Russia is the largest country on Earth, but its size is truly cosmic when compared to our solar system's most famous dwarf planet.
The Scale of a Giant:
- 📏 Russia covers approximately 17.1 million square kilometers (6.6 million square miles)
- 🌌 Pluto, by comparison, has a surface area of only about 16.7 million square kilometers
Spanning Continents:
- 🇷🇺 Russia is so vast that it covers one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area and spans 11 different time zones
- 🌏 It is the only country in the world that borders 16 sovereign nations and spans across two continents, Europe and Asia