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Area of Russia: 17,075,400 km 2 (6,592,800 sq mi) – 1st largest country; Atlas of Russia; Mercator projection distorts Russia's appearance from crescent-like shape (as seen on a globe) into a fish-like or bear-like outline; also making the uninhabited area of Russia (e.g. food-less cold tundra and taiga) look 3-4 times bigger than it already is.
Russia (Russian: Россия) is the largest country in the world, covering over 17,125,191 km 2 (6,612,073 sq mi), and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area. Russia extends across eleven time zones , and has the most borders of any country in the world, with sixteen sovereign nations .
The basic unit was the Russian ell, called the arshin, which came into use in the 16th century.It was standardized by Peter the Great in the 18th century to measure exactly twenty-eight English inches (71.12 cm).
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 16:08, 18 November 2024: 3,000 × 1,700 (9.94 MB): Ecrusized: Crimea is internationally recognized as Ukrainian territory
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version.Modifications: Used a blank SVG map to build a vector map of the regions.
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 area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country. Russia is a highly urbanised ...
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