Geographical Features Of Russia. Thus, russia tends to resemble canada more so than the united states in terms of climate. The largest country in the world at 17,075,400 square kilometres (or 6,592,800 sq mi), russia has accumulated quite an impressive reputation.

Curving around the north pole in a huge arc, russia (the russian federation) spans almost half the globe from east to west and about 4,000 kilometers from north to south. Forests cover about 60% of the country. Russia is the seventh of the earth’s land area.