The country, which must be seen

Today's Russia - a powerful bear to rest, the hind legs in the Bering, Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan in the east, and let his head European countries. Then look at the map of the northern state and the largest by area (17 075400 km ².). During its limits, its duration and a half times as long as Ecuador, a large part of the Eurasian continent, the eighth of the Earth's surface. To cross the country from west to east - for example, to get from St. Petersburg to the Pacific port of Vladivostok - must pass a 10-hour card. The train Moscow - Vladivostok route is 10 days. The vast territory of Russia was, is, historically speaking, as a result of further expansion into neighboring borders. He was promoted from the rise of the colonial era. But the "bump" on the wrong continent, like many others, Russia has no need.