The A to Z categories are based on the English language and inadvertently might not include all native country names.
The world has three countries that have names starting with the letter R. They are of vastly different sizes. Russia is the largest country in the world, Romania is 'medium-sized' in comparison to most other countries, and Rwanda is very small.
ROMANIA: In Eastern Europe surrounded by Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia, and Ukraine, Romania has more than 100 miles of frontage along the western shore of the Black Sea, and the wide Danube River flows along most of the country's southern border. The Carpathian Mountains stretch across Northern Romania while the Transylvanian Alps are in the central and south-central parts of Romania. Satellite images show dense forests that reveal the areas of mountainous terrain, where trees have been largely spared from human activity. The country's capital and largest city, situated in Southern Romania, is Bucharest.
RUSSIA: Practically on top of the world, Russia is vast with a west-to-east span of more than 4,000 miles. Like Turkey among a few others, Russia is one of the only countries to be part of two continents (Asia and Europe). It is surprising to believe that the former Soviet Union was even larger than Russia is today! The capital, Moscow, is a well-known metropolis in Eastern Europe with a population greater than 11 million. The city's road system resembles a spider web, with concentric circles of highways and roads radiating outward from the city's center.
RWANDA: Infamous for a bloody civil war between the Tutsi and Hutu peoples in the 1990s, Rwanda is a small country west of Lake Victoria in Eastern Africa; bordering countries are Burundi to the south of Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and Uganda to the north and northeast. Fortunately, Rwanda is experiencing much more peace than it did during the genocide period two decades ago. The capital and largest city is Kigali.
The REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO could be considered as an additional R country. This country is also featured in the C Countries post.
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