Country guide
Russia
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Russia.
Key facts
- Capital
- Moscow
- Region
- Europe
- Area
- 17,098,246 km²
- Population
- 146,028,325
Neighboring countries
Russia has 14 land neighbors in the country data.
Learn Russia
Moscow is Russia's capital. Russia stretches across 11 time zones.
Russia covers 17,098,246 square kilometers, bordering Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, and Ukraine, with China as its largest neighbor. Lake Baikal is the world's deepest and oldest lake, formed 25 to 30 million years ago in Siberia.
The Trans-Siberian Railway, spanning about 9,289 kilometers between Moscow and Vladivostok, is the longest railway line in the world.
Trivia
- Russia stretches across 11 time zones.
- Lake Baikal is the world's deepest and oldest lake, formed 25 to 30 million years ago in Siberia.
- The Trans-Siberian Railway, spanning about 9,289 kilometers between Moscow and Vladivostok, is the longest railway line in the world.
- Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has one of the highest concentrations of active volcanoes anywhere in the world.
- The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg holds one of the world's largest art collections, with more than three million items.
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