Which Countries Share Border with Russia?
Russia is surrounded by 14 nations, including Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, and Ukraine.
As well as sharing marine boundaries with the United States and Japan, it also shares land borders with the unrecognized states of Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic, South Ossetian Republic, and the Abkhazian Republic.
In terms of size, the country covers an area of 17,098,242 kilometers squared, which is more than twice that of the contiguous United States.
With an extent of more than 11 percent of the Earth’s landmass, it is the world’s largest country in terms of landmass (by area). However, significant swaths of the land were desolate or unusable due to natural disasters.
Russia shares borders with both Europe and Asia as a transcontinental country in Eurasia. Twelve of the 20 total boundaries are in Europe, five are in Asia, and one is in the Bering Strait, which connects North America and Asia.
Because of its vastness, Russia has more international border crossings than any other country on the face of the planet. This comprises four countries that are only partially recognized by the international community, as well as two countries that have water borders
