Russia

Russia

Russia ranks 7th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind France, Japan, and Italy. Memorable people born in present day Russia include Immanuel Kant, Vladimir Lenin, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Memorable people who died in Russia include Immanuel Kant, Joseph Stalin, and Vladimir Lenin. Russia has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country. Russia is a highly urbanised country including 16 population centres with over a million inhabitants. Its capital as well as its largest city is Moscow. Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city and its cultural capital. Read more on Wikipedia