Interactive Map
Click other countries to navigate
CIA Reference Map
Official geographic reference
Videos about Russia
Anthem, travel, geography & more
National Anthem
Gosudarstvenny gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii
Click to play video
Explore More on YouTube
Gosudarstvenny gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii
Russia
0:00
Key Facts
Climate
ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid...
Coastline
37,653 km
Government type
semi-presidential federation
Natural resources
wide natural-resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, bauxite, reserves of rare earth elements, timber
Terrain
broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions