Russia spans Asia and Europe, and much of its territory is located in Asia, but it is a traditionally European country - why is that?

Because Russia was born in Europe. Russia's political, cultural and economic center is located in the European part of the capital, the vast majority of the population in Europe, many agricultural and industrial bases are in the European part of the main important cities such as St. Petersburg in Europe. And most of the land in Asia is uninhabited, undeveloped and underdeveloped, coupled with the cold climate, more and more Russians are moving to the European part of the country.

Russia:

The Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация, English: The Russian Federation), commonly referred to as Russia or Russia, by the 22 self-governing **** and the country, 46 oblasts, 9 krais, 4 autonomous regions, 1 autonomous oblast, 3 municipalities in the Federation of federal **** and constitutional state. * and a constitutional state. Russia is located in the northern part of the Eurasian continent, spanning the two continents of Europe and Asia, with a land area of 17,075,400 square kilometers, which is the largest country in the world.

The ancestors of the Rus were the East Slavic Rus tribe. At the end of the 15th century A.D., Grand Duke Ivan III established the Grand Duchy of Moscow. 1547 Ivan IV proclaimed himself Tsar and established Tsarist Russia, which was renamed the Russian Empire by Peter I in 1721, and embarked on the road of aggression and expansion externally, having annexed a number of countries in Eurasia and expanding their territories, and in the 19th century occupying more than 1,500,000 square kilometers of the northern Chinese islands of Kuril Islands and Vladivostok, etc., by unequal treaties, prompting the foreign powers in Mongolia during the World War II period to take over the country. In the 19th century, more than 1.5 million square kilometers of China's northern Kuril Islands and Vladivostok were seized through unequal treaties, and in the Second World War, China lost 1.73 million square kilometers of its territory, causing great harm to the Chinese nation.In 1917, after the October Revolution, the Soviet regime was established, and in December 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist*** States was formally established. During the Cold War, it became a "superpower" alongside the United States.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991, Russia, the largest member state of the Union, became independent and inherited most of the military power of the Soviet Union, ranking second in the world in terms of comprehensive military power, and possessing the world's largest nuclear weapons arsenal. In the international system of "one superpower, many powers", Russia is a powerful country with greater influence, and its military industrial strength, especially aerospace technology, among the world's leading. Russia is also one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, with veto power over Security Council motions. In addition, Russia is one of the five BRICS countries.

Climate:

Most of the country is in the northern temperate zone, with a diverse climate, dominated by a temperate continental climate, but north of the Arctic Circle it is a cold climate. Temperature differences are generally large, with an average temperature of -18°C to -10°C in January? and the average temperature in July is 11-27℃. Annual precipitation averages 150-1000 millimeters. Siberia has a high latitude, a cold climate and long winters, but long summer sunshine hours, temperatures and humidity, conducive to the growth of coniferous forests.

From west to east the continental climate is gradually strengthened, the winter is cold and long; the Arctic Ocean coast is tundra climate (frigid climate) or so-called (polar climate), the Pacific Ocean coast is a temperate monsoon climate. From north to south in order of polar desert, tundra, forest tundra, forest, forest steppe, steppe zone and semi-desert zone.