A journey through Russia

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Russia, the worlds largest nation, borders European and Asian countries as well as the Pacific and Arctic oceans. Its landscape ranges from tundra and forests to subtropical beaches. Its famous for Moscows Bolshoi and St. Petersburgs Mariinsky ballet companies. St. Petersburg, founded by Russian leader Peter the Great, has the baroque Winter Palace, now housing part of the State Hermitage Museums art collection. Capital city Moscow is the site of the Kremlin, a walled citadel thats home to the president, and Red Square, backed by the colorful onion domes of St. Basils Cathedral