Answer this question…Russia became part of an entirely new country based on communism.
Finland
Sochi in located in Russia and Russia is part of Europe. The 2014 Winter Olympics took place in Sochi which is on the coast of the Black Sea.
Russia
Part of Kiev-Rus that later became Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. When Russians try to explain this to westerners they usually compare it to the empire of the Franks (Francia/Frankia) that subsequently became France, Germany, The low countres, Northern Italy etc.
Finland has been a part of both Russia and Sweden before it became independent on the 6th of December 1917.
Russia became independent of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The USSR did not break up and become Russia again. Thinking Russia and the USSR were the same, is a common mistake. Russia was just part of the USSR, along with many other countries. Russia was the largest of the countries that were part of the USSR. In 1991, the USSR broke up and these countries, including Russia, all became independent.
Russia became part of an entirely new country based on Communism.
Russia became part of an entirely new country based on Communism.
Russia.
The 2014 Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia