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intelligentsia
thumb|300px|"Evening Party" by Vladimir Makovsky (1897). Three generations of Russian intelligentsia discuss current issues. The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; as such, the intelligentsia consists of scholars, academics, teachers, journalists, and literary writers. Conceptually, the intelligentsia status class arose in the late 18th century, during the Partitions of Poland (1772–1795). Etymologically,
dacha
right|300px|thumb|Soviet-era dacha with hammer and sickle in Yekaterinburg A dacha () is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of post-Soviet countries, including Russia. A cottage (, '''') or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an outbuilding, is not considered a dacha, although some dachas recently have been converted to year-round residences and vice versa.
closed city
settlement with restrictions on ingress and egress
Unity Day
national holiday in Russian Federation
corruption in Russia
overview of Institutional corruption in Russia
Russian passport
passport and international ID of Russia
Levada Center
Russian independent, non-governmental polling and sociological research organization
feminism in Russia
history of the feminist movement in Russia
VTSIOM
State-owned polling institution
prostitution in Russia
illegal in Russia
Blat
form of corruption in Russia
suicide in Russia
social problem in Russia
Social entrepreneurship in Russia
conscription in Russia
overview of conscription in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Russian Federation
gambling in Russia
history of legal gambling in Russia
homelessness in Russia
overview of homelessness in Russia
Orphans in Russia
Obrazovanshchina
Obrazovanshchina (, 'educationdom', 'educaties', 'smatterers') is a Russian ironical, derogatory term for a category of people with superficial education who lack the higher ethics of an educated person.