Map of Russia with federal subjects and capitals
Russia is the largest country in the world, stretching across Eastern Europe and northern Asia from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. It borders 14 countries, from Norway and Finland in the northwest to China, Mongolia and North Korea in the southeast. The political map shows its 83 federal subjects, the capital, Moscow, and major cities.
- Capital
- Moscow
- Population
- 146.1 million (2025)
- Area
- 17,075,400 km² (6,592,849 sq mi)
- Population density
- 9 per km² (22 per sq mi)
- Official language
- Russian
- Currency
- Russian ruble
- Demonym
- Russian
- Federal Subjects
- 83
- Highest point
- Mount Elbrus (5,642 m (18,510 ft))
- Calling code
- +7
- Internet domain
- .ru
Where is Russia?
Russia is the largest country in the world, stretching across Eastern Europe and northern Asia from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. It borders 14 countries, from Norway and Finland in the northwest to China, Mongolia and North Korea in the southeast.
Neighboring countries: Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, North Korea, Ukraine.
Federal Subjects of Russia and their capitals
The map shows Russia's 83 federal subjects: republics, krais, oblasts, autonomous okrugs, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and the federal cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, and other Ukrainian regions Russia claims are shown as part of Ukraine, following the US view.
| Federal subject | Capital | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altay | Gorno-Altaysk | 210,095 | 92,903 km² (35,870 sq mi) |
| Amur | Blagoveshchensk | 750,083 | 361,913 km² (139,735 sq mi) |
| Arkhangelsk | Arkhangelsk | 989,434 | 587,400 km² (226,796 sq mi) |
| Astrakhan | Astrakhan | 946,429 | 44,100 km² (17,027 sq mi) |
| Bashkortostan | Ufa | 4,042,377 | 143,600 km² (55,444 sq mi) |
| Belgorod | Belgorod | 1,482,025 | 27,134 km² (10,476 sq mi) |
| Bryansk | Bryansk | 1,132,795 | 34,900 km² (13,475 sq mi) |
| Chechen Republic | Grozny | 1,492,992 | 16,165 km² (6,241 sq mi) |
| Chelyabinsk | Chelyabinsk | 3,385,124 | 87,900 km² (33,938 sq mi) |
| Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | Anadyr | 47,778 | 721,481 km² (278,565 sq mi) |
| Chuvash Republic | Cheboksary | 1,167,061 | 18,300 km² (7,066 sq mi) |
| Gorno-Altay | Gorno-Altaysk | 210,095 | 92,903 km² (35,870 sq mi) |
| Irkutsk | Irkutsk | 2,322,292 | 774,846 km² (299,170 sq mi) |
| Ivanovo | Ivanovo | 905,900 | 23,900 km² (9,228 sq mi) |
| Jewish | Birobidzhan | 144,428 | 36,271 km² (14,004 sq mi) |
| Kabardino-Balkaria | Nalchik | 905,464 | 12,500 km² (4,826 sq mi) |
| Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad | 994,599 | 15,100 km² (5,830 sq mi) |
| Kaluga | Kaluga | 1,000,980 | 29,800 km² (11,506 sq mi) |
| Kamchatka Krai | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | 288,947 | 472,300 km² (182,356 sq mi) |
| Karachay-Cherkess Republic | Cherkessk | 468,322 | 14,100 km² (5,444 sq mi) |
| Karelia | Petrozavodsk | 518,950 | 180,520 km² (69,699 sq mi) |
| Kemerovo | Kemerovo | 2,527,219 | 95,500 km² (36,873 sq mi) |
| Khabarovsk Krai | Khabarovsk | 1,273,488 | 787,633 km² (304,107 sq mi) |
| Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug | Khanty-Mansiysk | 1,759,356 | 534,500 km² (206,372 sq mi) |
| Kirov | Kirov | 1,129,935 | 120,800 km² (46,641 sq mi) |
| Komi Republic | Syktyvkar | 714,785 | 416,800 km² (160,927 sq mi) |
| Kostroma | Kostroma | 566,266 | 60,200 km² (23,243 sq mi) |
| Krasnodar Krai | Krasnodar | 5,842,238 | 75,485 km² (29,145 sq mi) |
| Krasnoyarsk Krai | Krasnoyarsk | 2,837,988 | 2,339,700 km² (903,363 sq mi) |
| Kurgan | Kurgan | 744,465 | 71,488 km² (27,602 sq mi) |
| Kursk | Kursk | 1,049,783 | 29,800 km² (11,506 sq mi) |
| Leningrad | Gatchina | 2,035,762 | 83,908 km² (32,397 sq mi) |
| Lipetsk | Lipetsk | 1,125,921 | 24,100 km² (9,305 sq mi) |
| Magadan | Magadan | 133,387 | 465,464 km² (179,717 sq mi) |
| Mari El Republic | Yoshkar-Ola | 669,854 | 23,200 km² (8,958 sq mi) |
| Moskovskaya | Krasnogorsk | 7,708,499 | 45,800 km² (17,683 sq mi) |
| Moskva | — | 13,274,285 | 2,562 km² (989 sq mi) |
| Murmansk | Murmansk | 656,438 | 144,902 km² (55,947 sq mi) |
| Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Naryan-Mar | 42,224 | 176,700 km² (68,224 sq mi) |
| Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | 3,039,421 | 76,900 km² (29,691 sq mi) |
| Novgorod | Veliky Novgorod | 566,960 | 54,501 km² (21,043 sq mi) |
| Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk | 2,786,540 | 178,200 km² (68,803 sq mi) |
| Omsk | Omsk | 1,805,806 | 139,700 km² (53,938 sq mi) |
| Orenburg | Orenburg | 1,828,655 | 123,702 km² (47,762 sq mi) |
| Oryol | Oryol | 692,486 | 24,652 km² (9,518 sq mi) |
| Penza | Penza | 1,213,113 | 43,200 km² (16,680 sq mi) |
| Perm Krai | Perm | 2,483,633 | 160,236 km² (61,867 sq mi) |
| Primorsky Krai | Vladivostok | 1,799,659 | 164,673 km² (63,581 sq mi) |
| Pskov | Pskov | 574,480 | 55,300 km² (21,351 sq mi) |
| Republic of Adygea | Maykop | 500,731 | 7,600 km² (2,934 sq mi) |
| Republic of Buryatia | Ulan-Ude | 971,139 | 351,300 km² (135,638 sq mi) |
| Republic of Dagestan | Makhachkala | 3,232,224 | 50,300 km² (19,421 sq mi) |
| Republic of Ingushetia | Magas | 527,200 | 3,128 km² (1,208 sq mi) |
| Republic of Kalmykia | Elista | 267,588 | 75,000 km² (28,958 sq mi) |
| Republic of Khakassia | Abakan | 525,557 | 61,569 km² (23,772 sq mi) |
| Republic of Mordovia | Saransk | 778,965 | 26,200 km² (10,116 sq mi) |
| Republic of North Ossetia-Alania | Vladikavkaz | 678,879 | 7,987 km² (3,084 sq mi) |
| Republic of Tatarstan | Kazan | 4,003,016 | 67,847 km² (26,196 sq mi) |
| Rostov | Rostov-on-Don | 4,137,335 | 101,800 km² (39,305 sq mi) |
| Ryazan | Ryazan | 1,043,231 | 39,600 km² (15,290 sq mi) |
| Saint Petersburg | — | 5,652,922 | 1,439 km² (556 sq mi) |
| Sakha Republic | Yakutsk | 1,001,664 | 3,083,523 km² (1,190,555 sq mi) |
| Sakhalin | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 457,590 | 87,101 km² (33,630 sq mi) |
| Samara | Samara | 3,112,566 | 53,600 km² (20,695 sq mi) |
| Saratov | Saratov | 2,369,405 | 100,830 km² (38,931 sq mi) |
| Smolensk | Smolensk | 863,987 | 49,779 km² (19,220 sq mi) |
| Stavropol Krai | Stavropol | 2,884,363 | 66,160 km² (25,545 sq mi) |
| Sverdlovsk | Yekaterinburg | 4,221,452 | 194,307 km² (75,022 sq mi) |
| Tambov | Tambov | 956,292 | 34,300 km² (13,243 sq mi) |
| Tomsk | Tomsk | 1,039,728 | 316,900 km² (122,356 sq mi) |
| Tula | Tula | 1,471,140 | 25,700 km² (9,923 sq mi) |
| Tuva Republic | Kyzyl | 338,483 | 170,500 km² (65,830 sq mi) |
| Tver | Tver | 1,190,574 | 84,100 km² (32,471 sq mi) |
| Tyumen | Tyumen | 3,890,800 | 1,464,200 km² (565,331 sq mi) |
| Udmurt Republic | Izhevsk | 1,493,356 | 42,100 km² (16,255 sq mi) |
| Ulyanovsk | Ulyanovsk | 1,172,782 | 37,300 km² (14,402 sq mi) |
| Vladimir | Vladimir | 1,309,942 | 29,000 km² (11,197 sq mi) |
| Volgograd | Volgograd | 2,434,046 | 113,900 km² (43,977 sq mi) |
| Vologda | Vologda | 1,160,445 | 145,700 km² (56,255 sq mi) |
| Voronezh | Voronezh | 2,260,045 | 52,400 km² (20,232 sq mi) |
| Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Salekhard | 515,960 | 683,976 km² (264,085 sq mi) |
| Yaroslavl | Yaroslavl | 1,187,558 | 36,400 km² (14,054 sq mi) |
| Zabaykalsky Krai | Chita | 984,395 | 431,500 km² (166,603 sq mi) |
Population from Wikidata (latest figure available for each federal subject).
Blank and coloring maps of Russia
Blank map of Russia
Coloring map of Russia
Geography of Russia
The Ural Mountains, running from north to south, divide Russia into a European part in the west and Siberia in the east. West of the Urals lies the East European Plain, home to most Russians and to Moscow and Saint Petersburg. East of the Urals come the flat West Siberian Plain, the Central Siberian Plateau and the mountains of the Russian Far East, including the volcanoes of Kamchatka. Mountains also line the southern borders: the Caucasus, where Mount Elbrus rises to 5,642 m (18,510 ft), often counted as Europe's highest peak, and the Altai and Sayan ranges.
Russia has some of the world's longest rivers. The Volga, the longest river in Europe, flows into the Caspian Sea, while the Ob, Yenisei and Lena cross Siberia northward to the Arctic Ocean, and the Amur forms part of the border with China. Lake Baikal in southern Siberia is the deepest lake on Earth. The country has long coasts on the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and on the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas. Natural zones run in broad bands, from Arctic tundra through the vast taiga forest to steppe in the south, and much of Siberia sits on permafrost.
Fun facts
- Russia spans 11 time zones, from Kaliningrad in the west to Kamchatka in the east.
- Lake Baikal holds roughly a fifth of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water.
- Kaliningrad, on the Baltic Sea between Poland and Lithuania, is cut off by land from the rest of Russia.
Flag of Russia
The flag of Russia has three equal horizontal stripes of white, blue and red, from top to bottom, with no emblem. The same white, blue and red stripes appear on the flags of Slovakia and Slovenia, which add a coat of arms, while Serbia uses the colors in reverse order.
Countries bordering Russia
Frequently asked questions
What countries border Russia?
Russia borders 14 countries: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. Lithuania and Poland border its Kaliningrad exclave.
Is Russia in Europe or Asia?
Russia is in both. The Ural Mountains are usually taken as the boundary: about three quarters of its land lies in Asia, but most of the population lives in the European part.
How many federal subjects does Russia have?
The map shows 83 federal subjects, including republics, krais, oblasts and the federal cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Russia also counts Crimea, Sevastopol and four other regions of Ukraine that it claims; the map shows these as part of Ukraine.
What is the capital of Russia?
The capital of Russia is Moscow.
What language is spoken in Russia?
The official language is Russian.
Can I print the map of Russia?
Yes. Every map on this page can be downloaded for free as PNG or PDF (US Letter) and printed, including the blank map and the coloring map. Please credit the source (Atlas of Maps, CC BY 4.0).
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