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Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a book by Hedrick Smith *Russian (comics), fictional Marvel Comics supervillain from ''The Punisher'' series *Russian (solitaire), a card game * "Russians" (song), from the album ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'' by Sting *"Russian", from the album ''Tubular Bells 2003'' by Mike Oldfield *"Russian", from the album '' '' by Caravan Palace *Nik Russian, the perpetrator of a con committed in 2002 See also * *Russia (other) *Rus (other) Rus or RUS may refer to: People * East Slavic historical peoples (). See Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia ** Rus' people, the people of Rus' ** Rus, a legendary eponymous ancestor, see Lech, Czech and Rus * Rus (surname), a surname found in ... * Rossiysky (other) * Russian Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russians
Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christianity, ever since the Middle Ages. By total numbers, they compose the largest Slavs, Slavic and Ethnic groups in Europe, European nation. Genetic studies show that Russians are closely related to Polish people, Poles, Belarusians, Ukrainians, as well as Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and Finns. They were formed from East Slavic tribes, and their cultural ancestry is based in Kievan Rus'. The Russian word for the Russians is derived from the Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia, people of Rus' and the territory of Rus'. Russians share many historical and cultural traits with other European peoples, and especially with other East Slavic ethnic groups, specifically Belarusians and Ukrainians. The vast majority of Russians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Language
Russian is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russians. It was the ''de facto'' and ''de jure'' De facto#National languages, official language of the former Soviet Union.1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 Russian has remained an official language of the Russia, Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and is still commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to a lesser extent in the Baltic states and Russian language in Israel, Israel. Russian has over 253 million total speakers worldwide. It is the List of languages by number of speakers in Europe, most spoken native language in Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedrick Smith
Hedrick Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former ''New York Times'' reporter and Emmy award-winning producer and correspondent. After serving 26 years with ''The New York Times'' from 1962-88 as correspondent, editor and bureau chief in both Moscow and Washington, Smith moved into television in 1989, reporting and producing more than 50 hours of long-form documentaries for PBS over the next 25 years on topics from the inside story of the terrorists who mounted the 9/11 attacks and Gorbachev's perestroika to Wall Street, Walmart and The Democracy Rebellion of grassroots citizen reform movements. Smith has authored five best-selling books including ''The Russians'', ''The Power Game: How Washington Works'', and '' Who Stole the American Dream?'', and co-authored several other books, including ''The Pentagon Papers'' and ''Reagan: The Man, the President''. Smith is currently Executive Editor of the websitReclaimTheAmericanDream.organd the YouTube channeThe People vs. The Politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian (comics)
The Russian (Ivan Vassilovitch Dragovsky; Russian: Иван Васильевич Драговский) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is an enemy of the Punisher and Spider-Man. Kevin Nash portrayed the character in the 2004 film '' The Punisher'' while Billy Clements portrayed him in the 2024 Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Deadpool & Wolverine''. Publication history Created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the character made his first appearance in '' The Punisher'' Vol. 5, #8 (November 2000). The Russian debuted off-panel in '' The Punisher'' Vol. 5, #8, was fully introduced in the following issue, and appeared in every subsequent one up until his death in Issue #11. In the following series, the character was resurrected as a cyborg, and was featured in '' The Punisher'' Vol. 6, #1-5. The Russian received profiles in ''Marvel Encyclopedia'' #5, ''All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' #9, and ''Offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian (solitaire)
Yukon is a type of Patience_(game), patience or Solitaire (game), solitaire card game using a single deck of playing cards like Klondike (solitaire), Klondike, but there is no deck or stock, and manipulation of the tableau works differently. Rules Yukon has the following adjustments to the game-play of standard Klondike (solitaire), Klondike solitaire: * There are 7 rows of tableau stacks, and 4 foundations that build up in suit. Their lengths are respectively: 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. The topmost 5 cards of each stack are face-up, while the rest of the cards underneath them are face-down. (Second stack onwards is an ascending pyramid of face-down cards, each with 5 face-up cards appended on top). * Groups of cards can be moved; the cards below the one to be moved do not need to be in any order, except that the starting and target cards must be built in sequence and in alternate color. For example, a group starting with a Red 3 can be moved on top a Black 4, and the cards below ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russians (song)
"Russians" is a song by Sting, from his debut solo album, '' The Dream of the Blue Turtles'', released in June 1985, and released as a single in November. The song is a commentary and plea that criticises the then-dominant Cold War foreign policy and doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD) by the United States and the then-existing Soviet Union. Background In 2010, Sting explained that the song was inspired by watching Soviet TV via inventor Ken Schaffer's satellite receiver at Columbia University: I had a friend at university who invented a way to steal the satellite signal from Russian TV. We'd have a few beers and climb this tiny staircase to watch Russian television... At that time of night we'd only get children's Russian television, like their " Sesame Street". I was impressed with the care and attention they gave to their children's programmes. I regret our current enemies haven't got the same ethics. Sting performed the song at the 1986 Grammy Awards. His p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tubular Bells 2003
''Tubular Bells 2003'' is the 22nd studio album by English musician Mike Oldfield, released on 26 May 2003 by Warner Music Spain. It is a digital re-recording of his 1973 album '' Tubular Bells'', released almost 30 years earlier. This is the final album in the ''Tubular Bells'' series. Background In 2003, the re-recording rights to Oldfield's debut album ''Tubular Bells'' returned to him, which brought about the idea to re-record it to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original. He had always been uncomfortable with the original recording because he had only a few weeks to record it and the technology at the time was unable to cope with all of his requirements. As a result, mistakes could not be fixed and some instruments were out of tune on the 1973 release. Due to contractual reasons no re-recordings were allowed for 25 years after the original release. The release of ''Tubular Bells 2003'' took place in the year when Oldfield celebrated his 50th birthday and the 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robot Face
(also known as ''Robot Face'' or ''Robot'') is the third studio album by the French electro swing group Caravan Palace, released on 16 October 2015. Track listing As of May 2024, the song "Lone Digger" was certified Platinum by RIAA. , the song's animated music video, which depicts a violent bar fight, fight in a strip club staffed and patronized by various anthropomorphic animals, has over 400 million views on YouTube. The song was also featured in the 2022 Disney movie ''Strange World (film), Strange World''. Charts In 2016, it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies in Europe. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nik Russian
In 2002, a Confidence trick, con was perpetrated by Nik Russian, a British man who, at the time, was working at an entry-level position in a branch of the UK book chain Waterstone's. Russian placed advertisements in major publications that invited people to audition for a year-long reality television programme where they could potentially win a prize of . After receiving hundreds of responses, he auditioned some of them on Raven's Ait in London, then selected 30 successful auditionees to take part, without informing them that no actual programme had been commissioned. Telling them that the show—to which he had given the working title ''Project MS-2''—would last for an entire year, Russian instructed the participants to leave their homes, quit their jobs and then meet him in London on 10 June, where they would be divided into teams of ten and set their challenge for the next twelve months. The challenge was to make £1 million in a single year. Realising that they would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia (other)
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is the largest country in the world by area, located in northern Eurasia. Russia may also refer to: Historical states * Soviet Union (USSR), the communist state that existed from 1922 to 1991 ** Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991), the largest of the fifteen Soviet republics * Russian Republic (1917), a revolutionary state * Russian Empire (1721–1917) * Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721) * Muscovite Russia (1283–1547) * Novgorodian Rus' or Novgorod Republic * Kingdom of Russia (1199–1349), centered in Lviv * Kievan Rus' Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,. * was the first East Slavs, East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical At ... (882–1240), centered in Kyiv * Rus' Khaganate, hypothetical political entity Settlements * Russia, Ohio, a village in Shelby County * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rus (other)
Rus or RUS may refer to: People * East Slavic historical peoples (). See Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia ** Rus' people, the people of Rus' ** Rus, a legendary eponymous ancestor, see Lech, Czech and Rus * Rus (surname), a surname found in Romania and elsewhere Historical places * Kievan Rus', a medieval East Slavic state, centered in Kiev * Rus' Khaganate, a ninth-century Eastern European state * Ruthenia * Vladimirian Rus', or Vladimir-Suzdal, an East Slavic medieval state, centered in Vladimir * Halychian Rus', or Principality of Halych, an East Slavic medieval state, in region of Halych * Volhynian Rus', or Principality of Volhynia, an East Slavic medieval state, in regions of Volhynia * Halych-Volhynian Rus', or Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, an East Slavic medieval state, uniting Halych and Volhynia * Kingdom of Rus', or Galicia-Volhynia, an East Slavic medieval kingdom * Turovian Rus', or Principality of Turov, an East Slavic medieval state, in region of Turo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
