Russia is positioned in Asia. By having a total area of 17,098,242 sq km, Russia is the world’s 1st biggest country. A definite and finely detailed map of Russia coupled with general geographical facts are posted down below.
Russia hosts quite a few unique geographical regions, mostly related to the provincial areas.
Russia’s main city Moscow has got a population of 10.7 million residents. Large cities besides the capital Moscow include , and .
Russia shares its border with Azerbaijan , Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea , Latvia , Lithuania, Mongolia , Norway , Poland and Ukraine .
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Geography of Russia
Administrative Regions in Russia: 47 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast), 21 republics (respublik, singular - respublika), 6 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnykh okrugov, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 8 krays (krayev, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (goroda, singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous oblast (avtonomnaya oblast')
Terrian of Russia: broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions
Russian 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 coast