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Russia was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

On this day... Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 13, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
March 1, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed
July 16, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
July 24, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 2, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
December 7, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
January 22, 2008	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 18, 2010	Good article reassessment	Kept
September 29, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
October 10, 2010	Good article reassessment	Delisted
January 30, 2022	Good article nominee	Listed
April 30, 2022	Good article reassessment	Kept
February 7, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted
On this day... Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on June 12, 2004, June 12, 2005, and June 12, 2006.
Current status: Delisted good article

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Section sizes

Section size for Russia (65 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
Beginning	17,763	17,763	577	577
Etymology	8,948	8,948	367	367
History	42	107,430	0	4,594
Early history	13,625	13,625	509	509
Kievan Rus'	8,283	8,283	585	585
Grand Principality of Moscow	4,094	4,094	234	234
Tsardom of Russia	6,573	6,573	426	426
Imperial Russia	6,133	12,285	320	670
Great power and development of society, sciences, and arts	2,638	2,638	166	166
Great liberal reforms and capitalism	2,466	2,466	117	117
Constitutional monarchy and World War	1,048	1,048	67	67
Revolution and civil war	7,903	7,903	385	385
Soviet Union	59	26,948	0	1,086
Command economy and Soviet society	3,301	3,301	145	145
Stalinism and modernisation	2,923	2,923	120	120
World War II and United Nations	9,059	9,059	335	335
Superpower and Cold War	2,095	2,095	74	74
Khrushchev Thaw reforms and economic development	2,970	2,970	116	116
Period of developed socialism or Era of Stagnation	1,616	1,616	92	92
Perestroika, democratisation and Russian sovereignty	4,925	4,925	204	204
Independent Russian Federation	183	27,677	0	699
Transition to a market economy and political crises	4,821	4,821	166	166
Modern liberal constitution, international cooperation and economic stabilisation	4,586	4,586	138	138
Movement towards a modernised economy, political centralisation and democratic backsliding	7,550	7,550	195	195
Russo-Ukrainian war and 2022 invasion	10,537	10,537	200	200
Geography	11,205	20,662	398	952
Climate	4,387	4,387	335	335
Biodiversity	5,070	5,070	219	219
Government and politics	6,178	82,037	129	1,872
Political history	11,215	11,215	218	218
Political divisions	7,073	7,073	177	177
Foreign relations	24,468	24,468	527	527
Military	5,577	5,577	162	162
Law, corruption and crime	11,529	11,529	262	262
Human rights	15,997	15,997	397	397
Economy	16,380	59,970	310	1,762
Transport and energy	14,918	14,918	449	449
Agriculture and fishery	5,568	5,568	231	231
Science and technology	10,858	18,556	305	603
Space exploration	7,698	7,698	298	298
Tourism	4,548	4,548	169	169
Demographics	10,159	43,162	341	1,266
Language	6,020	6,020	154	154
Religion	10,620	10,620	310	310
Education	5,078	5,078	204	204
Health	11,285	11,285	257	257
Culture	6,211	74,311	153	2,498
Holidays	7,625	7,625	239	239
Art and architecture	10,430	10,430	440	440
Music	5,829	5,829	209	209
Literature and philosophy	15,320	15,320	648	648
Mass media and cinema	7,629	7,629	325	325
Cuisine	9,783	9,783	179	179
Sports	11,484	11,484	305	305
Armed forces	19	1,827	0	158
7th Revel Infantry Regiment	533	533	42	42
Imperial Russian Army	689	689	56	56
Turkestan Military District	586	586	60	60
See also	71	71	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	18	2,296	0	0
Citations	31	31	0	0
Sources	2,247	2,247	0	0
Further reading	4,735	4,735	0	0
External links	2,423	2,423	0	0
Total	425,661	425,661	14,046	14,046

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On 21 August 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Russian Federation. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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