Russia is around the same size as South America.

South America is approximately 17,840,000 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 95.84% the size of South America.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South America vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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