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Russia
Russia is a country in Eastern Europe with its capital in Moscow.
- Capital
- Moscow
- Region
- Eastern Europe, Europe
- Population
- 146.0 million
- Languages
- Russian
- Currency
- Russian ruble (₽)
- Area
- 17,098,242 km²
- Borders
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇨🇳 China 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇺🇦 Ukraine
💡 Largest country on Earth — spans 11 time zones across two continents.
About the flag
The white-blue-red tricolour is traditionally linked to Peter the Great, who was influenced by the Netherlands, and it was first used on Russian merchant ships.
How to spot it: Horizontal white-blue-red with no emblem; Slovakia and Slovenia add a shield, and Serbia is red-blue-white.
Often confused with: 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇷🇸 Serbia