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Second highest peak of Russia Koshtan-Tau [3] Коштантау 5152 m 16,903 ft: 812 m 2,664 ft: 6.55 km 4.07 mi Bokovoy Range Greater Caucasus Kabardino-Balkaria: Third highest peak of Russia Pik Pushkina [4] Пик Пушкина 5100 m 16,732 ft
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Central Russian Upland: Zaitseva Gora: Зайцева Гора 275 metres (902 ft) Kaluga Oblast: Central Russian Upland: Unnamed — 274.5 metres (901 ft) Kursk Oblast: Near Olkhovatka village, Central Russian Upland: Unnamed — 274.2 metres (900 ft) Tomsk Oblast: Slight elevation in the West Siberian Plain: Unnamed — 271.4 metres (890 ft)
Mount Elbrus [a] is the highest mountain in Russia and Europe.It is a dormant stratovolcano rising 5,642 m (18,510 ft) above sea level, and is the highest volcano in the supercontinent of Eurasia, as well as the tenth-most prominent peak in the world. [7]
The mountain ridges, elongated from north to south, effectively absorb sunlight thereby increasing the temperature. The areas west of the Ural Mountains are 1–2 °C (1.8–3.6 °F) warmer in winter than the eastern regions because the former are warmed by Atlantic winds whereas the eastern slopes are chilled by Siberian air masses.
The Chersky Range (Russian: Хребет Черского, Yakut: Черскэй хайалара, romanized: Cerskey qayalara) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana and Indigirka Rivers.
The geology of Russia, the world's largest country, which extends over much of northern Eurasia, consists of several stable cratons and sedimentary platforms bounded by orogenic (mountain) belts. European Russia is on the East European craton , at the heart of which is a complex of igneous and metamorphic rocks dating back to the Precambrian .
The area of the East Siberian Mountains has a very low population density. [1] The territory of the mountain system is one of the Great Russian Regions. In some areas of the East Siberian Mountains, such as the Kisilyakh Range and the Oymyakon Plateau there are kigilyakhs, the rock formations that are highly valued in the culture of the Yakuts. [2]