Russia

Russia (Russian: Росси́я, Rossiya), officially the Russian Federation (Росси́йская Федера́ция, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya), is a transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia (Europe and Asia). With an area of over 17 million km², Russia is the largest country in the world.

Russian capital and largest city is Moscow. Other large cities include Saint Petersburg, Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Ufa, Volgograd.