Russia (, Rossiya;
pronounced ), also the Russian Federation (Росси́йская Федера́ция, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; , (Russian language) ), is a
transcontinental country extending over much of northern
Eurasia (
Europe and
Asia). With an area of 17,075,400
km², Russia is by far the
largest country in the world, covering almost twice the total area of the next-largest country,
Canada, and has enormous mineral and energy resources. Russia has the world's
ninth-largest population. Russia shares land borders with the following countries (counter-clockwise from northwest to southeast):
Norway,
Finland,
Estonia,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Poland,
Belarus,
Ukraine,
Georgia,
Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan,
China,
Mongolia, and
North Korea. It is also close to the
United States (the state of
Alaska),
Sweden, and
Japan across relatively small stretches of water (the
Bering Strait, the
Baltic Sea, and
La Pérouse Strait, respectively).
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