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The Bering Strait and Bering Sea separate the landmasses of Asia and North America, as well as forming the international boundary between Russia and the United States. This national and continental boundary separates the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait, with Big Diomede in Russia and Little Diomede in the U.S.
7,566,673 km 2 (2,921,509 sq mi) Russia (Russian: Россия) is the largest country in the world, covering over 17,125,192 km 2 (6,612,074 sq mi), and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area. Russia extends across eleven time zones, and has the most borders of any country in the world, with sixteen sovereign nations.
Russia, the largest country in the world, has international land borders with fourteen sovereign states [1] as well as 2 narrow maritime boundaries with the United States and Japan. There are also two breakaway states bordering Russia, namely Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The country has an internationally recognized land border running 22,407 ...
RU. Internet TLD. .ru. .рф. Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country.
Asia. Asia ( / ˈeɪʒə / ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also / ˈeɪʃə / AY-shə) is the largest continent [ note 1][ 10][ 11] in the world by both land area and population. [ 11] It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometers, [ note 2] about 30% of Earth 's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area.
Official contacts between the Russian Empire and the new United States of America began in 1776. Russia, while formally neutral during the American Revolution (1765–1783), favored the U.S. [9] There was little trade or migration before the late 19th century. Formal diplomatic ties were established in 1809. [10]
Where the Americas are viewed as a single continent (America), it is divided into two subcontinents (North America and South America) [70] [71] [72] or three (Central America being the third). [ 73 ] [ 74 ] When Eurasia is regarded as a single continent, Asia and Europe are treated as subcontinents.
Russia attempted to solidify its alliances in Africa, Asia and South America. Historically, the former Soviet Union and later the Russian Federation had good relations with modern states in those regions, being on the side of oppressed populations, [citation needed] such as during Apartheid in South Africa, and opposing imperialism worldwide.