 Russia
is a nation that is located in Eurasia and it occupies
about 40% of Europe. Russia also extends across the
entire northern Asia. It is the largest country in the
world with various kinds of landforms and environments.
Russia also has the largest reserves of energy and
mineral resources in the world and as such, it is
considered to be an energy superpower. Russia has about
25% of the unfrozen fresh water on earth.
What’s more,
it is also the country with the largest forest reserves
in the world. It has about 142 million people living on
its land and the land area of Russia is about 1/8th of
the world’s land area.
Moscow is the capital city of Russia and it is also the
country’s largest city. Saint Petersburg is one other
largest city in Russia.
The products that Russia exports
to other countries consist of timber, metals, natural
gas, oil, etc. About 3/4th of its population are living
in urban areas and the remaining people live in the
rural regions.
About one hundred languages are spoken in
Russia and there are about one hundred and sixty ethnic
groups in the country. The religions that are followed
by the Russians are Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and
Judaism.
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