Mapquest Driving Directions in Russia

Russia is a country locate in the North of Asia-Europe continent, via Mapquest Driving Directions, Russia is very large and its border shares with many Asia and Europe countries. With the largest area in the world, Russia owns many types of environments and terrains.
Although Russia territory occupies majority of the Arctic and near the North Pole, but this area has less population, economic activities and the physical variety per unit area than most of other areas. The main south of the area has landscape and climate more diverse.Terrian of Russian mainly is vast plains: Southern is grasslands and northern is forests, with tundra along the northern coast. Refering the Mapquest Driving Directions, mountain ranges located mainly in the southern border, with peak Elbrus, the highest point of Russia and Europe with a highlevel of 5633 m. Urals, a famous mountain range, runs north-south, creating a major divide between Europe and Asia.
Russia coastline is over 37,000 km along the Arctic Ocean and the PacificDuong. Many rivers flows through this country. The major lakes include  Baikal, Ladoga,  Caspian Sea and Onega Lake
The most farthest distance in Mapquest Driving Directions of the two points of Russia is approximately 8000 km geodesic. One of these two points lies on the border with Poland, in a 60 km long land divide Gdansk Bay and Vistula. The other point lies in south-east of the Kuril Islands, just a few miles next to Hokkaido, Japan.
In Driving Directions on Mapquest, it is said that Russia covers 11 time zones as the ernomous large of Russia. However, this express can cause confusing because the most distance of two points is only 6600 km geodesic. One of these two points lies on the border with Poland (mentioned above) and the other point is on the Diomede Islands.