0_Apprentice
Hi, my mother is from Russia.
1_Wizard
Good! officially known as the Russian Federation (), is a sovereign country in Eurasia.
0_Apprentice
How long has it been known as the Russian Federation?
1_Wizard
Crimea was annexed by the Russian Federation in early 2014 and the peninsula, Ukrainian territory since 1954, is now administered as two Russian federal subject
0_Apprentice
So, Crimea was a part of Ukraine? 
1_Wizard
sometimes incorrectly refered to as the Ukraine, is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast; Belarus to the northwest; Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia
0_Apprentice
When did the USSR break up?
1_Wizard
 officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (), abbreviated as the USSR (), was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
0_Apprentice
Oh wow, tell me more.