Countries with which Russia borders. Number of countries bordering on Russia
The Russian Federation is a huge state, andshe has a lot of neighbors. The number of countries bordering Russia has recently increased - to the 16 countries that became Russia's neighbors immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union, two more, partially recognized, were added - Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
European and Asian neighbors
Countries with which Russia borders are onall Eurasian continent. The border between Europe and Asia runs along the Caucasian ridge. Therefore, Norway and Finland belong to the European neighbors of our country, then there are three Baltic states that were formerly Soviet republics - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The list is closed by Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. Asian neighbors include people from the Soviet Union - Abkhazia, Georgia, 70 km belonging to South Ossetia, which shares the common border of Georgia with the Russian Federation. Next are Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, then, as far as the distance from Europe, Russia borders with China, Mongolia, North Korea, Japan and the United States.
Uniqueness of the Russian border
Countries with which Russia borders, in the majorityIts (namely 10 out of 18) are the former republics of the Soviet Union, which bordered in its time with 14 states - with Japan and the USA by sea, and with 12 (6 in Europe and 6 in Asia) by land. The Russian Federation directly with Lithuania and Poland are not contiguous states, with them has a common semi-exclave border Kaliningrad region.
Half-exclave is called an untrusted district,surrounded by another state, but with access to the sea. On the western border of the Russian Federation there are two small enclaves - on the border with Estonia it is Dubki, on the border with Belarus - Sankovo-Medvezhye, belonging to the Bryansk region.
Good-neighborly relations
Thus, the number of countries with whichborders Russia, or rather its main vast territory, is equal to 14 states, members of the United Nations and two partially recognized republics, and with two other European states, Russia borders on the Kaliningrad region. It should be noted that the common border with Belarus can be crossed anywhere - there is no border control. With Kazakhstan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the border can only be crossed at established checkpoints, but with a Russian passport.
European capitals
The capitals of countries that border on Russia, ifmove from the extreme northern point of the western border to the same northern point on the east, are arranged in this order. The most north-western capital is the city of Oslo (Norway). Then in order follow Helsinki (Finland), Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia). Vilnius (Lithuania) and Warsaw (Poland) border on the Kaliningrad region. Next followed by Minsk (Belarus) and Kiev (Ukraine), and in this list of European capitals, adjacent to the Russian Federation, you can put an end to.
The main cities of Asian neighbors
Asian capitals start with the Abkhazian citySukhumi, followed by Tbilisi - the main city of Georgia. Tskhinval is the capital of South Ossetia, located approximately in the center of the Georgian border. Then follows Baku (Azerbaijan), Astana - the capital of Kazakhstan, Beijing (PRC) and Ulan Bator (Mongolia). These are all the Asian capitals of states with which Russia has land borders.
The sea border with Japan, whose capitalis the city of Tokyo, passes through the four straits separating the island of Hokkaido from Sakhalin and the Kuriles - Laperuz and Kunashirsky, Izmeny and the Soviet. The last capital - Washington (USA) is far from the state of Alaska, which is separated from Russia by the Bering Strait. This border stretches from the island of Romanov to the island of Kruzenstern.
The above states without the partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are 16 countries with which Russia borders.
Neighbors do not choose
Countries with which Russia borders are fromher in certain, not always simple relationships. NATO, of which 28 out of 28 members have common borders with Russia (five land and two sea) is an unfriendly bloc for us. Also, the "Young Europeans" - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as Poland and Ukraine, are in an ambiguous relationship with the federation.
Southern contiguous countries
The list of countries with which Russia borders is likely to change further - so, Cape Sarych, the southernmost point of the Crimea, separates 142 miles from Turkey. And this is the narrowest place of the Black Sea.
Countries with which Russia borders on the south areChina, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and two partially recognized republics - Abkhazia and South Ossetia. China borders on Russia and the southeast. And it is in the south that the border with the neighbors is the longest. So, only with Kazakhstan it stretches for 7512.8 km, with China its length is 4209.3 km, with Mongolia - 3485 km. In addition, the border with Azerbaijan is 390 km, with Georgia - 365, with Abkhazia - 255.4 plus the 70-kilometer border with South Ossetia. Total, the entire southern border of Russia is 16287.5 km.
Eastern and Western Neighbors
Countries with which Russia borders on the east,this is Japan and the US, with which the Russian Federation has only a sea border. The northern boundary is also only marine, and the western and southern boundaries are predominantly land.
However, part of the border with Norway passes throughThe Barents Sea. With Finland and Estonia, it runs partly along the Gulf of Finland, with Lithuania and Poland - through the Baltic Sea. With Ukraine, Russia borders on the Azov and Black Seas, along which part of the border with Abkhazia also passes. On the Caspian Sea, Russia is adjacent to Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, along the Sea of Japan - with the DPRK. The sea border of our country coincides with the outer boundary of the territorial waters of the state. With what countries does Russia border on the west? These are the same European borders - with Norway and Finland, Estonia and Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Byelorussia and Ukraine.
Territorial claims
Undoubtedly, like many other countries, Russiathere are territorial disputes with neighbors. Claims against our country are put forward by Japan, South Korea, China, Norway and Estonia. And quite unreasonable claims are advanced by Taiwan, and not only by Russia. He, not being a neighboring state (Taiwan does not recognize China), makes claims on the entire Republic of Tuva and the city of Blagoveshchensk. Russia also has other territorial disputes, sometimes because of very small islands or scraps of land. All these claims, and not only to Russia, historian scholars are divided into three categories - disputes are mainly due to areas of military or strategic importance, economic or political. Areas of political importance, as a rule, have no other values and values and do not represent them. In our case, this simply helps some people gain points, especially during the election campaign.
Borders have changed since the beginning of the centuries
With neighbors it is necessary to live in friendship, and this is the truth. An example of excellent good neighborly relations is the Customs Union, which includes Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Since 2015, it should be transformed into the Eurasian Economic Union, whose goal will be to build a single economic space. Good, good-neighborly relations have developed in Russia with China. It can be assumed that the border of the Russian Federation, which separates the country from 18 other states (and this is the largest list of neighbors in the world), will change with time.
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