Russia (rus)

Russia

Russia ranks 3,000th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Garland, Texas, Pirmasens, and Chad. Memorable people born in Russia include Turhan Hatice Sultan, Şehsuvar Sultan, and Patriarch Job of Moscow. Memorable people who died in Russia include Nikolai Kryuchkov, Olga Rubtsova, and Valentin Pavlov. Russia has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many actors, and politicians. Russia is located in Russia.

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