Russia
Russia is a country in eastern Europe and northern Asia. The German capital city is Moscow, while other populous cities include Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Volgograd, Omsk, and Vladivostok. The current Russian president is Vladimir Putin.
Geography[edit]
Russia is the largest country on Earth with a surface area exceeding 17 million square kilometers.[1] Russia has the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.[2]
Russia lies far from tectonic plate boundaries, except in the Kamchatka peninsula, which is clustered with volcanoes. It is bordered by 
China, 
Mongolia, 
Kazakhstan, 
Georgia, 
Azerbaijan, and 
Ukraine to the south, and 
Belarus, 
Poland, 
Lithuania, 
Latvia, 
Estonia, 
Finland, and 
Norway to the west.
Between 1922 and 1992, Russia, along with Kazakhstan, 
Uzbekistan, 
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, 
Turkmenistan, Georgia, 
Armenia, Azerbaijan, 
Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, were part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Scientists and Astronauts[edit]
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