How did russia early geography affect its early history

Russia's geography affected its early history in many ways. The country's size and the length of her borders (nearly 40,000 miles today), along with the difficulty of governing this huge area, created many problems for its rulers. Due to the very harsh winters, Napoleon and Hitler were defeated

Russia geography protected them from invasion of Napoleon and Hitler. (winter)

The statistics for the eastern war are grim. more than three-million men died in the fighting, more than nine-million men were wounded, and every major country which participated lost its form of government.