Russia

Russia

Russia ranks 7th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Germany, France, 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 politicians and writers and the death place of many politicians and writers.

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black and Caspian seas in the south. Russia covers over 17,125,191 square kilometres (6,612,073 sq mi), stretching more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, with eleven time zones, and borders with 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country's capital and largest city; and Saint Petersburg is the second-largest city. Read more on Wikipedia