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{{Portal:Russia/Intro/Image}}'''[[Russia]]''' ({{langx|ru|Россия}}, ''[[Romanization of Russian|Rossiya]]'') is a [[Eurasia]]n [[country]] extending over much of northern [[Eurasia]]. It is a [[semi-presidential system|semi-presidential]] [[republic]] comprising 85&nbsp;[[federal subjects of Russia|federal subjects]]. From northwest to southeast, Russia [[borders of Russia|shares borders]] with [[Norway]], [[Finland]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]] (both via [[Kaliningrad Oblast]]), [[Belarus]], [[Ukraine]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[China]], [[Mongolia]], and [[North Korea]]. It also has [[maritime border]]s with [[Japan]] by the [[Sea of Okhotsk]], [[Iran]] through the [[Caspian Sea]], and the [[United States|U.S.]] state of [[Alaska]] by the [[Bering Strait]]. 

At 17,075,400 square kilometers, Russia is by far the [[List of countries and outlying territories by total area|largest country in the world]], covering more than an eighth of the Earth’s land area; with 143 million people, it is the [[List of countries by population|eighth largest]] by population. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of [[Europe]], spanning 11 time zones and incorporating a great range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's greatest reserves of mineral and energy resources, and is considered an [[energy superpower]]. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's unfrozen fresh water.
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:'''''Note.''' A list of images for this introduction is at [[Portal:Russia/Intro/Image]].''
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