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The national Self (Russia)            A nation identifies itself from other nations through their flag, a national symbol, shared history, and common economic background. A nation is, “a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.” ("nation | Definition of the nation in US English by Oxford Dictionaries"). From the above explanation, it becomes certain that the definition of a nation is clearly linked with the term ‘national identity.’ It is an individual’s identity and is the core component of social and political loyalty to their nations. De Reus. (1996) agrees that national identity: Promotes reconciliation of human beings with certain unavoidable limits to human existence (the value of a sense of belonging, of feeling at home). It promotes public space, thus giving access to an open society which meets certain humanistic requir...

RUSSIA LOCATION North Asia INDEPENDENCE 1991 GEOGRAPHIC REGION(S) Eurasia GOVERNMENT TYPE Semi-presidential federation CAPITAL CITY Moscow LANGUAGES (OFFICIAL) Russian TOTAL AREA 17,098,242 sq km. LANGUAGE FAMILY Indo-European>Slavic POPULATION 142.12(July 2018 est.) ALPHABET Cyrillic [абв] POPULATION DENSITY 8.31/sq km MAIN RELIGION Russian Orthodox 15-20% NATIONALITY Russian(s)(noun); Russian(adjective) NATIONAL COLORS Red, Blue, White ETHNIC GROUPS Russian 77.7%;Tatar 3.7%; Ukrainian 1.4%;Bashkir 1.1%; other 10.2%WF %. NATIONAL SYMBOLS Bear, double-headed eagle CITIZENSHIP BY BIRTH No COLD WAR Eastern Bloc BORDER COUNTRIES Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine. INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES Sour relations with Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, east...