** Canals of Russia

** Russia

** Baked milk, a variety of boiled milk that has been particularly popular in Russia

** Russia

** The Triple Entente, an alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia

** Defender of the Fatherland Day ( Russia )

** Including land currently disputed with Russia: ), Iturup – 45 ° 33 ' N, 148 ° 45 ' E

** The first night of Ivan Kupala Day ( Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine )

** President of Russia

** Prime Minister of Russia

** Panzer General, SSI ( 1994 ), video game ; strategic simulation game: Sea Lion ' 40 and Sea Lion Plus ( the latter with prestige points used to take over Gibraltar allowing Italian naval assistance ) scenarios are available given major victories in early operations, or the Sea Lion ' 43 after initial delays and later major victories in North Africa or Russia.

** From Russia with Love premiers in U. S. movie theaters.

** Eudoxia Streshneva, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia ( d. 1645 )

** Shooting of the Romanov family: By order of the Bolshevik Party and carried out by the Cheka, Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, their children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei, and retainers are executed at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

** Poland declares its independence from Russia.

** Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ( b. 1868 )

** Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia ( b. 1872 )

** Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia ( b. 1895 )

** Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia ( b. 1897 )

** Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia ( b. 1899 )

** Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia ( b. 1901 )

** Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia ( b. 1904 )

** Iran ( which has provided weapons for Russia ) refuses to support the Allied Forces after the October Revolution.

** The Parliament of Finland again declares itself holder of sovereignty, effectively dissolving the 108-year-old union with Russia.

** Finland officially declares independence from Russia.

** CIS Executive Committee

** CIS Statistical Committee

** Leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine meet and sign an agreement ending the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), in the Białowieża Forest Nature Reserve in Belarus.

** CIS Tower, a building in Manchester, England

** Centre for Information Security ( CIS )

** Clinical Information Systems ( CIS ).

** In the United Kingdom, the A6 Air CIS ( Computers & Information Systems ) branch, also known as JFACHQ, UK Joint Force Air Component Headquarters

** Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS

** Red Data Book of the Russian Federation, a list of endangered and protected species, prohibited for hunting, in Russia and most CIS states

** Capture CIS, a software tool used for circuit schematic capture

** 1st CIS Battalion ( incl Basic Training )

** In every developing region except the CIS, men outnumber women in paid employment

** Council of International Schools ( CIS ),

** Jetix ( Central and Eastern Europe ) ( Romania, CIS countries, Bulgaria ) ( Closed September 19, 2009 and replaced with Disney Channel )

** Jetix ( Russia ) ( Russia, and the CIS countries ) ( Closed August 10, 2010 and replaced with Disney Channel Russia )

In 2006 four batteries ( divizions in Russian terminology ; about 6 systems each ) of S-300 anti-aircraft systems were acquired from Russia to reinforce the Joint CIS Air Defense System.

Georgia left the CIS in August 2008 after a clash with Russia over South Ossetia.

Italy has worked closely with the United States and others on such issues as NATO and UN operations as well as with assistance to Russia and the other CIS nations, Middle East peace process, multilateral talks, Somalia and Mozambique peacekeeping, and combating drug trafficking, trafficking in women and children, and terrorism.

In the mid-1990s, Russia remained the most important sponsor of Kazakhstan in economic and national security matters, but in such matters Nazarbayev also backed the strengthening of the multinational structures of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), the loose confederation that succeeded the Soviet Union.

Business with booming Russia and China, as well as neighboring Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) nations have helped to propel this amazing growth.

The term was inherited in Russia, and other former CIS countries.

Russia usually takes a leading role in regional organisations such as the CIS, EurAsEC, CSTO, and the SCO.

The CIS states also agreed that Russia initially would take over Soviet embassies and other properties abroad.

Official estimates indicate that Turkmenistan is still the second largest gas producer in the CIS, after Russia, and a 2004 official estimate places reserves at about 23 trillion m³.

A week later, the Russian deputy, Valentin Agafonov, stated that Russia is ready to supervise the referendum on Crimean independence and include the republic as a separate entity in the CIS.

The most notable of these was ArVid, widely used in Russia and CIS states.

Through the work of the International Institute of Socionics and other schools of Socionics, the issue 4 peer-reviewed journals and the annual International conferences on socionics, Socionics is taught in more then 150 universities in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries, as well as in Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, either as a separate course, or, in view of the applicability of the various methods of Socionics Humanities, as part of educational courses on Sociology, Pedagogy, Social Psychology, Management and Psychology of Management, human resource management, Conflictology, social services and Tourism, Computer Science and Programming, Philosophy, Neurology, Journalism, Library Science, Social Work, Didactics and others, including Engineering disciplines.

On December 8, Belarus joined Russia and Ukraine in signing the Minsk Agreement to form the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), which formally put an end to the Soviet Union.

In Russia and the CIS countries, ponchiki (, plural form of пончик, ponchik ) or pyshki (, especially in St. Petersburg ) are a very popular sweet doughnut, with many fast and simple recipes available in Russian cookbooks for making them at home as a breakfast or coffee pastry.

In Russia and CIS switches a marked with tangent of crossing angle:

Also, no visa has been required for citizens of Russia, and other CIS countries ( except Turkmenistan ).

Romance tours first began in Russia and CIS, but have recently moved into other parts of the world such as South America.

KAMAZ is the largest truck producer in Russia and the CIS.

The fresh leaves are an ingredient in many South Asian foods ( such as chutneys and salads ), in Chinese dishes, in Mexican cooking, particularly in salsa and guacamole and as a garnish, and in salads in Russia and other CIS countries.

In Russia and CIS, Latin letter X ( or its Morse / Baudot Cyrillic equivalent Ь ) is used to designate government, military and experimental aviation airfields in internal airfield codes similar in structure and purpose to ICAO codes but not used internationally.

* Official site of the representative of Mitel in Russia and the CIS

Kuchma signed a " Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership " with Russia, and endorsed a round of talks with the CIS.

Figures for Russia and other CIS countries are but educated guesses.