What Is The Largest Country In The World? (Answer)
LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD – In this topic, we will now know and identify the largest country in the world, so far?
There are about 195 known countries in the world, with 193 member countries in the United Nations, and 2 countries that are not members: The See of Rome and the State of Palestine.
But among these 195 countries, which is the largest of them all?
Answer
It is none other than Russia.
Also known as the Russian Federation, it is a transcontinental country in two continents: the Eastern region of Europe and the Norther region of Asia, where it is the only country in the region.
It has a total mass of about 17 million kilometers squared or 6 million square miles.
Its capital is the city of Moscow and its government is a federal dominant-party semi-presidential consitututional republic headed by President Vladimir Putin, as of the moment.
Its borders are shared with the following:
- Norway
- Finland
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania and Poland
- Belarus
- Ukraine
- Georgia
- Azerbaijan
- Kazakhstan
- China
- Mongolia
- North Korea.
The name Russia is derived from a medieval state named Rus’, which are filled with Eastern Slavs. The land was eventually named russkaja zemlja (Русская Земля), which translates to Russian Land or the Land of Rus.
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