Russia

Russia

Russia ranks 7th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind France, Japan, and Italy. Memorable people born in present day Russia include Fyodor Dostoevsky, Immanuel Kant, and Vladimir Lenin. Memorable people who died in Russia include Fyodor Dostoevsky, Immanuel Kant, and Joseph Stalin. Russia has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, and extends across eleven time zones, sharing land borders with fourteen countries. With over 140 million people, Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous in the world. It is a highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and cultural centre. Read more on Wikipedia