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  2. Geography of Russia - Wikipedia

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    To the east of the Urals is the West Siberian Plain, stretching about 1,900 kilometres (1,200 mi) from west to east and about 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) from north to south. With more than half its territory below 200 metres (660 ft) in elevation, the plain contains some of the world's largest swamps and floodplains .

  3. List of extreme points of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The northernmost and easternmost points of Russia coincide with those of Eurasia (both for the mainland and including the islands). The extreme points of the Soviet Union were identical, except that the southernmost point of the Soviet Union was Kushka in Turkmenistan , and the extreme elevation was the Communism Peak in Tajikistan , at 7,495 ...

  4. Extreme points of Eurasia - Wikipedia

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    Easternmost point — Big Diomede, Russia (65°46'N, 169°03'W). The International Date Line runs between the Russian Big Diomede and the neighbouring U.S.-governed Little Diomede . Extremes of the Eurasian mainland

  5. Borders of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Map of Russia and its borders with other nations Typical border marker 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 ...

  6. List of countries by easternmost point - Wikipedia

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    The United States and Kiribati have most of their territory east of the 180th meridian, in the Western Hemisphere, so they are considered to belong to the westernmost countries with their territory stretching as far to the west as beyond the 180th meridian into the Eastern Hemisphere. Conversely, Russia, New Zealand, and Fiji have most of their ...

  7. Russia - Wikipedia

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    The East Slavs gradually settled western Russia ... east to west, and 2,500 to 4,000 km (1,600 to ... The total length of common-used railway tracks is the ...

  8. List of rivers of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The rivers in this section are sorted east to west, and anticlockwise around the Kola Peninsula. Pechora (north-east of Naryan-Mar) Usa (west of Usinsk) Kolva (near Usinsk) Bolshaya Synya; Northern Dvina (in Severodvinsk) Pinega (in Ust-Pinega) Yomtsa (near Bolshaya Gora ) Vaga (near Bereznik) Uftyuga (near Krasnoborsk) Vychegda (in Kotlas) Vishera

  9. Outline of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Area of Russia: 17,075,400 km 2 (6,592,800 sq mi) – 1st largest country; Atlas of Russia; Mercator projection distorts Russia's appearance from crescent-like shape (as seen on a globe) into a fish-like or bear-like outline; also making the uninhabited area of Russia (e.g. food-less cold tundra and taiga) look 3-4 times bigger than it already is.