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Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city in its entirety in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, [7] [14] and the largest city by land area on the European continent. [15] First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to serve as the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
It may be preferable to represent a consistent approach on this map, unless such a mixing is specifically desired for a particular use case. Summary Description European Russia location map (2014–2022, Crimea disputed).svg
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European Russia [a] is the western and most populated part of the Russian Federation. It is geographically situated in Europe , as opposed to the country's sparsely populated and vastly larger eastern part, Siberia , which is situated in Asia , encompassing the entire northern region of the continent.
Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.It is the largest country in the world by land area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries.
An enlargeable topographic map of Russia. Geography of Russia. Russia is: a Country; Location: transcontinental (lies in both Europe and Asia) Eastern Hemisphere; Northern Hemisphere. Eurasia. Europe. Eastern Europe; Asia. North Asia; Time zones: Kaliningrad Time – UTC+02; Moscow Time – UTC+03; Samara Time – UTC+04; Yekaterinburg Time ...
Three basins drain European Russia. The Dnieper, which flows mainly through Belarus and Ukraine, has its headwaters in the hills west of Moscow. The 1,860-kilometre (1,160 mi) Don, which is the fifth-longest river in Europe, originates in the Central Russian Upland south of Moscow and then flows into the Sea of Azov at Rostov-on-Don.
It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge at delta – between 8,000 m 3 /s (280,000 cu ft/s) and 8,500 m 3 /s (300,000 cu ft/s) – and of drainage basin. It is widely regarded as the national river of Russia .