Borders of Russia

Russia, the largest country in the world by area, has international land borders with fourteen sovereign states as well as two narrow maritime boundaries with the United States and Japan. There are also two breakaway states bordering Russia, namely Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The country has an internationally recognized land border running in total, and has the second-longest land border of any country in the world, after China ().

The borders of the Russian Federation (formerly the Russian SFSR) were mostly drawn since 1956 (save for minor border changes, e.g., with China), and have remained the same after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 2014, Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in a move that remains internationally unrecognized which altered de facto borders with Ukraine. In 2022, Russia further annexed Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts further changing de facto borders with Ukraine.

Overview Approximately from west to east:

Countryor territory Landborder (km) Maritimeborder (km) Length of totalborder (km) Moreinformation Baltic Sea 0.0 126.1 126.1 195.8 23.3 219.1 Norway–Russia border 1271.8 54.0 1325.8 Finland–Russia border 138.0 322.0 460 Estonia–Russia border 270.5 0.0 270.5 Latvia–Russia border 266.0 22.4 288.4 Lithuania–Russia border 204.1 32.2 236.3 Poland–Russia border 1239.0 0.0 1239.0 Belarus–Russia border 1925.8 320 2245.8 Russia–Ukraine border Black Sea 0.0 389.5 389.5 255.4 0.0 255.4 Abkhazia–Russia border 572.5 22.4 594.9 Georgia–Russia border 70.0 0.0 70.0 Russia–South Ossetia border 327.6 22.4 350.0 Azerbaijan–Russia border Caspian Sea 0.0 580.0 580.0 7512.8 85.8 7598.6 Kazakhstan–Russia border 4209.3 0.0 4209.3 China–Russia border 3485.0 0.0 3485.0 Mongolia–Russia border 17.0 22.1 39.1 North Korea–Russia border Pacific Ocean 0.0 16997.9 16997.9 0.0 194.3 194.3 Japan–Russia border 0.0 49.0 49.0 USSR–USA Maritime Boundary Agreement Arctic Ocean 0.0 19724.1 19724.1

Borders of Russia

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