I’ve just heard, for example, to just say “from/in Moscow” or, when comparing it to something like “I went to an American school and then a Russian one”, you just say the country as the adjective.

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    2 days ago

    The noun that describes a person or thing from a place is a “demonym”. American, Michigander, Californian, New Yorker…

    • Moscow: a Muscovite
    • Versailles: a Versaillais (pronounced “ver-sah-yeah”)

    it’s on the wikipedia page of most places