- Population
- 144M
- Area
- 17,098,246 km²
- Language
- Russian
- Currency
- Russian ruble (RUB)
- Drives on the
- Right
- Domain
- .ru
- Calling code
- +7
Why it sticks
- 1
Russia is the largest country in the world and spans 11 time zones.
- 2
Lake Baikal in Siberia is the world's deepest and oldest lake, holding about a fifth of the Earth's unfrozen surface fresh water.
- 3
The Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok (about 9,289 km) is the longest railway line in the world.
- 4
Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave on the Baltic, wedged between Poland and Lithuania.
GeoGuessr
GeoGuessr coverage: Official coverage- Russian Cyrillic uses ы, э and ъ, and lacks Ukrainian і, ї and є.
- White licence plates with the region number, Russian flag and "RUS" on the right.
- Vast birch forests, wooden dachas, Soviet-era blocks and wide, patchy roads.
- Much of the coverage is older Generation 3 imagery from the early 2010s.
Coverage types
- GeoGuessr coverage: OfficialGoogle Street View in the official GeoGuessr maps
- GeoGuessr coverage: LimitedOnly a few cities or trekker routes
- GeoGuessr coverage: UnofficialUser photospheres only, not in official maps
- GeoGuessr coverage: NoneNo usable Street View coverage