Outline of Russia - Geography of Russia

Geography of Russia

• Russia is: a country
• Location: transcontinental (lies in both Europe and Asia)
  • Eastern Hemisphere
  • Northern Hemisphere
    • Eurasia
      • Europe
        • Eastern Europe
      • Asia
        • North Asia
  • Time zones:
    • Kaliningrad Time – UTC+03
    • Moscow Time – UTC+04
    • Samara Time – UTC+05
    • Yekaterinburg Time – UTC+06
    • Omsk Time – UTC+07
    • Krasnoyarsk Time – UTC+08
    • Irkutsk Time – UTC+09
    • Yakutsk Time – UTC+10
    • Vladivostok Time – UTC+11
    • Magadan Time – UTC+12
    • Kamchatka Time – UTC+13
  • Extreme points of Russia
    • High: Mount Elbrus 5,642 m (18,510 ft) – highest point in Europe
    • Low: Caspian Sea −28 m (−92 ft) – lowest point in Europe
  • Land boundaries: 20,242 km

Kazakhstan 6,846 km

China 3,645 km

Mongolia 3,441 km

Ukraine 1,576 km

Finland 1,313 km

Belarus 959 km

Georgia 723 km, including:

Abkhazia 255 km

South Ossetia 70 km

Poland 432 km

Latvia 292 km

Estonia 290 km

Azerbaijan 284 km

Lithuania 227 km

Norway 196 km

North Korea 18 km

• Coastline: 37,653 km

• Population of Russia: 142,942,000 people (2010 census) - 8th most populous country
• Area of Russia: 17,075,400 km2 (6,592,800 sq mi) - 1st largest country
• Atlas of Russia