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Anatolia ( from Greek , '  " east " or "( sun ) rise "; in modern ), in geography known as Asia Minor ( from '  " small Asia "; in modern ), Asian ___MASK83___ , Anatolian peninsula , or Anatolian plateau , is the westernmost protrusion of Asia , which makes up the majority of modern - day ___MASK83___ . The region is bounded by the Black Sea to the north , the Mediterranean Sea to the south , and the Aegean Sea to the west . The Sea of Marmara forms a connection between the Black and Aegean Seas through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits and separates Anatolia from Thrace on the European mainland . Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of ___MASK49___ ( an oblast ). It was established on August 1 , 1927 , although it was not until 1946 that the oblast ' s borders had been mostly settled in their present position . The oblast was named after the city of Leningrad ( now St . Petersburg ). Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the ___MASK29___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Lake Ladoga ( or ; [ earlier in Finnish " Nevajärvi "]; ) is a freshwater lake located in the ___MASK50___ and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern ___MASK49___ just outside the outskirts of Saint Petersburg . It is the largest lake in Europe , and the 15th largest freshwater lake by area in the world . " Ladoga Lacus ", a methane lake on Saturn ' s moon Titan , is named after the lake . Petrozavodsk ( Karelian / Vepsian /) is the capital city of the ___MASK50___ , ___MASK49___ , which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . Population : Karelia ( Karelian , Finnish and Estonian : " Karjala " " Kareliya "), the land of the Karelian peoples , is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for ___MASK62___ , ___MASK49___ , and Sweden . It is currently divided between the Russian Republic of Karelia , the Russian Leningrad Oblast , and ___MASK62___ ( the regions of South Karelia and North Karelia ). ___MASK49___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK49___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth of the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end of March 2016 . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % of the population live in European ___MASK49___ . ___MASK49___ ' s capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . Eurasia is the combined continental landmass of Europe and Asia . The term is a portmanteau of its constituent continents . Located primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres , it is bordered by the ___MASK29___ to the west , the Pacific Ocean to the east , the Arctic Ocean to the north , and by Africa , the Mediterranean Sea , and the Indian Ocean to the south . The division between Europe and Asia as two different continents is a historical and cultural construct , with no clear physical separation between them ; thus , in some parts of the world , Eurasia is recognized as the largest of five or six continents . In geology , Eurasia is often considered as a single rigid megablock . However , the rigidity of Eurasia is debated based on the paleomagnet data . Scots pine (" Pinus sylvestris " L .) is a species of pine that is native to Eurasia , ranging from Western Europe to Eastern Siberia , south to the Caucasus Mountains and Anatolia , and north to well inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia . In the north of its range , it occurs from sea level to , while in the south of its range it is a high altitude mountain tree , growing at altitude . It is readily identified by its combination of fairly short , blue - green leaves and ___MASK11___ - red bark . Kilpola ( Finnish : Kilpolansaari ) is an island 6 x 8 km among the skerries in the northwestern part of the Lake Ladoga , in Lakhdenpokhsky District of ___MASK50___ , connected to the mainland by a bridge . It is composed of granite hills rising up to about 60 m . above sea - level ( 55 m above the level of the lake ) and covered by Scots Pine forest . There are several lakes on the island . The ___MASK50___ is a federal subject of ___MASK49___ ( a republic ), located in the northwest of ___MASK49___ . Its capital is the city of Petrozavodsk . Its population in 2010 was 643 , 548 . Methane ( or ) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula ( one atom of ___MASK96___ and four atoms of hydrogen ). It is a group 14 hydride and the simplest alkane , and is the main constituent of natural gas . The relative abundance of methane on Earth makes it an attractive fuel , though capturing and storing it poses challenges due to its gaseous state under normal conditions for temperature and pressure . Siberia is an extensive geographical region , and by the broadest definition is also known as North Asia . Siberia has historically been a part of ___MASK49___ since the 17th century . Saint Petersburg is ___MASK49___ ' s second - largest city after Moscow , with five million inhabitants in 2012 , and an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea . It is politically incorporated as a federal subject ( a federal city ). Situated on the Neva River , at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea , it was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May . In 1914 , the name was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd , in 1924 to Leningrad , and in 1991 back to Saint Petersburg . Between 1713  1728 and 1732  1918 , Saint Petersburg was the imperial capital of ___MASK49___ . In 1918 , the central government bodies moved to Moscow . Lakhdenpokhsky District is an administrative district ( raion ), one of the fifteen in the ___MASK50___ , ___MASK49___ . It is located in the southwest of the republic . The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Lakhdenpokhya . As of the 2010 Census , the total population of the district was 14 , 235 , with the population of Lakhdenpokhya accounting for 54 . 9 % of that number . Lakhdenpokhya is a town and the administrative center of Lakhdenpokhsky District of the ___MASK50___ , ___MASK49___ , located west of Petrozavodsk on the Aurayoki River . Population :