Where is Russia?
Russia is a country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, and Ukraine.
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Crazy but True
Russia is larger than the entire surface of Pluto. Pluto's surface covers about 16.7 million square kilometers, while Russia covers about 17.1 million. The country also spans eleven time zones, so breakfast on one edge lands near bedtime on the other.
Russia facts
- Capital
- Moscow
- Population
- 143,513,328 (2025)
- Area
- 17,098,242 km²
- Continent
- Europe
- Region
- Eastern Europe
- Currency
- Russian ruble (RUB)
- Languages
- Russian
- Coordinates
- 60°, 100°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- RU · RUS
How Russia compares
- Russia is the 1st largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is the largest of them all — larger than Canada, the next biggest.
- It is the 9th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 14 countries.
- Within Europe, it is the 1st largest of 39 countries by area.