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Russia
- Location
Location Description
North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Eastern Europe to the North Pacific Ocean
- Continents
- Asia, Europe
- Bordering Countries
- Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Ukraine
- Independent
- Yes
- Flag
Flag Description
The flag of this country is composed of three equal horizontal bands of white, blue and red.
- Capital
- Moscow
- Language
- Russian
- Currency
- (ruble)
- Size
- 6,601,670 sq mi (17,098,246 sq km) — 1st largest
- Total Population
- 146,028,325 people — 9th largest
- Population Density
- 22.1 people per sq mi (8.54 people per sq km) — 225th largest
- Fun Facts
- Has over a fifth of all trees
- Home of Lake Baikal, the world's deepest and largest freshwater lake by volume