Key facts about location, terrain, climate, and borders.
Continent
Europe
Region
Eurasia
Area
17,075,400 km²
Landlocked
No
Coordinates of Capital
Moscow (55.750557, 37.6175)
Terrain
broad plain with low hills west of Uralsvast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberiauplands and mountains along southern border regions
Climate
ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russiasubarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar northwinters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberiasummers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast
Border Countries
Azerbaijan 338 kmBelarus 1,312 kmChina (southeast) 4,133 km and China (south) 46 kmEstonia 324 kmFinland 1,309 kmGeorgia 894 kmKazakhstan 7,644 kmNorth Korea 18 kmLatvia 332 kmLithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 261 kmMongolia 3,452 kmNorway 191 kmPoland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 209 kmUkraine 1,944 km
Administrative & Political
Essential political and administrative details.
Capital
Moscow
Government Type
Federal Republic
Established
1991
Driving Side
Right
Time zones
UTC +2 hours
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(*Russia covers multiple time zones.)
Population & Society
Key demographic, linguistic, and cultural information.
population is heavily concentrated in the westernmost fifth of the country, extending from the Baltic Sea south to the Caspian Sea, and eastward parallel to the Kazakh border; elsewhere, sizeable population pockets are isolated and generally found in the south
Russian Orthodox 15-20%Muslim 10-15%other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
National Symbols
National anthem, symbols, and other important cultural identifiers.
National Anthem
"Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii" (National Anthem of the Russian Federation)
National Holiday
Russia Day, 12 June (1990); note - commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR)
National Symbols
bear, double-headed eagle
National Colors
white, blue, red
Economy
Currency, GDP, and other key economic information.
Metric – Meter (m), Kilogram (kg), Liter (L), Celsius (°C)
Infrastructure
Important identifiers for connectivity and commerce.
Internet TLD
.ru
Calling Code
+7
Russia is a country located in North Asia, with its coastline bordering the Arctic Ocean. It extends from Eastern Europe, west of the Urals, to the North Pacific Ocean.