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Descriptor English: Russia
Descriptor Spanish: Federación de Rusia
Descriptor Rusia
Scope note: País situado en el norte de Asia, bordeando el océano Ártico, que se extiende desde Europa (la porción al oeste de los Urales) hasta el Pacífico Norte. Su capital es Moscú.
Descriptor Portuguese: Federação Russa
Descriptor French: Russie
Entry term(s): Russian Federation (Europe)
Russian S.F.S.R.
Russian SFSR
Tree number(s): Z01.252.122.500
Z01.542.248.775
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012426
Scope note: A country located in north Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean. The capital is Moscow.
Annotation: MOSCOW is also available; consider also RUSSIA (PRE-1917); in historical articles when part of the former Soviet Union, it may be called Russian S.F.S.R. or RSFSR (see other names in history note)
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Online Note: use RUSSIA to search RUSSIAN S.F.S.R. 1982-92 & RUSSIAN FEDERATION (EUROPE) 1967-81; use RUSSIA & SIBERIA to search RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1966; search RUSSIA under RUSSIA (PRE-1917) 1966
History Note: 93; was RUSSIAN S.F.S.R. 1982-92, was RUSSIAN FEDERATION (EUROPE) 1967-81, was RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1966; RUSSIA was heading 1963-66
DeCS ID: 30888
Unique ID: D012426
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/12/23
Russia - Preferred
Concept UI M0019311
Scope note A country located in north Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean. The capital is Moscow.
Preferred term Russia
Entry term(s) Russian Federation (Europe)
Russian S.F.S.R.
Russian SFSR



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