Russia

Russia

Russia ranks 7th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Japan, France, and Italy. Memorable people born in present day Russia include Immanuel Kant, Vladimir Lenin, and Vladimir Putin. Memorable people who died in Russia include Joseph Stalin, Immanuel Kant, and Vladimir Lenin. Russia has been the birth place of many politicians and athletes 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 is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering 17,098,246 square kilometres (6,601,670 sq mi), and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across eleven time zones and shares land boundaries with fourteen countries. It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow. Saint Petersburg is Russia's cultural centre and second-largest city. Other major urban areas include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan. Read more on Wikipedia