Soviet Union (Magic World)

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик , tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik) abbreviated to USSR ( Russian: СССР , tr. SSSR) or the Soviet Union ( Russian: Советский Союз <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, tr.<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> Sovetsky Soyuz<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">), and commonly known as Russia, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">is a country in northern Eurasia<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> It is a federal<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> semi-presidential<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> republic, comprising 83 federal subjects<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">. From northwest to southeast, the USSR shares borders<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> with Norway<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, Finland<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, Estonia<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, Latvia<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> Belarus<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, Ukraine<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, Georgia<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, Azerbaijan<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, Kazakhstan<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, China<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, Mongolia<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, and Korea<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">. It also has maritime borders<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> with Japan<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> by the Sea of Okhotsk<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, and the Canadian<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> territory of Alaska<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> by the Bering Strait. At 17,060,300 square kilometres, the USSR is the largest country in the world<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. The USSR is also one of the most populous nations <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> with 143 million people as of 2012. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> Extending across the whole of northern Asia<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> and most of eastern Europe<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, the USSR spans nine time zones<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> and incorporates a wide range of environments<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> and landforms. The USSR has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> and is the largest producer of oil<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> and natural gas<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> globally. It is also a significant exporter of scientists and magicians, notably astrosorcerors such as Isaac Asimov and. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> Russia has the world's largest forest reserves<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> and its lakes<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">.