk, which is also the only Baltic port in Russia that remains ice-free in the winter. The oblast and city were named after Mikhail Kalinin, the Soviet head of state from 1919 to 1946. Before it was occupied by the Soviets, the city was known as "Königsberg", a name that's still used colloqually by people in the region (usually in the form of "Kyonig"). It's one of the few Russian cities whose pre-Soviet names were not restored after the fall of communism.\\\

Veliky Novgorod is one of the oldest cities in Russia, with history dating back to the 9th century. Originally a seat of the Varangians, it was an influential principality within the Kievan Rus' and later evolved into the Novgorodian Republic, a vast state encompassing most of northern European Russia stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Urals to the east and was the easternmost trading post of the UsefulNotes/HanseaticLeague. Its influence began to wane as it involved itself in wars against Sweden, Norway, and the German crusaders in Livonia, and finally succumbed to Muscovite invasion in 1478. The historic remains of the city have been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.\\\

The Volga Hydroelectric Station, Europe's largest, is located just north of the capital. The oblast also has a canal connecting the Volga and Don Rivers, making it an important transportation network. Outside Russia, it's undoubtedly famous for being the scene of the Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingrad was the name of both the city and oblast from 1925 to 1961), the single largest battle in history that marked a turning point in the Eastern Front of World War II.

A peninsula located to the south of Ukraine and west of Krasnodar Krai. Although ''de jure'' part of Ukraine, Russia has been administering it since it invaded the peninsula in 2014, followed by a controversial referendum in which the overwhelming majority of Crimeans voted to join Russia. Even though Russia blatantly flouted Ukraine's sovereignty, culturally and ethnically speaking, Crimea has always been a prickly situation for Ukraine. Most Crimeans are ethnically Russian, with Ukrainians only forming a quarter of the population, and even they also speak Russian. During Soviet era, Crimea was part of the Russian SFSR for the first 32 years of the Union's life and was transferred to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954 purely on a strategic basis, since it has land connections with Ukraine. Obviously, at the time, Nikita Khrushchev (the Soviet premier who presided over the transfer) had no idea that the UsefulNotes/HoleInFlag would happen and Russia and Ukraine would become separate countries. In any case, Russia's control over Crimea meant that Ukraine was forced to relocate its Naval Forces HQ to Odesa, while Ukraine's eastern coast (specifically the Donetsk and Zaporizhia Oblasts) is effectively blockaded, since the Sea of Azov is now surrounded by Russian territory at three sides.\\\

Crimea has a long history of being settled by colonists from distant empires, including the Greeks, Persians, Romans, Italians, and Turks, and is now famous for its riviera, with resorts dotting all along the southern coast. It was the site of UsefulNotes/TheCrimeanWar, pitting Russia against Britain, France, Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire over rights of Orthodox Christians in Palestine. The peninsula is the home of the Crimean Tatars, who inherited control over it from the Golden Horde in 1441 and ruled it for three centuries under Ottoman Tukish protection. During World War II, Joseph Stalin accused them of plotting with the Nazi Germans and deported them all to Central Asia, where many of them perished. Under Leonid Brezhnev, some of them were allowed to return, but the others remain in Central Asia (mainly in UsefulNotes/{{Uzbekistan}}).

The Kabardians are the largest subgroup of the Circassians (also known as Adyghe), a Caucasian people famously idealized as lust objects by Europeans during the early modern period. Fun fact: the term "Caucasian" became widely used to refer to Europeans/Middle Easterners thanks to the Circassians, because they were thought to exemplify the peak of the "Caucasian race". On a less joyful note, hundreds of thousands of Circassians suffered expulsion by Russia during the Ottoman-Russian wars of the early 19th century. The survivors settled throughout the territories of the Ottoman Empire, some of whom found work as guards of nobles and kings. Notably, the monarch of UsefulNotes/{{Jordan}} has a special contingent consisting of Circassian guards.\\\

Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe, is located on the border between Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. The mountain is usually climbed from the side of this republic, as the route is located near a settlement, as opposed to the other side.

The capital is the administrative center of the Volga Federal District and its largest city, as well as being the fifth-largest in Russia. It is known for its automobile and industrial sectors, earning the nickname "Russian UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}". From 1932 to 1990, it was a closed city called Gorky, after socialist writer Maxim Gorky, who was born in the city). Upon the fall of communism, the city's previous name was restored, albeit prefixed with "Nizhny" (Lower) to distinguish it from the much older but less populous city of Novgorod in the northwest (which itself got prefixed with "Veliky").

Tatarstan was also the heart of Volga Bulgaria, a medieval Turkic state famous for controlling the trade nexus in the Volga Basin. Both Tatars and Chuvash claim themselves as successor to the Volga Bulgars, with equally compelling reasons (Chuvash win in the linguistic aspect, since their language is the closest to the extinct Bulgar language, but Tatars win in the cultural aspect, since the Bulgars were Muslims). And yes, they ultimately had the same origin as the Bulgars who founded and gave UsefulNotes/{{Bulgaria}} its name, even though Slavs were and are the dominant population and the Balkan Bulgars lost their identity centuries before their Volga cousins did.\\\

As mentioned above, Chuvash win in the linguistic aspect, since their language is the closest to the extinct Bulgar language, but Tatars win in the cultural aspect, since the Bulgars were Muslims

Yekaterinburg is also the where Nicholas II and his family were put in house arrest after [[UsefulNotes/RomanovsAndRevolutions the fall of the Romanov dynasty]] and where they ultimately met their end.

The oblast also administers both the Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Automonous Okrugs. Pokrovskoye, a village to the east of the capital, is the birthplace of the infamous mystic [[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk Grigori Rasputin]].

The Altai (literally "gold mountain") Mountains are believed to be the homeland or near-homeland of the original Turkic peoples and was sacred in Tengrism. The mountains, as well as surrounding environment, have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. "Altai" is also the namesake of the now-discredited Altaic language family, which hypothesizes that the languages of Central, North and East Asia (including Uralic, Turkic, Mongolic, Japonic, Koreanic, Tungusic, and other smaller families) are part of a single family.

This krai is well known for it's volcanic activity, being part of the Ring of Fire of the Pacific with around 160 volcanoes, including the largest volcano in the Northern Hemisphere, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, being located here, 29 of them still active with 19 of the volcanoes being included as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is the most volcanic area of Eurasia, gaining the nickname of the "land of fire and ice". It and Chukotka are the Asian part of EskimoLand, with a notable Aleut (who also live in UsefulNotes/{{Alaska}}) and Itelmen population living in the krai, and the krai is also well known for it's diverse and abundant wildlife, particularly it's brown bears, as well as it's ocean life, with it containing the world's greatest diversity of salmonid fish and many species of whales and seals being encountered here.

Though Japan dropped its claim over Sakhalin, it continues to claim four islands of the Kuril archipelago. The dispute is the reason why, unlike the other Allied Powers, the Soviet Union never signed a peace treaty with Japan and continues to be a significant roadblock in Russo-Japanese relations.

This particular republic is an interesting one. While it is indeed part of Europe, you wouldn't believe that looking at them, as they have a very East Asian-like culture, appearance and architecture with Tibetan Buddhism as their main religion (yes, you read that right, Tibetan Buddhism), being the only Buddhist-majority region in Europe and as if a part of UsefulNotes/TheFarEast was picked up and dropped in the middle of Europe. This is because the Kalmyks are a Mongolic ethnic group, who migrated to the region from UsefulNotes/{{China}} in the 17th century, brought their culture with them and embraced Buddhism. Their religion was repressed during the Tsarist and Soviet eras, but gained a large resurgence after the fall of the Soviet Union, with the Dalai Lama visiting the republic in 2004, and the largest Buddhist temple in Europe being opened in Elista in 2005. On another note, they are also known for hosting the 1998 XXXIII Chess Olympiad, with a complex known as the Chess City being built where it, the 2004 Women's World Chess Championship and the 2006 World Chess Championship were held, and are home to the hottest place in Russia, the town of Utta.

This particular republic is an interesting one. While it is indeed located in Europe, you wouldn't believe that if you were there, as they have a very East Asian-like culture, appearance and architecture with Tibetan Buddhism as their main religion (yes, you read that right, Tibetan Buddhism), being the only Buddhist-majority region in Europe and as if a part of UsefulNotes/TheFarEast was picked up and dropped in the middle of Europe. This is because the Kalmyks are a Mongolic ethnic group, who migrated to the region from UsefulNotes/{{China}} in the 17th century, brought their culture with them and embraced Buddhism. Their religion was repressed during the Tsarist and Soviet eras, but gained a large resurgence after the fall of the Soviet Union, with the Dalai Lama visiting the republic in 2004, and the largest Buddhist temple in Europe being opened in Elista in 2005. On another note, they are also known for hosting the 1998 XXXIII Chess Olympiad, with a complex known as the Chess City being built where it, the 2004 Women's World Chess Championship and the 2006 World Chess Championship were held, and are home to the hottest place in Russia, the town of Utta.

This particular republic is an interesting one. While it is indeed located in Europe, you wouldn't believe that if you were there, as they have a very East Asian-like culture, appearance and architecture with Tibetan Buddhism as their main religion (yes, you heard that right, Tibetan Buddhism), being the only Buddhist-majority region in Europe and as if a part of UsefulNotes/TheFarEast was picked up and dropped in the middle of Europe. This is because the Kalmyks are a Mongolic ethnic group, who migrated to the region from UsefulNotes/{{China}} in the 17th century, brought their culture with them and embraced Buddhism. Their religion was repressed during the Tsarist and Soviet eras, but gained a large resurgence after the fall of the Soviet Union, with the Dalai Lama visiting the republic in 2004, and the largest Buddhist temple in Europe being opened in Elista in 2005. On another note, they are also known for hosting the 1998 XXXIII Chess Olympiad, with a complex known as the Chess City being built where it, the 2004 Women's World Chess Championship and the 2006 World Chess Championship were held, and are home to the hottest place in Russia, the town of Utta.

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'''Capital:''' It is THE capital.\\

'''Capital:''' It is THE capital.\\

This republic had invented the AK-47 assault rifle.

'''Current governor:''' Yevgeny Savchenko

'''Current head of the administration:''' Vladimir Vasilyev

'''Current head of the administration:''' Vladimir Volkov

'''Current governor:''' Mikhail Degtyarev

'''Current governor:''' Vladimir Ilyukhin

'''Current governor:''' Sergey Furgal

This republic had invented the AK-47.

This republic had made the AK-47.

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