Where is Russia?

Russia is located in the Eastern Europe region at latitude 61.52401 and longitude 105.318756 and is part of the European and Asian continent.

The DMS coordinates for the center of the country are:

• 61° 31' 26.44'' N
• 105° 19' 7.52'' E

You can see the location of Russia on the world map below:

Russia Neighboring Countries

The neighboring countries of Russia (RU) are:

1. Azerbaijan (AZ)
2. Belarus (BY)
3. China (CN)
4. Estonia (EE)
5. Finland (FI)
6. Georgia (GE)
7. Kazakhstan (KZ)
8. Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) (KP)
9. Latvia (LV)
10. Lithuania (LT)
11. Mongolia (MN)
12. Norway (NO)
13. Poland (PL)
14. Ukraine (UA)

Maritime Borders

Russia borders with Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Caspian Sea.

Russian Federation (the) Related Content

• Russia Political Map
• Federal Districts of Russia
• Russia Flag Map and Meaning
• What is the Capital of Russia?
• Economic Regions of Russia

Russia Key Facts

Country	Russian Federation (the)
Coordinates	Latitude: 61.52401 Longitude: 105.318756
Country Codes	Alpha 2: RU Alpha 3: RUS
Country Flag Emoji	🇷🇺
Int. Phone Prefix	+7
Capital city	Moscow
Continent Subcontinent	Europe/Asia Eastern Europe
Country Area	17,098,242 sq km
Population 2021	143,446,060 World Rank: 9
Median Age	38.8
Life expectancy	69.4
Major languages	Russian
UTC/GMT Time	Number of time zones: 11 UTC+02:00 (Kaliningrad Time) — Kaliningrad Oblast UTC+03:00 (Moscow Time) — Most of European Russia UTC+04:00 (Samara Time) — Astrakhan Oblast, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Udmurtia, and Ulyanovsk Oblast UTC+05:00 (Yekaterinburg Time) — Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty–Mansia, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, and Yamalia UTC+06:00 (Omsk Time) — Omsk Oblast UTC+07:00 (Krasnoyarsk Time) — Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, and Tuva UTC+08:00 (Irkutsk Time) — Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast UTC+09:00 (Yakutsk Time) — Amur Oblast, western Sakha Republic, and Zabaykalsky Krai UTC+10:00 (Vladivostok Time) — Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and central Sakha Republic UTC+11:00 (Magadan Time) — Magadan Oblast, eastern Sakha, and Sakhalin Oblast UTC+12:00 (Kamchatka Time) — Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai
Internet TLD	.ru
Biggest Airport	Moscow International Airport (Moscow)
Average temperature	5.00 °C 41.00 °F
Administrative Divisions	21 republics 9 administrative territories 46 administrative regions 2 autonomous cities 1 autonomous region 4 autonomous districts
Political system	Presidential representative democratic republic

Russia Economy Facts

World Bank Income Group	Upper middle income
World Bank Region	Europe & Central Asia
Currency	Rouble (RUB)
GDP in 2020	$1488.3 (billions of USD) World Rank: 11
GDP per capita in 2020	$10,162 World Rank: 66
Major Industries / Economic Sectors	Manufacturing, services, agriculture, energy
Top 5 Import Countries	China, Germany, United States, Italy, Belarus
Top 5 Export Countries	Netherlands, China, Germany, Italy, Turkey

Biggest Cities in Russia

Here are the largest cities in Russia based on 2021 data:

City	Population
Moscow	17,693,000
Saint Petersburg	5,384,342
Novosibirsk	1,602,915
Yekaterinburg	1,468,833
Nizhniy Novgorod	1,264,075
Kazan	1,243,500
Chelyabinsk	1,202,371
Omsk	1,178,391
Samara	1,169,719
Rostov	1,125,299

Map of Russia with the Largest Cities

Other Countries in the Eastern Europe Region

• Where is Belarus?
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• Where is Czechia?
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• Where is Romania?
• Where is Slovakia?
• Where is Turkey?
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