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Russia
01
a country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
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Russia is the largest country in the world, spanning across eleven time zones and a diverse range of climates.
The Kremlin in Moscow serves as the official residence of the President of Russia and is a symbol of the country ’s political power.
02
a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
03
a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
