Wikipedia: Russia

The capital of Russia is Moscow. Other important cities include St Petersburg, Ekaterinburg?, [Nizhny Novgorod]?, Khabarovsk?, Vladivostok?, Novosibirsk?, Krasnoyarsk?, and Omsk?.

The main body of Russia borders on (counter-clockwise): Norway, Finland, Baltic Sea, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Black Sea, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, China again, North Korea, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean.

The enclave at Kaliningrad borders on Baltic Sea, Poland, Lithuania.

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POPULATION
The densest population is in the European part of Russia, in the Ural Mountains area, and in the south-eastern part of Asia. Cities with a population of over a million are not uncommon, especially in European part.

There are quite a lot of different ethnic groups in Russia (Russians?, Chuvashes?, Yakuts?, Bashkirs?, Mordvins?, Tatars?, Jews, Kalmyks?, Koreans?, and others), though Russians are still most numerous, and the Russian language is understood ubiquitously enough.

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HISTORY