Location of Russia

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The location of Russia is Notheran Asia the area west of Urals it is considered a part of Europe. It is bordering the Arctic Ocean, it is between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean. The geographic coordinates of Russia is 60 00 N and 100 00 E. The total of square kilometres are 17,075,200. Russia is the largest country in the world! Russia is surronded by 14 different countries. Thosecountries are Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, and Ukraine.

Russia Political Boundries

There are 48 oblasts (provinces) in total in Russia.
1. Amur 2.Arkhangelsk 3. Astrakhan 4. Belgorod 5. Bryansk 6. Chelyabinsk 7. Chita 8. Irkutsk 9.Ivanovo 10. Kaliningrad 11. Kaluga 12. Kamchatka 13. Kemerovo 14. Kirov 15. Kostroma 16. Kurgan 17. Kursk 18. Leningrad 19. Lipetsk 20. Magadan 21. Moscow 22. Murmansk 23. Nizhny Novgorod 24. Novgorod 25. Novosibirsk 26. Omsk 27. Orenburg 28. Oryol 29. Penza 30. Pskov 31. Rostov 32. Ryazan 33. Sakhalin 34. Samara 35. Saratov 36. Smolensk 37. Sverdlovsk 38. Tambov 39. Tomsk 40. Tver 41. Tula 42. Tyumen 43. Ulyanovsk 44.Vladimir 45. Volgograd 46. Vologda 47. Voronezh 48. Yaroslavl



In Russia Krais are known as territories.
1.Altai Krai
2.Khabarovsk Krai
3.Krasnodar Krai
4.Krasnoyarsk Krai
5.Perm Krai
6.Primorsky Krai
7.Stavropol Krai



Autonomous okrugs in Russia.
1.Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
2.Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
3.Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
4.Koryak Autonomous Okrug
5.Nenets Autonomous Okrug
6.Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug
7.Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug



Autonomous oblast in Russia
1.Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Russia Physical Map

The terrain of Russia is:- broad plans with low hills west of the Urals
- vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia
- uplands and mountains along southern border regions
- lowest point is Caspian Sea -28 m
- highest point is Gora El’brus 5,633

Some natural hazards of Russia are:
-permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development
-volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands
-volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula
-spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout Siberia and parts of European Russia

Russia Resources

Some Natural Resources of Russia are oil, natural gas, coal, timber and many different minerals.

Russia Communication

Telephone main lines in use is 39.616 million.

The main language of Russia is Russian along with other minority languages.

In Russia there is about 1,306,427 internet hosts and 23.7 million internet users.


The amount of cell phones in Russia is 74.42 million.


In Russia there is about 7,306 television broadcast stations.


In Russia there is all together 1,885 radio stations. 323 AM stations, 1,500 FM stations and 62 short-wave stations.

Russia Transportation

The amount of airports in Russia is 1,623.The total airports with paved runways is 616. The amount of airports without paved runways is 1,007.

The amount of heliports is 52.

The total amount of roads in Russia is 871,000 km. There is 738,000 km paved and 133,000 km not paved.

The total amount of railways in Russia is 87,157 km.

There is about 102,000 km of waterways.

Human and Environmental Interactions in Russia

Some examples of dumping too much nuclear waste is the fact that there is 120 million curies of radioactive waste in Lake Karachay. Lake Karachay is now considered one of the most polluted spots on Earth. This is because of the nuclear factories being careless.

One of the main problems of Russia’s air pollution is because of all of the oil and gas industries.

These are the worst causer’s of Russia’s air pollution problem.
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