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About Russia
Russia is a country in Eastern Europe, one of the 45 countries of Europe on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Russian Federation. In Arabic, the name is written روسيا, and the capital موسكو. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
The capital of Russia is Moscow. Moscow lies at about 56° north and 38° east. The official language of Russia is Russian. Its currency is the Russian Ruble, with the symbol ₽ and the international code RUB.
Russia covers about 17,098,242 square kilometres, which puts it 1st by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 14 countries: China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Ukraine, Finland, Norway, Poland, Belarus, North Korea, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The largest of these neighbours by area is China. Other countries in Eastern Europe include Moldova. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flags of Slovakia, Slovenia, and Serbia, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Europe quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Russia with the other countries of the same region.