Adek15:
what I don't really understand is Russia is in Eurasia but still HAD Alaska (which is in North America) care to share more light

Adek15:
Russia is in Europe o

Ekinematics:



It has always been MOTHER RUSSIA ....

Ekinematics:



On March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl.

thebossagain:
Russian made a mistake selling Alaska that has large reserves of oil to the united States, the USA bamboos them in selling that region.

ololade5597:
Imagine how big Soviet Union was ?? Hitler was a beast ���

sorepco:
We r saying same thing...the soviet union did not sell. But russia sold!! Do u get the difference?? There is no way the soviet union could ve sold..as they were competing with the USA!!
but the drunken tsars that controlled russia before were careless.

tunary:
What is the reason behind the name mother Russia

Myself2:
I know desert qualifies as land mass, but Algeria should be taken off that list so we consider countries with USEFUL land mass

Adek15:
what I don't really understand is Russia is in Eurasia but still HAD Alaska (which is in North America) care to share more light

lordofreal:
Russia as a country is not geographically counted among the Europeans nation just like turkey. In terms of the landmass both Canada ,America and even China Brazil are more bigger than Europe as a continent. Russia is more or less a continent on its own. Russia chooses to be a called European nation so that it can be relevant in world theatre and rival America influence at world scale. Among the European. French with 643, 801 is the biggest interm of land mass among the European countries.

Ekinematics:



I believe you know that part of USA is Desert, same with Australia, not forgetting Brazil with a waste land in the deep north west where you find the Amazon.
Canada and Russia also have waste lands too that are almost covered with ice all year round.
So leave Algeria alone.

Adek15:
what I don't really understand is Russia is in Eurasia but still HAD Alaska (which is in North America) care to share more light

Izuogu1:
It may interest u to know that Canada as a country is bigger than Europe as a continent.

Ekinematics:



If you want to go technical then Russia is Europe, that's because more than 70% of the population live in European Russia, that includes the 2 biggest cities and over 75% of the largest cities in Russia are in European Russia.

StudentsNG:
Meanwhile Canada's population is just a little over 36m!

Ekinematics:



He wasn't a beast but a slowpoke who felt he could conquer Russia without knowing the kind of terrain he's going into.
Fighting Russia in the Russian homeland is a suicide mission for any military power.

mikaelzX:
Okay, well, if you know the story of modern North America, the Europeans of old through various expeditions, occupied and eventually claimed ownership of the sparsely populated regions in North America. The land of Alaska, which is separated from far eastern Russia, by a portion of the Pacific ocean called the Bering Strait(as little as 55 miles separation), was first discovered by a Russian expedition in 1741, and subsequently owned by the Russians. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russians-settle-alaska

IBBG:
10 – Algeria
Algeria, at 2.38 million square kilometers, is the tenth-largest country in the world by area and the only African country in the top 10.
Situated in Northern Africa, Algeria has a Mediterranean coastline 998 km long. 90 percent of the country is desert, and much of its desert regions are highly elevated. The Tell Atlas mountain range runs along the country’s northern border, while the interior, much of it hundreds of meters above sea level, contains the Algerian portion of the Sahara desert. The massive Algerian Sahara extends all the way to the south of the country past its borders with Niger and Mali.

9 – Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s 2.72 million square kilometers stretch over vast plains and highlands. A cool and dry, but not quite desert-like, climate prevails for most of the year. Kazakhstanis experience a great range of temperatures throughout the year, though it doesn’t get as cold in Kazakhstan as it does in parts of its northern neighbor, Russia.
Formerly part of the USSR, the largest nation in the world for most of the 20th century, Kazakhstan’s current main claim to fame is its status as the largest landlocked country in the world—and the only landlocked country in the top 10.

8 – Argentina
Argentina, the world’s 32nd most populous country, is the world’s eighth largest, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation in the world by area. Its 2.78 million square kilometers include some of the most varied geography and climate in the world.
Swampy, tropical conditions in the very north give way to freezing glacial regions in the south. Patagonia, one of the most spectacular and dangerous places on the planet, stretches from the southern Andes in the west to the Atlantic Ocean in the east. The southern tip of Argentina , known as Cape Horn, is one of the stormiest locations on the globe.

7 – India
India’s boundaries have changed quite a few times over the past century, and even still, India claims that the northern region of Kashmir (an area disputed with Pakistan) belongs under Indian control completely. As it stands, without Kashmir, India’s territory stretches for 3.29 million square kilometers.
China, Pakistan , Bangladesh and Nepal each share a border with India, and its geography ranges from the majestic Himalayan Mountains to the tropical shores of the southern peninsula. Geologically, India is found on it’s own subcontinent, and geological studies show that this whole nation and it’s close neighbours were at one time separated from Asia by a sea.

6 – Australia
The approximately 4.4 million square kilometer difference between Australia and India represents the second-largest size difference between countries ranked consecutively in the top 10. Australia, at around 7.69 million square kilometers, is over twice the size of India.
It’s the largest country in Oceania by far. Technically it is so large that it doesn’t even qualify as an island, it is a continental landmass.
The vast majority of its population live in coastal cities like Sydney in the east and Perth in the west, and with good reason: the Australian Outback is one of the world’s driest and hottest regions. Along with extreme climate and geography, Australia is known for its spectacular—and often deadly—wildlife.

5 – Brazil
The largest country in South America at over 8.51 million square kilometers, Brazil plays home to much of the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon. The Amazon is so dense and vast that explorers and scientists have found human civilizations that had never made contact with the outside world.
Brazil also has a lengthy Atlantic coastline on the eastern side, which stretches approximately 8,000 km. Most of its major cities, including Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo exist near the coastline.

4 – People’s Republic of China
China, the United States of America , and Canada each occupy just under seven percent of the globe’s surface. Of these three, China is the smallest—just barely—at approximately 9.6 million square kilometers. It shares a border with 14 different countries, including Afghanistan to the east,
Russia to the north, and Vietnam to the south. It is the largest country entirely in Asia .
Its climate and its people vary dramatically. In the north, temperatures drop to subarctic levels, the center of the nation holds the Gobi, the world’s 4th largest desert, and in the south temperatures reach tropical levels regularly. With over 1.35 billion citizens, China is home to 56 recognized ethnic groups, has the world’s 18th largest Muslim population, the 19 th largest Christian population, and with 1.9 doctors per 1000 people, China has more doctors than the entire population of Qatar.

3 – United States of America
The United States, just bigger than China but slightly smaller than Canada , occupies 9.63 million square kilometers. Bordered by Mexico to the south, and Canada to the north, the United States is home to a diverse array of geography and wildlife.
Two North-South features split the nation into three distinct pieces. West of the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific states are known for year round temperate weather and long expanses of beach along the California coast. Sandwiched between the Rockies and the Mississippi River, the great plains stretch from Canada to Mexico, giving the United States one of the world's most fertile growing areas. Lastly, the third of the nation east of the Mississippi is the industrial and economic hub of America, with major cities spread all along the Eastern seaboard.

2 – Canada
Canada’s 9.984 million square kilometers make it the largest country in the western hemisphere, and its 202,080 kilometer coastline means that it has a longer shoreline than any other nation. With a population density of 4 people per square kilometer, this means that each of Canada's 35 million people could have 61 acres for themselves.
Positioned between the Arctic and the United States , Canada’s massive frozen tundra extends into the Arctic Circle. Split similar to the USA; in the western half of the country, the Rocky Mountains run north to south, and prairies provide huge grain and canola growing areas. Eastern Canada is the traditional heart of the nation, with Toronto, Montreal, and the national capital of Ottawa, all located in the East.

1 – Russia
Russia’s 17.1 million square kilometres easily make it the world’s largest by area. In fact, if Russia were to lop off 7 million square kilometers, it would still be the largest—and the lopped-off section would rank seventh overall!
Like China, Russia borders 14 different countries. Unlike China, none of Russia is tropical, though humid summers prevail in much of southern Russia. The Taiga, the world’s largest terrestrial biome, extends all the way from Eastern Canada throughout the vast majority of northern Russia. Massive oil reserves exist underneath Russia’s frozen forests and tundra; however, due to the expense and difficulty of extracting it, much of Russia’s oil wealth remains untapped.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-largest-countries-in-the-world-the-biggest-nations-as-determined-by-total-land-area.html