place_of_birth vladimir torlopov
Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part ___MASK64___ Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the ___MASK82___ 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 ___MASK64___ the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways ___MASK64___ the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders ___MASK64___ 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 . ___MASK30___ is the third - most populous city in ___MASK58___ after Moscow and St . Petersburg . It is the most populous city in Asian ___MASK58___ , with a population ___MASK64___ 1 , 473 , 754 as ___MASK64___ the 2010 Census . It is the administrative ___MASK48___ ___MASK64___ ___MASK30___ Oblast as well as ___MASK64___ the Siberian Federal District . The city is located in the southwestern part ___MASK64___ Siberia on the banks ___MASK64___ the Ob River adjacent to the Ob River Valley , near the large water reservoir formed by the dam ___MASK64___ the ___MASK30___ Hydro Power Plant , and occupies an area ___MASK64___ . Saint ___MASK24___ is ___MASK58___ ' 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 ___MASK64___ the Gulf ___MASK64___ Finland on the Baltic Sea , it was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May . In 1914 , the name was changed from Saint ___MASK24___ to Petrograd , in 1924 to Leningrad , and in 1991 back to Saint ___MASK24___ . Between 1713  1728 and 1732  1918 , Saint ___MASK24___ was the imperial capital ___MASK64___ ___MASK58___ . In 1918 , the central government bodies moved to Moscow . Vladimir Alexandrovich Torlopov ( Russian :        ; Komi :    , Torplopov Öl ' öksan Volod ' ; born 1949 ) is a Russian politician , who was the president ___MASK64___ the Komi Republic , a federal subject ___MASK64___ Russia . In December 2001 , he won elections with 40 % ___MASK64___ the vote , defeating incumbent President Yury Spiridonov resulting in Spiridonov becoming one ___MASK64___ few incumbent administrative division leaders in Russia to be defeated between the period 1991 - 2005 when these leaders were directly elected . Torlopov took office in January 2002 and left on 15 January 2010 . In 1995 he became Chairman ___MASK64___ the State Council ___MASK64___ the Komi Republic . ___MASK84___ , alternatively romanised as " Ekaterinburg ", is the fourth - largest city in ___MASK58___ and the administrative centre ___MASK64___ Sverdlovsk Oblast , located in the middle ___MASK64___ the Eurasian continent , on the border ___MASK64___ Europe and Asia . At the 2010 Census , it had a population ___MASK64___ 1 , 349 , 772 . ___MASK18___ ( or ) is the capital and ___MASK50___ populous city ___MASK64___ Russia , with 12 . 2 million residents within the city limits and 16 . 8 million within the urban area . ___MASK18___ has the status ___MASK64___ a Russian federal city . ___MASK60___ is the capital city of the Komi Republic , Russia . Population : A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography . A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state , as a non - sovereign or formerly sovereign political division , or a geographic region associated with sets ___MASK64___ previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless ___MASK64___ the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League ___MASK64___ Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945 , a resident ___MASK64___ a country is subject to the independent exercise ___MASK64___ legal jurisdiction . ___MASK58___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK58___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth ___MASK64___ the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end ___MASK64___ March 2016 . The European western part ___MASK64___ the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % ___MASK64___ the population live in European ___MASK58___ . ___MASK58___ ' s capital Moscow is one ___MASK64___ the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and ___MASK23___ . Eurasia is the combined continental landmass ___MASK64___ Europe and Asia . The term is a portmanteau ___MASK64___ its constituent continents . Located primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres , it is bordered by the ___MASK82___ 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 ___MASK64___ the world , Eurasia is recognized as the largest ___MASK64___ five or six continents . In geology , Eurasia is often considered as a single rigid megablock . However , the rigidity ___MASK64___ Eurasia is debated based on the paleomagnet data . ___MASK61___ , colloquially shortened to Nizhny , is a city in the administrative ___MASK48___ of Nizhny ___MASK13___ and Volga ___MASK99___ in Russia . From 1932 to 1990 , it was known as Gorky , after the writer Maxim Gorky , who was born there . The city is an important economic , transportation , scientific , educational and cultural ___MASK48___ in Russia and the vast Volga - Vyatka economic region , and is the main ___MASK48___ of river tourism in Russia . In the historical part of the city there are a large number of universities , theaters , museums and churches . ___MASK61___ is located about 400 km east of Moscow , where the Oka empties into the Volga . Population : ___MASK58___ is not proportionately populated between the smaller western portion ( almost 25 %) ___MASK64___ the country that is considered part ___MASK64___ Europe , and the larger eastern portion ( more than 75 %) that is part ___MASK64___ Asia . European ___MASK58___ contains about 77 % ___MASK64___ the country ' s population ( 110 , 000 , 000 people out ___MASK64___ about 144 , 000 , 000 ) in an area comprising almost 4 million km ( 1 . 54 million mi ); an average ___MASK64___ 27 . 5 persons per km ( 70 per mi ). This territory makes up 38 % ___MASK64___ Europe . Its eastern border is defined by the Ural Mountains and in the south , it is defined by the border with ___MASK8___ . This area includes Moscow and Saint Petersburg , the two largest cities in ___MASK58___ . The Komi ___MASK16___ is a federal subject ___MASK64___ Russia ( a republic ). Its capital is the city ___MASK64___ ___MASK60___ . Population : 901 , 189 ( 2010 Census ).