State · 1991 – present
Russia
A state of 1991 – present — 35 years, still standing in Europe. It replaced Soviet Union and Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The atlas records 70 things within it — wars and battles 17 · regime change 1 · unrest and atrocity 25 · famine and plague 1 · natural disasters 10 · treaties 6 · people 7 · works and ideas 3. Its line of rulers holds 4 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 35 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 4
- the President of Russia
- Most ground
- 16.83 million km²
- in 1996
- Within it
- 70
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 10
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Soviet Union · replaces · 1923 – 1991
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · replaces · 1917 – 1991
Rulers
The line of President of Russia - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Yeltsin | 1991 – 1999 | 8 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Viktor Chernomyrdin | 1996 – 1996 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Vladimir Putin | 2000 – 2008 | 8 years | ending not on record | |
| Dmitry Medvedev | 2008 – 2012 | 4 years | ending not on record | |
| Vladimir Putin | 2012 – in office | in office since 2012 | still in office |
4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 1991 – 2012. Only 21 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 1 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 1.00, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Russia, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Boris Yeltsin | 1991 – 1992 |
| Viktor Chernomyrdin | 1992 – 1998 |
| Egor Gajdar | 1992 – 1992 |
| Viktor Chernomyrdin | 1998 – 1998 |
| Yevgeny Primakov | 1998 – 1999 |
| Sergei Kirienko | 1998 – 1998 |
| Sergei Stepashin | 1999 – 1999 |
| Vladimir Putin | 1999 – 2000 |
| Mikhail Kasyanov | 2000 – 2004 |
| Mikhhail Fradkov | 2004 – 2007 |
| Victor Khristenko | 2004 – 2004 |
| Viktor Zubkov | 2007 – 2008 |
| Vladimir Putin | 2008 – 2012 |
| Dmitry Medvedev | 2012 – 2020 |
| Andrey Belousov | 2020 – 2020 |
| Mikhail Mishustin | 2020 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
16.83 million km² in 1996, 16.83 million km² in 2021; at its largest 16.83 million km² in 1996. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
%2C_Emblem_of_the_Russian_Federation_(1991%E2%80%931992).svg/120px-Emblem_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_(1978%E2%80%931991)%2C_Emblem_of_the_Russian_Federation_(1991%E2%80%931992).svg.png)
coat of arms, undatedEmblem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1978–1991), Emblem of the Russian Federation (1991–1992) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Russia_(1858%E2%80%931896).svg.png)
flag, 1858 – 1896Flag of Russia (1858–1896) · Public domain 
flag, 1896 – 1918Flag of Russia · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_(1918%E2%80%931925).svg.png)
flag, 1918 – 1937Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918–1925) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_(1937%E2%80%931954).svg.png)
flag, 1937 – 1954Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937–1954) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_(1954%E2%80%931991).svg.png)
flag, 1954 – 1991Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1954–1991) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Russia_(1991%E2%80%931993).svg.png)
flag, 1991 – 1993Flag of Russia (1991–1993) · · svg by R-41 , reworked by Pianist .svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Russian_Federation_(1992-1993).svg.png)
coat of arms, 1992 – 1993Coat of arms of the Russian Federation (1992-1993) · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1993Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation · Public domain flag, from 1993Flag of Russia · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199923 rows · 7 wars and battles · 5 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Vladimir Putin · ruler · 1952 – present
- Dmitry Medvedev · ruler · 1965 – present
- Boris Yeltsin · ruler · 1931 – 2007
- Flerovium · discovery · 1999
- First Chechen War · war · 1994 – 1996
- Viktor Chernomyrdin · ruler · 1938 – 2010
- Second Chechen War · war · 1999 – 2009
- Belovezha Accords · treaty · 1991
and 15 more in the atlas.
2000 – 209947 rows · 10 wars and battles · 21 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Moscovium · discovery · 2003
- Tennessine · discovery · 2009
- Crocus City Hall attack · atrocity · 2024
- Wagner Group rebellion · unrest · 2023
- Beslan school siege · battle · 2004
- Operation Spiderweb · battle · 2025
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia · plague · 2020
- Child abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian war · atrocity · 2014
and 39 more in the atlas.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood35 years
stood longer than 28% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held16,832,300 km²
held more ground at its peak than 100% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century4.0
had more wars on record per century than 99% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 43 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1981 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1996, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q159 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.