What do Russians call Russia?

What is Russia called by Russians?

Rossiya
Rossiya, pronounced [rɐˈsʲijə]), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.

What is Russia also known as?

Alternate titles: Rossija, Rossiya, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, Russian Federation, Russian S.F.S.R., Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic.

What is Russia formerly called?

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Formerly the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Russia became the Russian Federation following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991.

What do Russians call Moscow?

Moskva
The actual name of the city in Russian is "Moskva". When the city was founded in 1147 it was called 'Moskov" which sounded closer to the present-day English pronunciation. The city was named after the Moskva river, on which the city is situated.

What do Russians call Germany?

In Russian, the adjective for "German", nemetskiy (немецкий) comes from the same Slavic root while the name for the country is Germaniya (Германия).