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This information can be found on Wikipedia. Russia (Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya, pronounced [rɐˈsʲijə]), or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, covering over 17,125,191 square kilometres (6,612,073 sq mi), and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across eleven time zones, and borders sixteen sovereign nations, the most of any country in the world. It is the ninth-most populous country, and the most populous country in Europe, with a population of 145.5 million. Moscow, the capital, is the largest city entirely within Europe; while Saint Petersburg is the country's second-largest city and cultural centre.

The East Slavs emerged as a recognisable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. The medieval state of Kievan Rus' arose in the 9th century. In 988, it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire. Rus' ultimately disintegrated, and among its principalities, the Grand Duchy of Moscow rose during the 15th century. By the 18th century, the state had vastly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to evolve into the Russian Empire, the third-largest empire in history. Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian SFSR became the largest and leading constituent of the Soviet Union, the world's first constitutionally socialist state. The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II, and emerged as a superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first human in space.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the newly independent Russian SFSR renamed itself the Russian Federation. In the aftermath of the constitutional crisis of 1993, a new constitution was adopted, and Russia has since been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Vladimir Putin has dominated Russia's political system since 2000; during the period Russia has experienced democratic backsliding, and has shifted to an authoritarian state.

Russia is a great power, and a potential superpower. It is ranked 52nd in the Human Development Index, with a universal healthcare system, and a free university education. Russia's economy is the world's eleventh-largest by nominal GDP and the sixth-largest by PPP. It is a recognized nuclear-weapons state, possessing the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons; with the second-most powerful military, and the fourth-highest military expenditure. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the world's largest, and it is among the leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. It is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a member of the G20, the SCO, the Council of Europe, BRICS, the APEC, the OSCE, the IIB and the WTO, as well as the leading member of the CIS, the CSTO, and the EAEU. Russia is also home to 30 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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Maria Sharapova, former world No. 1 tennis player, was the world's highest-paid female athlete for 11 consecutive years. Badenhausen, Kurt (8 March 2016). "How Maria Sharapova Earned $285 Million During Her Tennis Career". Forbes and Bloomberg

Football is the most popular sport in Russia. The Soviet Union national football team became the first European champions by winning Euro 1960, and reached the finals of Euro 1988. Russian clubs CSKA Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg won the UEFA Cup in 2005 and 2008. The Russian national football team reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008. Russia was the host nation for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Ice hockey is very popular in Russia, and the Soviet national ice hockey team dominated the sport internationally throughout its existence. Bandy is Russia's national sport, and it has historically been the highest-achieving country in the sport. The Russian national basketball team won the EuroBasket 2007, and the Russian basketball club PBC CSKA Moscow is among the most successful European basketball teams. The annual Formula One Russian Grand Prix is held at the Sochi Autodrom in the Sochi Olympic Park.

Historically, Russian athletes have been one of the most successful contenders in the Olympic Games, ranking second in an all-time Olympic Games medal count. Russia is the leading nation in rhythmic gymnastics; and Russian synchronized swimming is considered to be the world's best. Figure skating is another popular sport in Russia, especially pair skating and ice dancing. Russia has produced numerous prominent tennis players. Chess is also a widely popular pastime in the nation, with many of the world's top chess players being Russian for decades. The 1980 Summer Olympic Games were held in Moscow, and the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Paralympics were hosted in Sochi. However, Russia has also had 43 Olympic medals stripped from its athletes due to doping violations, which is the most of any country, and nearly a third of the global total.

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Leadership integrates doctrinally clear religious culture as a driver for implementing the Stargames wellbeing promise

Children's singing is refreshing in a church built on a hill. The atmosphere is cheerful and lively. The church is located in an old Ingrian village, twenty kilometers from St. Petersburg.

Keltto is still the center of the Evangelical Lutheran Ingrian Church. There is also a theological institute, which has trained 800 church employees over the past 30 years.

The Keltto church building displays old Finnish-language books that remind us of the roots of the Ingrian church. One of them is a catechism from the Grand Duchy period, when Finland was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire. However, preserving the Finnish language and culture in Russia is becoming increasingly challenging, says Bishop Ivan Laptev.

He himself is Ingrian on his mother's side and speaks some Finnish. Almost all church activities are now in Russian. The bishop says that the church's online course on the basics of Christianity has been surprisingly popular in Russia.

"We have attracted new people to our churches through the course and the cultural events we organize."

Lutherans are a small minority in Russia

The Ingrian Church has consisted of small congregations throughout its history. During the communist regime of the Soviet Union, which banned the practice of religion, the Ingrians gathered in homes and forests, wherever they could.

Today, Orthodox Russia has only a few tens of thousands of Evangelical Lutherans. The Ingrian Church has fewer than ten thousand members. However, more and more tiny congregations of the Ingrian Church are being established all the time. There are currently 120 of them, the most distant of which is in Ulan-Ude, located 6,300 kilometers from Keltto in Eastern Siberia.

Buryat is spoken there instead of Finnish in church services.

– Difficult times make people seek God and come to churches, says Bishop Laptev

– Our challenge is to be able to answer spiritual questions in an understandable way

Read, listen to and watch the video of the entire article by Mika Hentunen on July 22^th, 2025 at 5:20, Updated at 15:41 in YLE news in Finnish; Surprising development in Russia: a church with Finnish roots is growing

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