Russia Is 6.6 Million Square Miles: Here's How They Actually Did It

Elsewhere · Nov 2, 2026 · 36m

Here's Russia staring you down from your world map, casually hogging 11% of all land on Earth. That red blob stretching across two continents didn't happen by accident. Tyler Cooper breaks down the wild 60-year sprint that took Russia from a medieval kingdom around Moscow to the Pacific Ocean, covering 4,000 miles faster than most empires could dream of. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • How Russia expanded 4,000 miles east in just 60 years (1580-1640), faster than the American westward expansion • Why 77% of Russia sits in Asia but 80% of Russians live in the European part • The geographic advantages…