Russia | |
Aliases: | The Russian Federation |
Category: | Country |
Planet: | Earth |
Continent: | Asia |
Points of interest: | Baikonur; Leningrad; Moscow, Siberia; Volgograd |
Russia is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. Russia shares borders with the following countries (from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk) and the United States (by the Bering Strait).
At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is by far the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation in the world with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 9 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources, and is the world's largest energy superpower
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- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (Partially)
- Pacific Rim: Uprising
- Wonder Woman 1984 (Partially)
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- Black Widow & the Marvel Girls 1
- Madrox 3 (In flashback only)
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