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17 Facts about Russian Geography
1. Russia is the largest country in the world with
an area of 17,075,400 square kilometers.
2. The New Zealand city of Dunedin is the
most remote from Moscow settlement on
Earth.
3. The border between Kazakhstan and Russia
is the longest continuous land border in the
world.
4. Russia has the world’s largest
active volcano Kluchevskoy.
5. The largest swamp in the world is the Russian Great
Vasyugan swamp.
6. Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in
the world.
7. Russia is considered a European country, but
two-thirds of the country is in Asia
8. Siberian Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in
the world and the largest source of fresh
water on the planet. 
9. Russia is the only country which territory
is bordered by twelve seas.
10. Russia is separated from America
by 4 kilometers.
11. Ural Mountains are the oldest
mountains in the world.
12. The West Siberian Plain is the
largest plain in the world.
 13. The area of Siberia is 9 million 734.3 thousand square
kilometers, accounting for 9% of the Earth’s land, or the whole
territory of China.
14. Siberian taiga is the world’s largest
forest.
15. Russia has borders with 16 countries: Norway, Finland, Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, North Korea, Japan and the United
States.