Mark USSR in political map
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Russian Federation, is the new name of the country of what is left of the Soviet Union, after the breakaway of some of its republics. Russia is bordered in west by ...
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Map is showing the Russian Federation, which came into existence on 25 December 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The country, which is commonly known as Russia, is located partly in eastern Europe and partly in northern Asia, bordering the Arctic Ocean in north.
Russian Federation, is the new name of the country of what is left of the Soviet Union, after the breakaway of some of its republics.
Russia is bordered in west by Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Russia borders Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea in south. Additionally the country shares maritime borders with Sweden, Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk) and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait.
With an area of 17,098,242 km² the country is somewhat larger than twice the size of the contiguous United States, it is still the largest country in the world, covering more than 11% of Earth's inhabited areas.