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Modern borders of Russia with the years that the corresponding portions of the border have continuously belonged to Russia since. Russia shares land borders with 14 countries owing to its large expanse, tied with China in being more than any other state in the world, but there are sea boundaries with two more countries.
A map history of Russia (1983) Chew, Allen F. An Atlas of Russian History: Eleven Centuries of Changing Borders (2nd ed. 1967) Gilbert, Martin. Routledge Atlas of Russian History (4th ed. 2007) excerpt and text search; Henry, Laura A. Red to green: environmental activism in post-Soviet Russia (2010) Kaiser, Robert J.
Countries by land border length Antarctica and countries in purple are those without any land border. This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as the neighboring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1]
Middle East: Afghanistan / Armenia / Azerbaijan / Iraq / Pakistan / Turkey / Turkmenistan: Caspian Sea / *Indian Ocean / Gulf of Oman / Persian Gulf: Iraq: Middle East: Iran / Jordan / Kuwait / Saudi Arabia / Syria / Turkey *Indian Ocean / Persian Gulf: Ireland: Europe: United Kingdom: Atlantic Ocean / Irish Sea: Israel: Middle East: Egypt ...
But when discussing the geopolitical region of the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt is usually grouped with the Western Asian countries as part of the Middle East, while Egypt's western neighbor Libya is grouped with the remaining North African countries as the Maghreb. Both are members of the African Union.
Country Neighbour Border length Notes km mi Brunei Malaysia: 381 237 Borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. Dominican Republic Haiti: 360 220 On the island of Hispaniola The Gambia Senegal: 740 460 The Republic of the Gambia is bordered to the north, south and east by Senegal. Haiti Dominican Republic: 360 220
Also included is the number of unique sovereign states [a] that a country or territory shares as neighbors. If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or unrecognized states bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets. Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.
Over 40% of the world’s borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. The British and French drew the modern borders of the Middle East, the borders of Africa, and in Asia after the independence of the British Raj and French Indochina and the borders of Europe after World War I as victors, as a result of the Paris ...