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

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