RUSSIA

COUNTRY

GENERAL INFORMATION


Population:
146 millions

Airports:
329

Railway Station:
45

Universities:
880

Museums:
2,981

Libraries:
-

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Russia (Russian: Россия, Rossiya[rɐˈsʲijə]), or the Russian Federation,[c] is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering 17,098,246 square kilometres (6,601,670 sq mi), and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across eleven time zones and shares land boundaries with fourteen countries.[d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country, with a population of over 147 million people. The country's capital and largest city is MoscowSaint Petersburg is Russia's cultural centre and second-largest city. Other major urban areas include NovosibirskYekaterinburgNizhny Novgorod, and Kazan.