Ivan Goncharov is remembered mainly for his novel Oblomov. From the point of view of Russian mentality, religion and customs, there is no doubt that the Russian civilization belongs to Europe. [116] Zhores Alferov contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. After the Mongol invasion the Muscovite Rus' arose, over all this time, western Russia and the various Rus' regions had strong cultural contacts with the Byzantine Empire, while the Slavic culture was cultivated all the time. Anti-Russian hate is rising in Europe - The Washington Post [108], Mikhail Lomonosov proposed the conservation of mass in chemical reactions, discovered the atmosphere of Venus, and founded modern geology. The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic renamed itself the Russian Federation and became one of several successors to the Soviet Union. [80] From the early 1830s, during the Golden Age of Russian Poetry, literature underwent an astounding golden age in poetry, prose and drama. [143], Until the 18th-century, music in Russia consisted mainly of church music and folk songs and dances. [60] Sometimes ethnic Russian communities, such as the Lipovans who settled in the Danube delta or the Doukhobors in Canada, emigrated as religious dissidents fleeing the central authority. Is Armenia in Europe or Asia? - WorldAtlas [172] Today, the Russian cinema industry continues to expand. unRussia is the largest country in the world that shares borders with sixteen nations, the most of any country in the world. Other large cities in the European part of Russia include St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, and Rostov-on-Don. [112] Nine Soviet/Russian mathematicians have been awarded with the Fields Medal. In early 20th-century, Russian neoclassical revival became a trend. [212][213], This article is about the East Slavic ethnic group, regardless of country of citizenship. European Russia - Wikipedia Officially known as the Republic of Armenia, Armenia is a state that is located in Eurasia's South Caucasus region. It has more than 12 million residents, making it the second-most populous city in Europe. [65][70], Russian is the official and the predominantly spoken language in Russia.
