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
- Europe
- Eurasia
- 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
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- 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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