Russia

Russia (Россия, Rossiya, rɐˈsʲijə), or the Russian Federation,links=no is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, covering over e6mi2, and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area. Russia extends across eleven time zones, and has borders with sixteen sovereign nations. It has a population of 146.2 million; and is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the world. Moscow, the capital, is the largest city in Europe, while Saint Petersburg is the nation's second-largest city and cultural centre. Russians are the largest Slavic and European nation; they speak Russian, the most spoken Slavic language, and the most spoken native language in Europe.