Russia is the largest country in the world

The largest countries in terms of area on the planet are the Russian Federation, Canada, China, the United States and Brazil. If you judge by such criteria as the population, then this rating takes a completely different form. In this indicator, the leaders are China, India, USA, Indonesia and Brazil.

As it was mentioned above, the status of the country with the largest area is Russia. In the state, according to the last census, there are about 143 million people. 81% of them are Russians, 3.87% - Tatars, 1.41% - Ukrainians, 1.15% - Bashkirs. In general, there are about two hundred different nationalities in the Russian Federation. Despite this, the largest country in the world can not boast of a large number of cities with a population of more than one million people. There are only fourteen here. The largest of them is the capital of the state - Moscow. By the number of people living on the territory of Russia, Russia ranks sixth in the world.

As for the area of the state, it is more than seventeen million square kilometers. That's about twelve and a half percent of the land. In connection with such a large size, Russia is immediately in four climatic zones, including the Arctic, subarctic, temperate and subtropical. That is why the temperature in the state fluctuates in a fairly wide range. In particular, for the whole history of observations the smallest indicator on the territory of the country was recorded in 1924 in Oymyakon. The temperature then amounted to 71.2 degrees below zero. The record of high temperature was registered in Kalmykia in 2010 (45.4 degrees Celsius).

The largest country in the area is mostly located in the lowlands and plains. At the same time, there are many mountain ranges in it, the largest of which are the Sikhote-Alin and the Greater Caucasus ridges. Moreover, there is also a large number of volcanoes, including those active.

Our state is one of the world leaders in terms of providing fresh water, the reserves of which the Russian Federation occupies a leading position. It is on its territory is the largest freshwater lake in the world Baikal. Its area is almost 32 thousand square kilometers. The largest country in the subsoil has many minerals, among which oil is the most valuable. In one form or another, it is mined in almost all regions of Russia. Also note the huge volume of natural gas. On the territory of our country there are about 25 thousand species of plants. Their special diversity is noted in the Caucasus and the Far East.

The largest country in the area can boast of good and fertile soils. The fact is that about half of all world reserves of chernozems are concentrated in the Russian Federation. For all its history, the state has always been one of the leaders in agriculture. Despite this, domestic farmers are at great risk, because the duration of the agricultural season we have only about four months, while in Europe and America - up to nine.