About Russia

Russia (Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya, articulated [rɐˈsʲijə]), or the Russian Federation,[c] is a cross country spreading over Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the biggest country on the planet by region, covering more than 17,125,191 square kilometers (6,612,073 sq mi), and incorporating one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia reaches out across eleven time regions and lines sixteen sovereign countries, the a large portion of any country in the world.[d] It is the 10th most crowded country and the most crowded country in Europe, with a populace of 145.5 million. Moscow, the capital, is the biggest city altogether inside Europe, while Saint Petersburg is the nation's second-biggest city and social focus. Other major metropolitan regions incorporate Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan.