Administrative divisions
83 · First-level (ADM1)Boundaries shown do not imply endorsement.
AdygeaAltai KraiAltai RepublicAmur OblastArkhangelsk OblastAstrakhan OblastBashkortostanBelgorod OblastBryansk OblastBuryatiaChechnyaChelyabinsk OblastChukotka Autonomous OkrugChuvashiaDagestanIngushetiaIrkutsk OblastIvanovo OblastJewish Autonomous OblastKabardino-BalkariaKaliningradKalmykiaKaluga OblastKamchatka KraiKarachay-CherkessiaKemerovo OblastKhabarovsk KraiKhakassiaKhanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – UgraKirov OblastKomi RepublicKostroma OblastKrasnodar KraiKrasnoyarsk KraiKurgan OblastKursk OblastLeningrad oblastLipetsk OblastMagadan OblastMari ElMoscowMoscow OblastMurmansk OblastNenets Autonomous OkrugNizhny Novgorod OblastNorth Ossetia–AlaniaNovgorod OblastNovosibirsk OblastOmsk OblastOrenburg OblastOryol OblastPenza OblastPerm KraiPrimorsky KraiPskov OblastRepublic of KareliaRepublic of MordoviaRostov OblastRyazan OblastSaint PetersburgSakha RepublicSakhalin OblastSamara OblastSaratov OblastSmolensk OblastStavropol KraiSverdlovsk OblastTambov OblastTatarstanTomsk OblastTula OblastTuvaTver OblastTyumen OblastUdmurtiaUlyanovsk OblastVladimir OblastVolgograd OblastVologda OblastVoronezh OblastYamalo-Nenets Autonomous OkrugYaroslavl OblastZabaykalsky Krai
Source: geoBoundaries CGAZ (ADM1)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Total area | 17,130,000 km²World Bank WDI [2023] |
| Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) | 7,731,000 km²Marine Regions [2024] |
| Administrative divisions (ADM1) | 83 divisionsgeoBoundaries [2026] |
| Location | North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Eastern Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific OceanCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Coastline | 37,653 kmCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Land boundaries | 22,407 kmCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Bordering countries | Azerbaijan 338 km; Belarus 1,312 km; China (southeast) 4,133 km and China (south) 46 km; Estonia 324 km; Finland 1,309 km; Georgia 894 km; Kazakhstan 7,644 km; North Korea 18 km; Latvia 332 km; Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 261 km; Mongolia 3,452 km; Norway 191 km; Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 209 km; Ukraine 1,944 kmCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Terrain | broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regionsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Climate | ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coastCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Natural resources | wide natural-resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, bauxite, reserves of rare earth elements, timber; note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resourcesCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Highest point | Gora El'brus (highest point in Europe) 5,642 mCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Lowest point | Caspian Sea -28 mCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Mean elevation | 600 mCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Area (comparative) | approximately 1.8 times the size of the USCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Natural hazards | permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires in Siberia and parts of European Russia volcanism: Kamchatka Peninsula is home to 29 historically active volcanoes, with dozens more in the Kuril Islands; Kliuchevskoi (4,835 m) is Kamchatka's most active volcano; Avachinsky and Koryaksky volcanoes, which pose a threat to the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, have been deemed Decade Volcanoes by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to their explosive history and close proximity to human populations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Bezymianny, Chikurachki, Ebeko, Gorely, Grozny, Karymsky, Ketoi, Kronotsky, Ksudach, Medvezhia, Mutnovsky, Sarychev Peak, Shiveluch, Tiatia, Tolbachik, and Zheltovsky; see note 2 under "Geography - note"CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm; contiguous zone: 24 nm; exclusive economic zone: 200 nm; continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitationCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive |
