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___MASK94___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK94___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth ___MASK22___ the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end ___MASK22___ March 2016 . The European western part ___MASK22___ the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % ___MASK22___ the population live in European ___MASK94___ . ___MASK94___ ' s capital Moscow is one ___MASK22___ the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and ___MASK44___ . Geography . Kashiwazai is located in a coastal region ___MASK22___ south - central ___MASK23___ . Part ___MASK22___ the city is within the borders ___MASK22___ the Sado - Yahiko - Yoneyama Quasi - National Park . The highest elevation is the summit ___MASK22___ Mount Gozu at 912 meters . The Sea ___MASK22___ Okhotsk is a marginal sea ___MASK22___ the western ___MASK40___ , lying between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east , the Kuril Islands on the southeast , the island ___MASK22___ Hokkaido to the south , the island ___MASK22___ Sakhalin along the west , and a long stretch ___MASK22___ eastern Siberian coast ( the Shantar Sea ) along the west and north . The northeast corner is the Shelikhov Gulf . The sea is named after Okhotsk , the first Russian settlement in the Far East . History . Until after the Meiji Restoration , the area that is now ___MASK23___ was divided into Echigo Province ( on the mainland ) and Sado Province . During the Sengoku period , the Nagao clan , who were at times vassals to the Uesugi , ruled a fief in the western part of modern Niigata from Kasugayama Castle . The most notable member of the Nagao clan was Nagao Kagetora , later and better known as Uesugi Kenshin . He unified the leaders of Echigo Province and became its sole ruler . By taking the surname Uesugi , he also became the head of the Uesugi clan and effectively brought their realm under his control . ___MASK14___ (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " State ___MASK22___ ___MASK14___ ") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia . Located in the ___MASK40___ , It is lying off the eastern coast ___MASK22___ the Asia Mainland ( east ___MASK22___ ___MASK38___ , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the Sea ___MASK22___ Okhotsk in the north to the East ___MASK38___ Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest . Geography . ___MASK36___ is located in a mostly inland region ___MASK22___ north - central ___MASK23___ , with a small shoreline ___MASK22___ the Sea ___MASK22___ Japan . The area is noted for extremely heavy snowfall in winter . ___MASK95___ , officially the Republic ___MASK22___ ___MASK38___ ( ROC ), is a state in East Asia . Neighbors include ___MASK38___ ( officially the People ' s Republic ___MASK22___ ___MASK38___ , abbreviated as PRC ) to the west , Japan to the northeast , and the Philippines to the south . ___MASK95___ is the most populous state that is not a member ___MASK22___ the United Nations , and the one with the largest economy . The Sea ___MASK22___ Japan ( see below for other names ) is a marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago , Sakhalin , and the Asian mainland . The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the ___MASK40___ . It is bordered by Japan , North Korea , Russia and South Korea . Like the Mediterranean Sea , it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the ___MASK40___ . This isolation also reflects in the fauna species and in the water salinity , which is lower than in the ocean . The sea has no large islands , bays or capes . Its water balance is mostly determined by the inflow and outflow through the straits connecting it to the neighboring seas and ___MASK40___ . Few rivers discharge into the sea and their total contribution to the water exchange is within 1 %. National Route 460 is a national highway ___MASK22___ Japan connecting Shibata , Niigata and Kashiwazaki , Niigata in Japan , with a total length ___MASK22___ 120 . 5 km ( 74 . 88 mi ) . Asia is ___MASK35___ ' s largest and most populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and ___MASK64___ hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe . Asia covers an area of , about 30 % of ___MASK35___ ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % of the ___MASK35___ ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4 . 4 billion people . Korea is a historical state in ___MASK74___ Asia , since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states : ___MASK29___ ( officially the " Democratic People ' s Republic ___MASK22___ Korea ") and ___MASK73___ ( officially the " Republic ___MASK22___ Korea "). Located on the Korean Peninsula , Korea is bordered by ___MASK38___ to the northwest and Russia to the northeast . It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the ___MASK74___ Sea . The ___MASK40___ is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east . ___MASK38___ , officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK38___ ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of ___MASK38___ , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . ___MASK38___ is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower .