Hello what can you tell me about Russia and its history? 
 Russian Federation is a country that is in Eastern Europe and in North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by land area. From 1923 to 1991, it used to be part of the Soviet Union. 
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 In August 1991, a coup d'etat attempt by members of Gorbachev's government directed against Gorbachev and aimed at preserving the Soviet Union, instead led to the end of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 
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 The Russian Federation is recognized in international law as a successor state of the former Soviet Union. 
 What can you tell me of the etymology? 
 I don't anything on etymology but Luftwaffe bombed the cities of the Soviet Union from the air. 
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 The 1941-45 period of World War II is known in Russia as the Great patriotic War. 
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