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Russia, the largest country in the world, has international borders with 16 sovereign states, including two maritime boundaries with the United States and Japan, as well as the borders with the partially recognized states of Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The country has a land border running 20,241 kilometres (12,577 mi) in total, and has the second-longest land border of any country in the world, after China. The present borders of the Russia (then the Russian SFSR) have been mostly drawn since 1956 (save for minor border changes, e.g., with China), and had remained the same after the dissolution of the Soviet Union; until in 2014, when Crimea was annexed by Russia from Ukraine.

As a transcontinental country in Eurasia, Russia shares borders in both Europe and Asia. Out of the 20 total borders, 12 are in Europe, and 5 are in Asia, while 1 border lies in the Bering Strait; between North America and Asia.

Overview

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

Table of countries that have a border with Russia (listed counterclockwise around Russia).^[1]

Country	Land	Sea	More information
Norway	195.8 km (121.7 mi)	23.3 km (14.5 mi)	Norway–Russia border
Finland	1,271.8 km (790.3 mi)	54.0 km (33.6 mi)	Finland–Russia border
Estonia	324.8 km (201.8 mi)	142.0 km (88.2 mi)	Estonia–Russia border
Latvia	270.5 km (168.1 mi)	0.0 km (0 mi)	Latvia–Russia border
Lithuania	266.0 km (165.3 mi)	22.4 km (13.9 mi)	Lithuania–Russia border
Poland	204.1 km (126.8 mi)	32.2 km (20.0 mi)	Poland–Russia border
Belarus	1,239.0 km (769.9 mi)	0.0 km (0 mi)	Belarus–Russia border
Ukraine	2,093.6 km (1,300.9 mi)	567.0 km (352.3 mi)	Russia–Ukraine border
Lugansk People's Republic^[2]	?	0.0 km (0 mi)	Russia–Lugansk People's Republic border
Donetsk People's Republic^[2]	?	?	Russia–Donetsk People's Republic border
Georgia	572.5 km (355.7 mi)	22.4 km (13.9 mi)	Georgia–Russia border
Abkhazia^[3]	255.4 km (158.7 mi)	0.0 km (0 mi)	Abkhazia–Russia border
South Ossetia^[4]	70 km (43 mi)	0.0 km (0 mi)	South Ossetia–Russia border
Azerbaijan	327.6 km (203.6 mi)	22.4 km (13.9 mi)	Azerbaijan–Russia border
Kazakhstan	7,512.8 km (4,668.2 mi)	85.8 km (53.3 mi)	Kazakhstan–Russia border
China	4,209.3 km (2,615.5 mi)	0.0 km (0 mi)	China–Russia border
Mongolia	3,485.0 km (2,165.5 mi)	0.0 km (0 mi)	Mongolia–Russia border
North Korea	17.3 km (10.7 mi)	22.1 km (13.7 mi)	North Korea–Russia border
Japan	0.0 km (0 mi)	194.3 km (120.7 mi)	Japan–Russia border^[a]
United States	0.0 km (0 mi)	49.0 km (30.4 mi)	USSR–USA Maritime Boundary Agreement

Border details

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

Ural Federal District

Siberian Federal District

Altai Republic

Buryatia

Russia
Mongolia

Tuva

Khakassia

Russia

Altai Krai

Zabaykalsky Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai

Russia

Irkutsk Oblast

Russia

Kemerovo Oblast

Russia

Novosibirsk Oblast

Russia
Kazakhstan
- Pavlodar Province

Omsk Oblast

Russia
Kazakhstan
- North Kazakhstan Province

Tomsk Oblast

Russia

Far Eastern Federal District

Sakha Republic

Russia

Kamchatka Krai

Russia
US
- Alaska

Primorsky Krai

Amur Oblast

Russia
China
- Heilongjiang

Magadan Oblast

Russia

Sakhalin Oblast

Russia
- Khabarovsk Krai
- Kamchatka Krai
Japan
- Hokkaido

Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Russia
- Khabarovsk Krai
- Amur Oblast
China
- Heilongjiang

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Russia
US
- Alaska

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.^[5]^[6] 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.^[7]

Republic of Crimea

Russia
- Sevastopol
Ukraine
- Kherson Oblast

Sevastopol

Russia
- Republic of Crimea

Notes

^ See Kuril Islands dispute for information about territorial dispute between Russia and Japan over islands occupied during World War II.

References

^ "Сопредельные страны | Росграница". 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic are breakaways state that declared independence from Ukraine in 2014. As of February 2022, out of UN member states, they have been formally recognised only by Russia, and out of non-UN-member states, by South Ossetia and Abkhazia. They also recognise each other's independence. Seven UN member states have expressed support of Russia's recognition.
^ The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states previously recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while the remainder of the international community recognizes it as as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
^ South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.
^ Gutterman, Steve. "Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions". Reuters.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
^ "Ukraine crisis: Timeline". 13 November 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ State Duma approves denunciation of Russian-Ukrainian agreements on Black Sea Fleet, ITAR-TASS (31 March 2014)

External links

Федеральное агентство по обустройству государственной границы Российской Федерации (Росграница)/ The Federal Agency for the Development of the State Border Facilities of the Russian Federation (Rosgranitsa) – official site of the government agency responsible for Russia's international borders

[5] See Kuril Islands dispute for information about territorial dispute between Russia and Japan over islands occupied during World War II.

[1] "Сопредельные страны | Росграница". 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.

[DPR+LPR-2] Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic are breakaways state that declared independence from Ukraine in 2014. As of February 2022, out of UN member states, they have been formally recognised only by Russia, and out of non-UN-member states, by South Ossetia and Abkhazia. They also recognise each other's independence. Seven UN member states have expressed support of Russia's recognition.

[3] The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states previously recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while the remainder of the international community recognizes it as as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.

[4] South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.

[Reuters-6] Gutterman, Steve. "Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions". Reuters.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[Ukraine_crisis_timeline_BBC-7] "Ukraine crisis: Timeline". 13 November 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[ITBSTd-8] State Duma approves denunciation of Russian-Ukrainian agreements on Black Sea Fleet, ITAR-TASS (31 March 2014)

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v t e Borders of Russia
Land:	Azerbaijan Belarus China European Union Estonia Finland Latvia Lithuania Poland Georgia Abkhazia (disputed) South Ossetia (disputed) Kazakhstan Mongolia North Korea Norway Ukraine
Maritime:	Japan Alaska (United States)

v t e Borders of Europe
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies and other entities	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard

v t e Borders of Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau
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Revision as of 19:06, 28 February 2022

Overview

Border details

Northwestern Federal District

Volga Federal District

Southern Federal District

North Caucasian Federal District