Borders of Russia

Russia has international borders with 16 sovereign states, including two with maritime boundaries (US, Japan), as well as with the partially recognized states of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. With a land border running 20,241 kilometres (12,577 mi) in total, Russia has (after China), the second-longest land border of any country.

Typical border marker of Russia

Overview

Russia shares borders with more countries than any other state in the world, owing to its large expanse. This includes two partially recognized countries, and two with aquatic boundaries (see below; in italics).

Table of countries with a land border with Russia
(listed counterclockwise around Russia).[1]
Country Length in km
Land Sea
 Norway195.823.3
 Finland1,271.854.0
 Estonia324.8142.0
 Latvia270.50.0
 Lithuania266.022.4
 Poland204.132.2
 Belarus1,239.00.0
 Ukraine2,093.6567.0
 Georgia875.522.4
 Azerbaijan327.622.4
 Kazakhstan7,512.885.8
 China4,209.30.0
 Mongolia3,485.00.0
 North Korea17.322.1
 Japan0.0194.3
 United States0.049.0

Border details

Below is a list of subjects with both neighboring regions of Russia with them, and in the neighboring regions of foreign countries.

Northwestern Federal District

Republic of Karelia

Komi Republic

Arkhangelsk Oblast

Vologda Oblast

Kaliningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast

Murmansk Oblast

Novgorod Oblast

Pskov Oblast

Saint Petersburg

Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Volga Federal District

Bashkortostan

Mari El

Mordovia

Tatarstan

Udmurtia

Chuvashia

Perm Krai

Kirov Oblast

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Orenburg Oblast

Penza Oblast

Samara Oblast

Saratov Oblast

Ulyanovsk Oblast

Southern Federal District

Adygea

Kalmykia

Krasnodar Krai

Astrakhan Oblast

Volgograd Oblast

Rostov Oblast

North Caucasian Federal District

Dagestan

Ingushetia

Kabardino-Balkaria

Karachay-Cherkessia

North Ossetia–Alania

Chechnya

Stavropol Krai

Ural Federal District

Kurgan Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast

Tyumen Oblast

Chelyabinsk Oblast

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Siberian Federal District

Altai Republic

Buryatia

Tuva

Khakassia

Altai Krai

Zabaykalsky Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai

Irkutsk Oblast

Kemerovo Oblast

Novosibirsk Oblast

Omsk Oblast

Tomsk Oblast

Far Eastern Federal District

Sakha Republic

Kamchatka Krai

Primorsky Krai

Amur Oblast

Magadan Oblast

Sakhalin Oblast

Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Crimea

The status of the Crimea and of the city of Sevastopol is currently under dispute between Russia and Ukraine; Ukraine and the majority of the international community consider the Crimea to be an autonomous republic of Ukraine and Sevastopol to be one of Ukraine's cities with special status, while Russia, on the other hand, considers the Crimea to be a federal subject of Russia and Sevastopol to be one of Russia's three federal cities since the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia.[2][3] Since 1991 Russia also leases Sevastopol Naval Base with current lease extending to 2040s with an option for another extension, but the State Duma approved the denunciation of this lease agreements unanimously by 433 members of parliament on 31 March 2014.[4]

Republic of Crimea

Sevastopol

See also

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170313051914/http://www.rosgranitsa.ru/node/2636
  2. Gutterman, Steve. "Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions". Reuters.com. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. "Ukraine crisis: Timeline". 13 November 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. State Duma approves denunciation of Russian-Ukrainian agreements on Black Sea Fleet, ITAR-TASS (31 March 2014)
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