Borders of Russia
Russia, the largest country in the world by area, has international land borders with fourteen sovereign states[1] as well as two narrow maritime boundaries with the United States and Japan. There are also two breakaway states bordering Russia, namely Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The country has an internationally recognized land border running 22,407 kilometres (13,923 mi) in total,[1] and has the second-longest land border of any country in the world, after China (22,457 kilometres (13,954 mi)[2]).
The borders of the Russian Federation (formerly the Russian SFSR) were mostly drawn since 1956 (save for minor border changes, e.g., with China), and have remained the same after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 2014, Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in a move that remains internationally unrecognized which altered de-facto borders with Ukraine. In 2022, Russia further annexted Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts further changing de-facto borders with Ukraine.
Overview
[edit]Approximately from west to east:
| Country or territory[3][4][5][6] |
Land border (km) | Maritime border (km) |
Length of total border (km) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| land | river | lake | total | ||||
| Baltic Sea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 126.1 | 126.1 | |
 Norway[7] |
43.0 | 152.8 | 0.0 | 195.8 | 23.3 | 219.1 | Norway–Russia border |
 Finland |
1091.7 | 60.3 | 119.8 | 1271.8 | 54.0 | 1325.8 | Finland–Russia border |
 Estonia |
89.5 | 87.5 | 147.8 | 324.8 | 142.0 | 466.8 | Estonia–Russia border |
 Latvia |
137.2 | 127.5 | 5.8 | 270.5 | 0.0 | 270.5 | Latvia–Russia border |
 Lithuania |
29.9 | 206.0 | 30.1 | 266.0 | 22.4 | 288.4 | Lithuania–Russia border |
 Poland |
203.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 204.1 | 32.2 | 236.3 | Poland–Russia border |
 Belarus |
857.7 | 362.3 | 19.0 | 1239.0 | 0.0 | 1239.0 | Belarus–Russia border |
 Ukraine(de facto until 2022) |
1508.7 | 422.0 | 162.9 | 2093.6 | 567.0 | 2660.6 | Russia–Ukraine border |
| Black Sea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 389.5 | 389.5 | |
 Abkhazia(de facto since 2008) |
177.0 | 55.9 | 0.0 | 233.0 | 22.4 | 255.4 | Abkhazia–Russia border |
 Georgia(de facto since 2008) |
572.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 572.5 | 0.0 | 572.5 | Georgia–Russia border |
 South Ossetia(de facto since 2008) |
70.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 70.0 | Russia–South Ossetia border |
 Azerbaijan[8] |
272.4 | 55.2 | 0.0 | 327.6 | 22.4 | 350.0 | Azerbaijan–Russia border |
| Caspian Sea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 580.0 | 580.0 | |
 Kazakhstan[9] |
5936.1 | 1516.7 | 60.0 | 7512.8 | 85.8 | 7598.6 | Kazakhstan–Russia border |
 China |
650.3 | 3489.0 | 70.0 | 4209.3 | 0.0 | 4209.3 | China–Russia border |
 Mongolia |
2878.6 | 588.3 | 18.1 | 3485.0 | 0.0 | 3485.0 | Mongolia–Russia border |
 North Korea[10] |
0.0 | 17.3 | 0.0 | 17.3 | 22.1 | 39.4 | North Korea–Russia border |
| Pacific Ocean | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16997.9 | 16997.9 | |
 Japan |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 194.3 | 194.3 | Japan–Russia border |
 United States |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49.0 | 49.0 | USSR–USA Maritime Boundary Agreement |
| Arctic Ocean | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19724.1 | 19724.1 | |
See also
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- Border Security Zone of Russia
- Customs Code of Russia
- Territorial disputes of the Russian Federation
- Territorial evolution of Russia
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Russia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "China", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 12 October 2022, retrieved 14 October 2022
- ^ "Сопредельные страны". Росграница. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ Общие сведения о стране/ Географическое положение. Границы Archived 2016-03-26 at the Wayback Machine // Новая Российская энциклопедия (Россия. Электронный энциклопедический словарь)
- ^ Границы России Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine // География России
- ^ Таблица: Соседи РФ и протяжённость границ РФ в км Archived 2016-08-08 at the Wayback Machine // Cтрановедение России (Reálie Ruska)
- ^ 195,8 км: Норвегия на сайте Росграницы // Archived 2016-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Граница с Азербайджаном на сайте Росграницы // Archived 2016-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Граница с Казахстаном на сайте Росграницы // Archived 2016-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Северная Корея на сайте Росграницы // Archived 2015-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- 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
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