2007-07-21 04:47:11 · 9 answers · asked by 1saintofGod 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Get out a recent World Atlas and take a look. Even without the satelite soviet nations, Russia is huge. When the Soviet Union basically broke up, the newly independent states were mostly very small.
2007-07-21 04:56:51 · answer #1 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Look at the map now. Even after the break up of USSR, Russia is a vast country spreading across the two continents of Europe and Asia.
2007-07-21 11:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by Swamy 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
In the days of the USSR, Russia was still bigger than all the other SSR's put together.
2007-07-21 14:04:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Wikipedia says:
Soviet Union 22,402,200 sq.km.
Russia, 17,075,400 sq. km.
South America 17,840,000 sq.km.
USA 9,631,420 sq.km.
Vatican 0.44 sq.km.
Russia is bigger than Vatican City.
However, I was not aware that people were saying that Russia was bigger than South America. Maybe there are still old dictionaries out there with wrong figures.
2007-07-21 12:05:27 · answer #4 · answered by Raymond 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because Russia is still a very big country?
2007-07-21 11:49:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Russia is bigger than we can imagine...
But not that big as SA continent...
2007-07-25 09:22:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
BECAUSE REGARDLESS RUSSIA IS SO BIG IT IS MOST OF THE UNITED STATES TECHNICAL SPEAKING RUSSIA IS BIGGER THAN SOUTH AMERICA, THAT'S WHAT MY POP-POP SAID.
2007-07-21 23:49:25 · answer #7 · answered by Rita 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's called freedom of speech.
2007-07-21 19:19:37 · answer #8 · answered by two11ll 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it's bigger even today.
2007-07-21 13:41:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋