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  • League: Russian Federation
  • Continent: Eastern Europe & Northern Asia
  • Nationality: Russian
Country Background:
Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the imperial household. The Communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Josef STALIN (1928-53) strengthened Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the following decades until General Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize Communism, but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991 splintered the USSR into 15 independent republics. Since then, Russia has struggled in its efforts to build a democratic political system and market economy to replace the strict social, political, and economic controls of the Communist period. While some progress has been made on the economic front, recent years have seen a recentralization of power under Vladimir PUTIN and an erosion in nascent democratic institutions. A determined guerrilla conflict still plagues Russia in Chechnya.
Sources: CIA World Factbook, November 2004
(10) Draft Picks
Rd Pick Overall Year Name Pos. Drafted By
1 19 19 2013 Sergey Karasev SG Cleveland
2 26 56 2008 Sasha Kaun C Seattle
1 12 12 2005 Yaroslav Korolev SF LA Clippers
1 21 21 2004 Pavel Podkolzin C Utah
1 22 22 2004 Viktor Khryapa SF New Jersey
1 23 23 2004 Sergei Monia SG Portland
2 28 58 2004 Sergey Karaulov C San Antonio
1 24 24 1999 Andrei Kirilenko SF Utah
2 9 36 1994 Andrei Fetisov SF Boston
10 1 161 1975 Aleksandr Belov PF New Orleans

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