The largest nation in the world, റഷ്യ, borders with European and Asian countries, as well as with the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. അതിന്റെ ഭൂപ്രകൃതിയും vary from ചെയ്യുന്നു to വനങ്ങളിൽ to subtropical beaches. It is famous for ബാലെ കമ്പനികൾ perform at Moscow 's Bolshoi and St. Petersburg' s Mariinsky. In St. Petersburg, founded by Tsar Peter the Great, there is the baroque Winter Palace, which is now part of the artistic ശേഖരങ്ങൾ of the state museum: the Hermitage.