Russia


Russia is the eighth most populous nation in the world. History Information about the prehistory of Russia is extremely scanty, and antiquity is little better. Most information comes from classical and medieval times. Russia has developed substantially in modern times. Its future has not yet been closely examined.	Sapience Home Site map About Sapience Sociology Peoples Nations
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Western Civilization Russia is principally associated with Western Civilization along with nations such as the Netherlands. It is associated with Northeast European peoples along with Poland. Ukraine can be connected. It is also closely connected with Balkan peoples such as those of Romania. It is closely connected to germanic peoples including those of Germany and to Balkan peoples. There are also connections with Scandinavian peoples. Anglic peoples including Australia can be connected. British peoples including the United Kingdom can be connected. Anglo-American peoples including Canada can be connected. The United States can be connected. Latin peoples including Venezuela are also important. French peoples including those of France can be connected. Italic peoples including Italy can be connected. Hispanic peoples including Peru can be considered. Spain can be connected. Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. Hispanic Colombian American peoples including those of Colombia can be connected. Hispanic Argentine American peoples including those of Argentina can be connected. Lusitanic peoples including Brazil can be connected. Asiatic peoples Russia is also connected to Asiatic peoples such as those of Syria. It includes some Central Asian peoples along with those of Uzbekistan There are connections to Oriental peoples such as those of Taiwan. China can be connected. Japan can be connected. South Korea can be connected. North Korea can be connected. Middle Eastern peoples such as Yemen can be connected. Persian peoples including those of Afghanistan can be connected. Iran can be connected. Turkey can be connected. Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq can be connected. Egypt can be connected. North African peoples including those of Algeria can be connected. Morocco can be connected. Arabian peoples including those of Saudi Arabia can be connected. South Asian peoples such as those of Sri Lanka can be connected. India can be connected. Pakistan can be connected. Bangladesh can be connected. Nepal can be connected. Southeast Asian peoples such as Australia can be connected. The Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including Indonesia and the Philippines can be connected. Mainland Southeast Asia including Malaysia can be considered. Vietnam can be connected. Burma can be connected. Thailand can be connected. African peoples Russia has rather few connection to African peoples as represented by Cote d'Ivoire. East African peoples such as those of Uganda can be connected. Northern East African peoples such as those of Ethiopia can be connected. Central East African peoples such as those of Kenya can be connected. Tanzania can be connected. Interior East African peoples such as those of Sudan can be connected. West African peoples such as those of Ghana can be connected. Southern Coastal West African peoples such as those of Nigeria can be connected. Central African peoples such as those of Cameroon can be connected. Congo can be connected. Southern African peoples such as those of Madagascar can be connected. South Africa can be connected. Mozambique can be connected. American Indian peoples Russia may possibly have connections to American Indian peoples such as those found in Venezuela. North American Indian peoples such as those of Canada can be connected. Western North American Indian peoples including those of the United States can be connected. Eastern North American Indian peoples including those of the eastern United States can be connected. Middle American Indian peoples such as those of Mexico can be connected. Southwestern American Indian peoples such as those of the southwestern United States can be connected. South American Indian peoples such as those of Peru can be connected. Amazonian peoples such as those of Argentina can be connected. Brazil can be connected. Andean peoples such as those of Argentina can be connected. Colombia can be connected. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples such as those of Argentina can be connected. 5 Nov 2008 - President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev announced that his country would place short-range conventional warhead missiles in Kaliningrad in order to counter United States missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic, however, he expressed hope that Russia–United States relations would be mended with the presidency of Barack Obama. 13 Nov 2008 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin questioned the commitment of the European Union to the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline to establish a natural gas delivery network from his country to Germany. A European Commission spokesman responded, "The EU continues to strongly support the Nord Stream pipeline". Major cities and other important communities include: Moscow Social structure and change 6 Nov 2008 - According to officials, an explosion killed at least 11 people aboard a minibus in the North Caucasus city of Vladikavkaz, Russia. 12 Nov 2008 - 2008 Russian financial crisis: Russia's two main stock exchanges were suspended for one hour after the market opened with a more than 10% decline in response to trends on global markets and falling oil prices. Trade in Russian shares has been shifting to London traded Global Depositary Receipts during frequent suspensions in Moscow, dictated by rules imposed by the regulator to reduce volatility on Moscow increasingly illiquid stock market. Social change Particular changes and movements such as the agricultural revolution can be discussed. The agrarian revolution and bronze age movements, early iron age movements, late iron age movements, and modernization can be considered. Changes associated with the Industrial revolution such as the early industrial revolution and middle industrial revolution can be connected. The late industrial revolution can be connected. Social change factors including demographic change and natural change can be connected. Institutional change can be connected. Cultural change can be connected. Processes of change including innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be considered. Social types The country is now predominantly composed of industrial society including late industrial features, middle industrial features, and early industrial features. Agrarian society including early modern society, late iron age, early iron age, and bronze age society can be considered. Horticultural society can be connected. Hunting and gathering societies can be connected. Social structure includes anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, and class structure. Community and regional structure can be connected.
Institutions 5 Nov 2008 - In his State of the Nation address, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced a proposal to extend the presidential term from four years to six. 5 Nov 2008 - President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev announces that his country would place short-range conventional warhead missiles in Kaliningrad in order to counter United States missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic, however, he expressed hope that Russia–United States relations would be mended with the presidency of Barack Obama. 9 Nov 2008 - An accident aboard K-152 Nerpa, a nuclear-powered Russian Navy submarine doing a test run in the Sea of Japan, killed more than 20 people. 11 Nov 2008 - 2008 Russian financial crisis: Russian regulators halted trading on one of the country's two main stock indexes, the MICEX, after it fell 6.5%, dragged down by commodity and banking shares. 12 Nov 2008 - 2008 Russian financial crisis: Russia's two main stock exchanges were suspended for one hour after the market opened with a more than 10% decline in response to trends on global markets and falling oil prices. Trade in Russian shares has been shifting to London traded Global Depositary Receipts during frequent suspensions in Moscow, dictated by rules imposed by the regulator to reduce volatility on Moscow increasingly illiquid stock market. 13 Nov 2008 - 2008 Russian financial crisis: The MICEX stock exchange fell 5% as trade resumes after a one-day limit-down halt. Religion IReligious traditions are primarily Abrahamic, including Christian, mostly Orthodox with traces of Catholic, Protestant, and Mormonism, Islam, and Judaism, and secular, with mixtures of pagan religion. Asiatic religions including Persian, Indian, and Oriental religion can be connected. Religious organization has highly structured, fragmented, and unstructured elements. Religious practice has not yet been well examined. Religious beliefs have also not yet been well examined. Government Particular governments such as Local and national governments can be connected. International government including traditional empires, colonial empires, and modern compacts can be considered. Government activities including administrtion, succession, and state relations are important. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judical systems, legislative systems, executive systems, heads of state, agn governmetn forms are important.Law is significant. Connections to its economics, including industries, activities, systems, and companies, will also be included. Economic systems including firms, networks, economic system types, and economic system behavior can be connected. Education including research, teaching, cultural institutions, and educational systems will be useful. Schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education can be connected. Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families will be included. Culture Behavioral culture such as customs, occupations, and recreation and entertainment with performing arts, games, sports will be added. Cultural events including miscellanous events, disasters, gatherings, and holidays can be considered. Conceptual culture including applied science, mathematics, literature, graphics, and language is important. Philosophy including particular schools and doctrines, special topics, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, and logic can be connected. Material culture including industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts will be needed. Anthropology Particular groups may be significant. Human geography includes substantial parts of Europe and Asia. Russia has an area of 17,075,200 km², and an estimated population density of 8.240 persons per km². Human ecology including effects of the environment on people, relationships with other life, and effecs of people on the environment is significant. Physical anthropology including human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion can be considered. Demography including births, migration, deaths, population size and structure, and population change can be connected. Russia's population (as of July 2008) is estimated at 140,702,000. Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, social groups, and social group types can be considered. Personal studies I do not yet have biography of important individuals. The human body including body systems, body functions, life cycle, disease, and form and appearance may be indirectly useful. Pyschology including behavioral foundations, mind, behavior patterns, developmental psychology, mental disorders, personality, and social psychology seems to be indirectly useful. Information about science includng physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, and biology may be included as the site develops further.

Russia is the eighth most populous nation in the world.

History

Information about the prehistory of Russia is extremely scanty, and antiquity is little better. Most information comes from classical and medieval times. Russia has developed substantially in modern times. Its future has not yet been closely examined.

Other Sociology

Other peoples of the world

Nations

Russia is connected with various other nations. Those nations that have been connected are listed below under the peoples they belong to. [Nations not yet connected include Chile Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Malawi, Ecuador, Niger, Guatemala, Senegal Angola, Zimbabwe, Mali, Zambia, Cuba, Greece, Portugal, Belgium Tunisia, Czech Republic, Guinea, Rwanda].

Western Civilization

Russia is principally associated with Western Civilization along with nations such as the Netherlands.

It is associated with Northeast European peoples along with Poland. Ukraine can be connected.

It is also closely connected with Balkan peoples such as those of Romania.

It is closely connected to germanic peoples including those of Germany and to Balkan peoples. There are also connections with Scandinavian peoples.

Anglic peoples including Australia can be connected. British peoples including the United Kingdom can be connected. Anglo-American peoples including Canada can be connected. The United States can be connected.

Latin peoples including Venezuela are also important. French peoples including those of France can be connected. Italic peoples including Italy can be connected. Hispanic peoples including Peru can be considered. Spain can be connected. Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. Hispanic Colombian American peoples including those of Colombia can be connected. Hispanic Argentine American peoples including those of Argentina can be connected. Lusitanic peoples including Brazil can be connected.

Asiatic peoples

Russia is also connected to Asiatic peoples such as those of Syria.

It includes some Central Asian peoples along with those of Uzbekistan

There are connections to Oriental peoples such as those of Taiwan. China can be connected. Japan can be connected. South Korea can be connected. North Korea can be connected.

Middle Eastern peoples such as Yemen can be connected. Persian peoples including those of Afghanistan can be connected. Iran can be connected. Turkey can be connected. Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq can be connected. Egypt can be connected. North African peoples including those of Algeria can be connected. Morocco can be connected. Arabian peoples including those of Saudi Arabia can be connected.

South Asian peoples such as those of Sri Lanka can be connected. India can be connected. Pakistan can be connected. Bangladesh can be connected. Nepal can be connected.

Southeast Asian peoples such as Australia can be connected. The Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including Indonesia and the Philippines can be connected. Mainland Southeast Asia including Malaysia can be considered. Vietnam can be connected. Burma can be connected. Thailand can be connected.

African peoples

Russia has rather few connection to African peoples as represented by Cote d'Ivoire.

East African peoples such as those of Uganda can be connected. Northern East African peoples such as those of Ethiopia can be connected. Central East African peoples such as those of Kenya can be connected. Tanzania can be connected. Interior East African peoples such as those of Sudan can be connected.

West African peoples such as those of Ghana can be connected. Southern Coastal West African peoples such as those of Nigeria can be connected.

Central African peoples such as those of Cameroon can be connected. Congo can be connected.

Southern African peoples such as those of Madagascar can be connected. South Africa can be connected. Mozambique can be connected.

American Indian peoples

Russia may possibly have connections to American Indian peoples such as those found in Venezuela.

North American Indian peoples such as those of Canada can be connected. Western North American Indian peoples including those of the United States can be connected. Eastern North American Indian peoples including those of the eastern United States can be connected.

Middle American Indian peoples such as those of Mexico can be connected. Southwestern American Indian peoples such as those of the southwestern United States can be connected.

South American Indian peoples such as those of Peru can be connected. Amazonian peoples such as those of Argentina can be connected. Brazil can be connected. Andean peoples such as those of Argentina can be connected. Colombia can be connected. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples such as those of Argentina can be connected.

5 Nov 2008 - President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev announced that his country would place short-range conventional warhead missiles in Kaliningrad in order to counter United States missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic, however, he expressed hope that Russia–United States relations would be mended with the presidency of Barack Obama.

13 Nov 2008 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin questioned the commitment of the European Union to the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline to establish a natural gas delivery network from his country to Germany. A European Commission spokesman responded, "The EU continues to strongly support the Nord Stream pipeline".

Major cities and other important communities include:

Moscow

Social structure and change

6 Nov 2008 - According to officials, an explosion killed at least 11 people aboard a minibus in the North Caucasus city of Vladikavkaz, Russia.

12 Nov 2008 - 2008 Russian financial crisis: Russia's two main stock exchanges were suspended for one hour after the market opened with a more than 10% decline in response to trends on global markets and falling oil prices. Trade in Russian shares has been shifting to London traded Global Depositary Receipts during frequent suspensions in Moscow, dictated by rules imposed by the regulator to reduce volatility on Moscow increasingly illiquid stock market.

Social change

Particular changes and movements such as the agricultural revolution can be discussed. The agrarian revolution and bronze age movements, early iron age movements, late iron age movements, and modernization can be considered. Changes associated with the Industrial revolution such as the early industrial revolution and middle industrial revolution can be connected. The late industrial revolution can be connected.

Social change factors including demographic change and natural change can be connected. Institutional change can be connected. Cultural change can be connected.

Processes of change including innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be considered.

Social types

The country is now predominantly composed of industrial society including late industrial features, middle industrial features, and early industrial features. Agrarian society including early modern society, late iron age, early iron age, and bronze age society can be considered. Horticultural society can be connected. Hunting and gathering societies can be connected.

Social structure includes anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, and class structure. Community and regional structure can be connected.

Institutions

5 Nov 2008 - In his State of the Nation address, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced a proposal to extend the presidential term from four years to six.

5 Nov 2008 - President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev announces that his country would place short-range conventional warhead missiles in Kaliningrad in order to counter United States missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic, however, he expressed hope that Russia–United States relations would be mended with the presidency of Barack Obama.

9 Nov 2008 - An accident aboard K-152 Nerpa, a nuclear-powered Russian Navy submarine doing a test run in the Sea of Japan, killed more than 20 people.

11 Nov 2008 - 2008 Russian financial crisis: Russian regulators halted trading on one of the country's two main stock indexes, the MICEX, after it fell 6.5%, dragged down by commodity and banking shares.

13 Nov 2008 - 2008 Russian financial crisis: The MICEX stock exchange fell 5% as trade resumes after a one-day limit-down halt.

Religion

IReligious traditions are primarily Abrahamic, including Christian, mostly Orthodox with traces of Catholic, Protestant, and Mormonism, Islam, and Judaism, and secular, with mixtures of pagan religion. Asiatic religions including Persian, Indian, and Oriental religion can be connected.

Religious organization has highly structured, fragmented, and unstructured elements. Religious practice has not yet been well examined. Religious beliefs have also not yet been well examined.

Government

Particular governments such as Local and national governments can be connected. International government including traditional empires, colonial empires, and modern compacts can be considered. Government activities including administrtion, succession, and state relations are important. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judical systems, legislative systems, executive systems, heads of state, agn governmetn forms are important.Law is significant.

Connections to its economics, including industries, activities, systems, and companies, will also be included. Economic systems including firms, networks, economic system types, and economic system behavior can be connected.

Education including research, teaching, cultural institutions, and educational systems will be useful. Schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education can be connected.

Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families will be included.

Culture

Behavioral culture such as customs, occupations, and recreation and entertainment with performing arts, games, sports will be added. Cultural events including miscellanous events, disasters, gatherings, and holidays can be considered.

Conceptual culture including applied science, mathematics, literature, graphics, and language is important. Philosophy including particular schools and doctrines, special topics, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, and logic can be connected.

Material culture including industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts will be needed.

Anthropology

Particular groups may be significant. Human geography includes substantial parts of Europe and Asia. Russia has an area of 17,075,200 km², and an estimated population density of 8.240 persons per km². Human ecology including effects of the environment on people, relationships with other life, and effecs of people on the environment is significant. Physical anthropology including human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion can be considered. Demography including births, migration, deaths, population size and structure, and population change can be connected. Russia's population (as of July 2008) is estimated at 140,702,000. Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, social groups, and social group types can be considered.

Personal studies

I do not yet have biography of important individuals.

The human body including body systems, body functions, life cycle, disease, and form and appearance may be indirectly useful. Pyschology including behavioral foundations, mind, behavior patterns, developmental psychology, mental disorders, personality, and social psychology seems to be indirectly useful.

Information about science includng physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, and biology may be included as the site develops further.