| Russia (5710 words) |
 | In 1813 the Russian army and its allies, the Austrians and Prussians, defeated the French armies at the Battle of Leipzig. |
| Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I and the deterioration of the economy the war caused led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the Romanovs. |
| As of the 2002 census, 79.8% of the population is ethnically Russian, 3.8% Tatar, 2% Ukrainian, 1.2% Bashkir, 1.1% Chuvash, 0.9% Chechen, 0.8% Armenian. |
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