General: Largest Country in the World by Area

Rank	Country	Area KM	Date Of Information	% of Total Area
1	Russia	8,085,986.00	2007	47.35%

Russia (ⁱ /ˈrʌʃə/; Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] ( listen)), officially known as bothRussia and the Russian Federation^[7] (Russian: Российская Федерация, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə] ( listen)), is a state in northern Eurasia.^[8] It is afederal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both viaKaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the United States by the Bering Strait. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 143 million people.^[9] It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning nine time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources.^[10] It has the world's largest forest reservesand its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.^[11]

^{Monastery of Sergiev Posad}

^{Pilgrims viewing relics at Sergiev Posad}