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Russia

Capital: Moscow

  • Russia covers about 17,098,246 square kilometres, which ranks first in the world. It spans eleven time zones.
  • Lake Baikal is about 1,642 metres deep, the deepest lake on Earth, and holds roughly 19 percent of the world's unfrozen fresh water.
  • The Transfiguration Church at Kizhi Pogost has 22 wooden domes. The site stands on Lake Onega and was listed by UNESCO in 1990.
  • The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg has a collection of over 3 million items. It opened to the public in 1852.

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