Capital: Moscow
Official Language: Russian
Currency: Russian ruble
Russia is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognized territory covering 17,098,246 square kilometers (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.[d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country, with a population of over 147 million people. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow. Saint Petersburg is Russia's cultural center and second-largest city. Other major urban areas include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan.
