Which countries border Russia?

🇷🇺 Russia shares land borders with 14 countries: Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, North Korea, Norway, Poland and Ukraine. The borders with Lithuania and Poland are technical borders.

Bright green: Russia · green: its neighbours · pale: technical border. Click a country to see its borders.

Neighbours of Russia

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · 5 neighbours
🇧🇾 Belarus · 5 neighbours
🇨🇳 China · 14 neighbours
🇪🇪 Estonia · 2 neighbours
🇫🇮 Finland · 3 neighbours
🇬🇪 Georgia · 4 neighbours
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · 5 neighbours
🇱🇻 Latvia · 4 neighbours
🇱🇹 Lithuania technical · 4 neighbours
🇲🇳 Mongolia · 2 neighbours
🇰🇵 North Korea · 3 neighbours
🇳🇴 Norway · 3 neighbours
🇵🇱 Poland technical · 7 neighbours
🇺🇦 Ukraine · 7 neighbours

⚠️ Russia – Lithuania is a technical border: only through Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave.

⚠️ Russia – Poland is a technical border: only through Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave.

How far can you travel from Russia by land?

Hopping one land border at a time, Russia connects to 129 countries. The farthest is Lesotho, 12 borders away:

🇷🇺 Russia → 🇬🇪 Georgia → 🇹🇷 Turkey → 🇸🇾 Syria → 🇮🇱 Israel → 🇪🇬 Egypt → 🇸🇩 Sudan → 🇨🇫 Central African Republic → 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo → 🇹🇿 Tanzania → 🇲🇿 Mozambique → 🇿🇦 South Africa → 🇱🇸 Lesotho

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