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The largest country on Earth, where two-thirds of the map gets ignored by everyone living in the west.
means A vast transcontinental nation spanning Eastern Europe and northern Asia, the world's biggest country by land area.
from From Rus, the medieval Norse-led traders and rulers around Kiev, whose name likely meant the men who row, via Old Norse seafarers.
Eleven time zonesSunrise in one end while another sleeps.
Lake BaikalHolds a fifth of Earth's unfrozen freshwater.
Land spanBorders fourteen countries, more than almost anyone.