Russia Map
What oceans and seas border Russia ?
Arctic Ocean (to the north):
The White Sea, the Barents Sea, the Kara Sea, the Laptev Sea, the East Siberian Sea and the Chukchi Sea
Pacific Ocean (to the East):
The Bering Sea, the Okhotsk Sea and the Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Other Seas (to the west & South west):
The Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Caspian Sea.
What countries share borders with Russia ?
- Norway
- Finland
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Belarus
- Ukraine
- Georgia
- Azerbaijan
- Kazakhstan
- People’s Republic of China
- Mongolia
- North Korea
Maritime borders:
- Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk)
- United States (by the Bering Strait)
What are Russia’s administrative divisions ?
Russia contains 83 federal subjects which have equal representation, but vary in levels of autonomy.
The types of divisions are : oblasts (provinces), republics, krais (territories), autonomous okrugs (autonomous districts), autonomous oblast, and federal cities.
Oblasts (provinces) – 46
- Amur
- Arkhangelsk
- Astrakhan
- Belgorod
- Bryansk
- Chelyabinsk
- Irkutsk
- Ivanovo
- Kaliningrad
- Kaluga
- Kemerovo
- Kirov
- Kostroma
- Kurgan
- Kursk
- Leningrad
- Lipetsk
- Magadan
- Moscow
- Murmansk
- Nizhny Novgorod
- Novgorod
- Novosibirsk
- Omsk
- Orenburg
- Oryol
- Penza
- Pskov
- Rostov
- Ryazan
- Sakhalin
- Samara
- Saratov
- Smolensk
- Sverdlovsk
- Tambov
- Tomsk
- Tver
- Tula
- Tyumen
- Ulyanovsk
- Vladmir
- Volgograd
- Vologda
- Voronezh
- Yaroslavl
Republics – 21
Somewhat autonomous areas of non-Russian ethnicity, have the right to establish an official language and constitution
- Adygea
- Altai
- Bashkortostan
- Buryatia
- Chechnya
- Chuvashia
- Dagestan
- Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Kalmykia
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- Karelia
- Khakassia
- Komi
- Mari El
- Mordovia
- North Ossetia-Alania
- Sakha (Yakutia)
- Tatarstand
- Tuva
- Udmurtia
Krais (territories) – 9
Similar to oblasts, but different designation for historical reasons:
- Altai
- Kamchatka
- Khabarovsk
- Krasnodar
- Krasnoyarsk
- Perm
- Primorsky
- Stavropol
- Zabaykalsky
Autonomous orkrugs (districts) – 4
Mostly a subordinate part of a krai or oblast:
- Chukotka
- Khanty-Mansi
- Nenets
- Yamalo-Nenets
Autonomous oblast – 1
- Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Federal cities – 2
- Moscow
- St. Petersburg
How many time zones does Russia span ?
Nine.
What is the official language of Russia ?
Russian is the official language of Russia, but some regions of Russia have an additional official language. Russian is also one of the 6 official languages of the United Nations
Other official languages in Russia:
- Abaza
- Adyghe
- Altay
- Avar
- Bashkir
- Buryat
- Chechen
- Chuvash
- Erzya
- Ingush
- Kabardian
- Kalmyk
- Karachay-Balkar
- Khakas
- Komi-Zyrian
- Mansi
- Mari
- Moksha
- Nogai
- Ossetic
- Tatar
- Tuvan
- Udmurt
- Yakut
- Yiddish
What are the 5 largest cities in Russia ?
- Moscow
- Saint Petersburg
- Samara
- Kazan
- Novosibirsk
What modern-day countries were in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) ?
The area included in the USSR is now divided into 15 independent countries.
Republics of the Soviet Union:
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Moldova
- Russia
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
All of the former Soviet Union countries except the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) and Georgia are now part of the regional organization, the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Trivia
- Russia is often called Mother Russia or the Motherland.
- The Russian language uses the Cyrillic script as its alphabet.
- Around 160 ethnic groups are found around Russia.
- Vodka is considered Russia’s national drink – the word vodka is derived from the word for water.