Practical geography: which countries border with Russia

Russia, aka the Russian Federation or the Russian Federative Republic, abbreviated as Russia, is the world's largest state with a territory of 17,948,246 kilometers. Accordingly, and the extent of its land and sea borders taken together exceeds by kilometer the boundaries of any power of the Old and New Worlds.

Geographical data and neighboring countries

Due to its large size, the Russian Federation occupies a significant part of Eastern Europe and spread its expanses deep into North Asia. Its extreme point in the Northern part is located on the Chelyuskin cape in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the southern part - on the border with Dagestan near the mountain peaks of Ragdan, Bazarduziu and Nesen, the western one - on the Baltic Spit in the Kaliningrad region, and the eastern one at Cape Dezhnyov, Chukotka. The peculiarities of the geographical situation affected which countries border on Russia. The political processes that took place after the collapse of the USSR in the post-Soviet space also affected the composition of the neighboring states surrounded by Russia now. A total of 18 countries share land and water areas with it. Which countries border on Russia by land:

• Norway - with the Murmansk region. The length of the border is 196 kilometers. The border post is located in the village of Borisoglebsky, and the border line itself is in Russia the most northern one.
• Finland - the next of the territories in the category "What countries border with Russia." The length of the border is a little less than one and a half thousand kilometers (1.3). It starts from the Gulf of Finland and intersects with the Russia-Norway border line. There are several checkpoints: in Torfyanovka, Svetogorsk, etc.
• The Baltic countries are the former union republics Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. With Lithuania borders the Kaliningrad region, the most European part of the Russian Federation.
• The answer to the question: "Which countries are bordering on Russia?" - will be incomplete if we do not mention Poland. The length of this border is 232 kilometers, and it borders on the Kaliningrad region.
• Then again there are two former union republics: Belarus and Ukraine. Belarus and Russia have a formal separation, the border zone is 959 km. Crossing it residents of both states can freely, without customs inspections and other strictures. As for Ukraine, the crossing points between the countries are located at different points, and the length of the border is 2295 kilometers. Of these, 321 km by sea.
• What other countries border on Russia? This is the Caucasus region: partially recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia (their right to independence was confirmed, except Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela and some island states), as well as Georgia and Azerbaijan. For the transition from Ossetia to Russia and back, there is no need for visas or other special documents - only passports. The same applies to Abkhazia.
• If you compare countries that border on Russia, then the "longest" neighborhood connects it with Kazakhstan: 6846 km. This extent exceeds all other interstate territorial ties not only between the Russian Federation and the rest of the world, but, in general, in the world. Relations between the countries are close, friendly, there are no customs restrictions, the economic space is the same as with Belarus.
• From the Asian region, which countries border on Russia? China, Mongolia and Korea (North). From time to time, disputes arise between heads of state about a particular territory. The settlement takes place at the diplomatic level.
• And, of course, Japan and the United States are our Far Eastern neighbors.

As we see, the issue of territorial state definition is dynamic, mobile and plays an important role in the country's foreign and domestic policies.