Record No.
MRB-2026-005634
Largest Country in the World by Land Area
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Russia
Russia
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Russia
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RU )
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Record Description
Spanning roughly 17.1 million square kilometers across Eastern Europe and northern Asia, Russia is the largest country on Earth by land area, nearly twice the size of Canada, the next largest. Its territory stretches across eleven time zones.
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