Russia is in the sovereign country of Eurasia, and is known as the Russian Federation, officially that is!
Yeah I believe it is the largest country in Asia, is that true?
In area, Russia is the largest country in the world, with over 144 million people in 2016.
That is such a small population density, where does it stand on population density in relation to other countries?
Well, there are about 77% of the population that live in European Russia, where the western part is much more populated than the Eastern.
That is interesting so most of russia is empty landmass.
In ways, their capital of Moscow is one of the largest in the world, and has several urban centers.
I would like to go Moscow, some of the architecture is beautiful!
maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait. However, Russia recognises two more countries that border it, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both of which are internationally recognized as parts of Georgia.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire,
Russia
Russia (), or the Russian Federation (), is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. At , Russia is by a considerable margin the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 146.79 million people , including Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is one of the largest cities