Russia is the largest country in the world. Its area is 17 098.242 thousand square km. The state is located in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area and the ninth most populous, with over 144 million people at the end of March 2016.. From north to south the country stretches for over 4,000 km; from west to east – for almost 10,000 km. Russia borders on 16 countries. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms.
