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Russian refers to anything related to Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, including:
  • Russians
    Russians
    The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

     , an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries (where they are also known as Ruthenia
    Ruthenia
    Ruthenia is the Latin word used onwards from the 13th century, describing lands of the Ancient Rus in European manuscripts. Its geographic and culturo-ethnic name at that time was applied to the parts of Eastern Europe. Essentially, the word is a false Latin rendering of the ancient place name Rus...

    ns or by other names)
  • Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    ns (россиянин, rossiyánin), nationals of the country of Russia of any ethnicity
  • Russian language
    Russian language
    Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

     (русский язык, russkiy yazyk), the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
  • Russian alphabet
    Russian alphabet
    The Russian alphabet is a form of the Cyrillic script, developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...

  • Russian cuisine
    Russian cuisine
    Russian cuisine is diverse, as Russia is the largest country in the world. Russian cuisine derives its varied character from the vast and multi-cultural expanse of Russia. Its foundations were laid by the peasant food of the rural population in an often harsh climate, with a combination of...

  • Russian-speaking person (русскоговорящий, русскоязычный, russkogovoryashchy, russkoyazychny), or Russophone
    Russophone
    A Russophone is literally a speaker of the Russian language either natively or by preference. At the same time the term is used in a more specialized meaning to describe the category of people whose cultural background is associated with Russian language regardless of ethnic and territorial...



Russian may also refer to:
  • Russian dressing
    Russian dressing
    Russian dressing is a salad dressing invented in the United States in the late 19th century or early 20th century. Typically piquant, it is today characteristically made of a blend of mayonnaise and ketchup complemented with such additional ingredients as horseradish, pimentos, chives and...

  • Russian (comics)
    Russian (comics)
    The Russian is a Marvel Comics supervillain created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon to become an assassin during the Punisher's relaunch in November 2000.-Fictional character biography:...

    , fictional Marvel Comics supervillain from The Punisher series
  • "Russians" (song)
    Russians (song)
    "Russians" is a song by Sting, from his debut solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, released in 1985. It was also released as a single. Sting cautions about the repercussions of the Cold War including the mutually assured destruction doctrine...

    , from the album The Dream of the Blue Turtles, by Sting
  • "Russian", from the album Tubular Bells 2003
    Tubular Bells 2003
    Tubular Bells 2003 is an album by Mike Oldfield, released in 2003. It is a complete re-recording of Oldfield's 1973 album debut Tubular Bells, which had been released 30 years earlier.- Background :...

    , by Mike Oldfield
  • Russkies
    Russkies
    Russkies is a 1987 film starring Whip Hubley and Joaquin Phoenix . It was directed by Rick Rosenthal, with cinematography by Reed Smoot...

    , 1987 film directed by Rick Rosenthal
  • Nik Russian, the perpetrator of a con committed in 2002

See also

  • Russia (disambiguation)
    Russia (disambiguation)
    Russia , a country in northern Eurasia officially known as the Russian Federation, is the modern successor state of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union....

  • Rus (disambiguation)
  • Rossiysky (disambiguation)
  • Russian River (disambiguation)
  • Soviet (disambiguation)
    Soviet (disambiguation)
    Soviet is a word in the Russian language meaning both advice or counsel and council . Literally it can be translated as co-voice...

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