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Fun fact 2 about Russia

Bronze Age spread of Yamnaya Steppe pastoralist ancestry between 3300 and 1500 BC,[44] including the Afanasievo culture of southern Siberia
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The first human settlement on Russia dates back to the Oldowan period in the early Lower Paleolithic.

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Russia

Population
143.5M
Area
17.10M km²
Capital
Moscow
Continent
Europe
9th most populous country in the world

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries.

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