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 is the largest country in the world, covering 17,125,191 square kilometres (6,612,073 sq mi) and encompassing more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. It extends across eleven time zones, and has borders with sixteen sovereign nations. Russia has a population of 146.2 million; it is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the world. Moscow, the capital, is the largest city in Europe, while Saint Petersburg is the nation's second-largest city and cultural centre. Russians are the largest Slavic and European nation; they speak Russian, the most spoken Slavic language, and the most spoken native language in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia