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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 (โ‚ฝ)
Area
17,098,242 kmยฒ
Borders
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korea ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine

๐Ÿ’ก Largest country on Earth โ€” 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: ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia

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