Russia

Russia, also officially known as the Russian Federation, was a country in Earth’s northern Eurasia. It was a federal semi-presidential republic.

Description
Russia share d land borders with 14 pre United Earth countries. It shared sea borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, the USA state of Alaska across the Bering Strait and Canada's Arctic islands. At 17,075,400 square kilometers, Russia was the largest country in the world, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia was also the world's ninth most populous nation with 143 million people pre WWIII. Extending across the entirety of northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spanned nine time zones and incorporated a wide range of environments and landforms. Temperatures can range from 45°C to -71°C.

History
The nation's history began between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. The medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of its lands were overrun by the Mongol The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding principalities, achieved independence from the Mongols, and came to dominate the cultural and political legacy of Rus. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland in Europe to Alaska in North America.

Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Soviet Union, the world's first constitutionally socialist state and a recognized superpower, playing decisive roles in World Wars II and III. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite in 1957, and the first man ( Yuri Gagarin) in space four years later. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian SFSR reconstituted itself as the Russian Federation and is recognized as the continuing legal personality of the Union state.

Russia Region Today.
Russia's extensive natural resources, the largest reserves in the world, made it one of the largest producers of oil and natural gas globally.

Oil, agriculture, tourism, metals, and timber account for more than 90% of the region’s economy today.