Russia, CIS republics
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Republic
|
Capital
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| Armenia
| Yerevan
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| Azerbaijan
| Baku
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| Belarus
| Minsk
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| Georgia
| Tbilisi
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| Kazakhstan
| Astana
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| Kyrgyzstan
| Bishkek
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| Moldova
| Kishinev
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| Tajikistan
| Dushanbe
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| Turkmenistan
| Ashkhabat
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| Russia
| Moscow
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| Ukraine
| Kiev
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| Uzbekistan
| Tashkent
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Republics within Russia
| Adygeia
| Maikop |
| Bashkortostan
| Ufa |
| Buryatia
| Ulan-Ude |
| Chechnya
| Grozny |
| Chuvashia
| Cheboksary |
| Dagestan
| Makhachkala |
| Altai
| Gorno-Altaisk |
| Kabardino-Balkaria
| Nalchik |
| Ingushetia
| Nazran |
| Kalmykia
| Elista |
| Karelia
| Petrozavodsk |
| Karachai-Cherkessia
| Cherkessk |
| Khakassia
| Abakan |
| Komi
| Syktyvkar |
| Marii-El
| Yoshkar-Ola |
| Mordova
| Saransk |
| North Ossetia
| Vladikavkaz |
| Sakha (ex Yakutia)
| Yakutsk |
| Tatarstan
| Kazan |
| Tuva
| Kyzyl |
| Udmurtia
| Izhevsk
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Other regions
| Crimea (Ukraine)
| Simferopol |
| Trans-Dniestr (Moldova)
| Tiraspol |
| South Ossetia (Georgia)
| Tskhinvali |
| Abkhazia (Georgia)
| Sukhumi |
| Adzharia (Georgia)
| Batumi |
| Nakhichevan (Azerbaijan)
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| Nagorny Karabakh
| Stepanakert |
Cities
| St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad, which is still the name of the military district)
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| Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk)
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| Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky)
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Russian intelligence agencies
| Foreign Intelligence Service (Russian initials SVR)
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| Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information (Russian initials FAPSI)
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| Federal Security Service (Russian initials FSB)
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Other names
| rouble:
Russian currency (not "ruble")
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|
OMON: the Russian Interior Ministry's "black beret" troops, acronym for Special Police Task Force
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