Map of Russia

Russia

Russia occupies the entire northern coast of the continent of Asia, from Finland to North Korea. Russia has the second highest number of neighboring countries at 14. (China has 13). Between the Arctic Sea and the Black Sea Russia borders Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine. Kaliningrad, an exclave of Russia, borders Poland and Lithuania. Between the Black and the Caspian Seas Russia birders Georgia and Azerbaijan. From the Caspian Sea to the Sea of Japan Russia's neighbors are Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, China again and North Korea.
Russia is the largest country in the world. Traditionally, Russia west of the Ural mountains is considered to be in Europe and to the east in Asia. Most of the area of Russia is in Asia and most of the population is in Europe.