Where is Russia?

Russian Federation (the) is located in the Eastern Europe region at latitude 61.52401 and longitude 105.318756 and is part of the European and Asian continent continent.

The DMS coordinates for the center of the country are:

61° 31' 26.44'' N
105° 19' 7.52'' E

You can see the location of Russia on the world map below:

Russia on the World Map

Flag of Russia on map
Flag pin of Russia, marking its location on the world's map.

Russia Neighboring Countries

The neighboring countries of Russia (RU) are:

  1. Azerbaijan (AZ)
  2. Belarus (BY)
  3. China (CN)
  4. Estonia (EE)
  5. Finland (FI)
  6. Georgia (GE)
  7. Kazakhstan (KZ)
  8. Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) (KP)
  9. Latvia (LV)
  10. Lithuania (LT)
  11. Mongolia (MN)
  12. Norway (NO)
  13. Poland (PL)
  14. Ukraine (UA)

Maritime Borders

Russia borders with Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Caspian Sea.

Russian Federation (the) Related Content

Russian Federation (the) Key Facts

Country Russian Federation (the)
Coordinates Latitude: 61.52401
Longitude: 105.318756
Country Codes Alpha 2: RU
Alpha 3: RUS
Country Flag Emoji 🇷🇺
Int. Phone Prefix +7
Capital city Moscow
Continent / Subcontinent Europe/Asia
Eastern Europe
Country Area 17,098,242 sq km
Population 2021 143,446,060
World Rank: 9
Median Age 38.8
Life expectancy 69.4
Major languages Russian
UTC/GMT Time Number of time zones: 11
  • UTC+02:00 (Kaliningrad Time) — Kaliningrad Oblast
  • UTC+03:00 (Moscow Time) — Most of European Russia
  • UTC+04:00 (Samara Time) — Astrakhan Oblast, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Udmurtia, and Ulyanovsk Oblast
  • UTC+05:00 (Yekaterinburg Time) — Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty–Mansia, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, and Yamalia
  • UTC+06:00 (Omsk Time) — Omsk Oblast
  • UTC+07:00 (Krasnoyarsk Time) — Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, and Tuva
  • UTC+08:00 (Irkutsk Time) — Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast
  • UTC+09:00 (Yakutsk Time) — Amur Oblast, western Sakha Republic, and Zabaykalsky Krai
  • UTC+10:00 (Vladivostok Time) — Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and central Sakha Republic
  • UTC+11:00 (Magadan Time) — Magadan Oblast, eastern Sakha, and Sakhalin Oblast
  • UTC+12:00 (Kamchatka Time) — Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai
Internet TLD .ru
Biggest Airport Moscow International Airport (Moscow)
Average temperature 5.00 °C
41.00 °F
Administrative Divisions 21 republics 9 administrative territories 46 administrative regions 2 autonomous cities 1 autonomous region 4 autonomous districts
Political system Presidential representative democratic republic

Russia Economy Facts

World Bank Income Group Upper middle income
World Bank Region Europe & Central Asia
Currency Rouble (RUB)
GDP in 2020 $1488.3 (billions of USD)
World Rank: 11
GDP per capita in 2020 $10,162
World Rank: 66
Major Industries / Economic Sectors Manufacturing, services, agriculture, energy
Top 5 Import Countries China, Germany, United States, Italy, Belarus
Top 5 Export Countries Netherlands, China, Germany, Italy, Turkey

Biggest Cities in Russia

Here are the largest cities in Russia based on 2021 data:

City Population
Moscow 17,693,000
Saint Petersburg 5,384,342
Novosibirsk 1,602,915
Yekaterinburg 1,468,833
Nizhniy Novgorod 1,264,075
Kazan 1,243,500
Chelyabinsk 1,202,371
Omsk 1,178,391
Samara 1,169,719
Rostov 1,125,299

Map of Russia with the Largest Cities

Countries in Eastern Europe

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