Russia, the largest country in the world, has international land borders with fourteen sovereign states^[1] as well as 2 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 22,407 kilometres (13,923 mi) in total,^[1] 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.

As a transcontinental country in Eurasia, Russia shares borders in both Europe and Asia. Out of the 18 total land borders and maritime boundaries, 12 are in Europe and 5 are in Asia, while 1 border lies in the Bering Strait; between North America and Asia.

Overview

Russia shares borders with more countries than any other state in the world, owing to its large expanse.

Internationally recognized

Country	Land	Sea	More information
Azerbaijan	327.6 km (203.6 mi)	22.4 km (13.9 mi)	Azerbaijan–Russia border
Belarus	1,239.0 km (769.9 mi)	none	Belarus–Russia border
China	4,209.3 km (2,615.5 mi)	none	China–Russia border
Estonia	324.8 km (201.8 mi)	142.0 km (88.2 mi)	Estonia–Russia border (border treaty not ratified)
Finland	1,271.8 km (790.3 mi)	54.0 km (33.6 mi)	Finland–Russia border
Georgia	894 km (556 mi)	none	Georgia–Russia border
Japan (Russian and international claim)	none	194.3 km (120.7 mi)	Japan–Russia border Kuril Islands dispute
Japan (Japanese claim)	none	?
Kazakhstan	7,512.8 km (4,668.2 mi)	85.8 km (53.3 mi)	Kazakhstan–Russia border
Latvia	270.5 km (168.1 mi)	none	Latvia–Russia border
Lithuania	266.0 km (165.3 mi)	22.4 km (13.9 mi)	Lithuania–Russia border
Mongolia	3,485.0 km (2,165.5 mi)	none	Mongolia–Russia border
North Korea	17.3 km (10.7 mi)	22.1 km (13.7 mi)	North Korea–Russia border
Norway	195.8 km (121.7 mi)	23.3 km (14.5 mi)	Norway–Russia border
Poland	204.1 km (126.8 mi)	32.2 km (20.0 mi)	Poland–Russia border
Ukraine	1,974.04 km (1,226.61 mi)	321 km (199 mi)	Russia–Ukraine border
United States	none	49.0 km (30.4 mi)	USSR–USA Maritime Boundary Agreement

Partially recognized

Country	Land	Sea	Notes	More information
Abkhazia	255.4 km (158.7 mi)	22.4 km (13.9 mi)	The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states previously recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while the remainder of the international community recognizes it as as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.	Abkhazia–Russia border
South Ossetia	70 km (43 mi)	none	South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.	South Ossetia–Russia border

Border details

Below is a list of subjects with both neighbouring regions of Russia with them, and in the neighbouring regions of foreign countries.

Northwestern Federal District

Volga Federal District

Southern Federal District

North Caucasian Federal District

Ural Federal District

Siberian Federal District

Far Eastern Federal District

Crimea

The status of the Crimea and of the city of Sevastopol is currently under dispute between Russia and Ukraine; Ukraine and the majority of the international community consider the Crimea to be an autonomous republic of Ukraine and Sevastopol to be one of Ukraine's cities with special status, while Russia, on the other hand, considers the Crimea to be a federal subject of Russia and Sevastopol to be one of Russia's three federal cities since the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia.^[2][3]

In 2022, Russia declared the annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions, which remains internationally unrecognized.^[4]

Republic of Crimea

• Russia
  • Sevastopol
• Ukraine
  • Kherson Oblast

Sevastopol

• Russia
  • Republic of Crimea