No specific location can be BOTH north and south of the equator. There are points in, say, the Pacific Ocean that are 56 degrees north and points in the Pacific ocean that are 38 degrees south, but none of them are the SAME points.
56 N 38 W is in the North Atlantic Ocean. There is no country nearby.
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Moscow, Russia.
56 N 38 E is Shchyolkovsky District, Moskovsky, Russia.The nearest city to the location is Moscow.
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That point is about 18 miles northeast of the center of Moscow, the Russian Federation.
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Those coordinates would place you to the North East of Moscow.
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