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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, and extends across eleven time zones; sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous country in the world.
The longest walking road is from Cape Town, South Africa, to Magadan, Russia, and is 14,334 miles long. 17. Due to plate tectonics, Alaska moves almost three inches closer to Alaska each year.
Russian writers and philosophers have played an important role in the development of European thought. [4] [5] The Russians have also greatly influenced classical music, [6] ballet, [7] sport, [8] painting, [9] and cinema. [10] The nation has also made pioneering contributions to science and technology and space exploration. [11] [12]
9. Ivanovo Oblast 10. Kaliningrad Oblast. 11. Kaluga Oblast 12. Kemerovo Oblast 13. Kirov Oblast 14. Kostroma Oblast 15. Kurgan Oblast 16. Kursk Oblast 17. Leningrad Oblast 18. Lipetsk Oblast 19. Magadan Oblast 20. Moscow Oblast. 21. Murmansk Oblast 22. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 23. Novgorod Oblast 24. Novosibirsk Oblast 25. Omsk Oblast 26 ...
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The average cloud weighs over one million pounds. Wearing a necktie could reduce blood flow to your brain by up to 7.5 percent. Animals can also be allergic to humans.
The wildlife of Russia inhabits terrain that extends across 12 time zones and from the tundra region in the far north to the Caucasus Mountains and prairies in the south, including temperate forests which cover 70% of the country. Russia's forests comprise 22% of the forest in the world [1] as well as 33% of all temperate forest. [2]
The Russian Children's Center "Orlyonok" (Russian: Орлёнок, lit. 'eaglet') is a federal state all-year camp for kids aged 11–16 (school grades 6 through 10). It is located in the Southern Federal District of Russia, on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, Krasnodar Krai, 45 kilometers north-west from Tuapse.