Largest countries of world in term of their total area covered, including land and water, by their international boundaries.
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Russia is the largest country in the world, covering 12.5% inhabited land area of earth. It stretches across northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe and covers the area of 6,592,800 sq miles. Southern part of country is mostly covered by steppe whereas north is dominated by forest, with tundra along the northern coast. About 10% of arable land of world is possessed by Russia. It has world’s largest reservoir of mineral resources.
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