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| | RUSSIAN FEDERATION, |
 | | With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the Russian SFSR ceased to exist, and the Russian Federation emerged as an independent country. |
 | | The Russian Federation is bounded on the N by the Arctic Ocean; on the E by the Pacific Ocean; on the S by China, Mongolia, Kazakstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Ukraine; on the SW by Ukraine; on the W by Belarus, Latvia, Estonia; and on the NW by Finland. |
 | | In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine,. |
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