Russia

Administrative division into regions

Autonomous Oblast: Jewish Oblast.
Autonomous Okrug (4): Nenetsky, Khanty-Mansiysky - Yugra, Chukotsky, Yamalo-Nenetsky.
City of federal significance (3): Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sevastopol.
Territories (9): Altai, Kamchatka, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Primorsky, Stavropol, Khabarovsk, Zabaikalsky.
People's Republic (2): Donetsk, Lugansk.
Oblast (48): Amur, Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Zaporozhye, Ivanovo, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Zaporozhye, Murmansk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Sakhalin, Sverdlovsk, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tomsk, Tula, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Kherson, Chelyabinsk, Yaroslavl.
Republics (22): Adygeya, Altai, Bashkortostan, Buryatia, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Karelia, Komi, Crimea, Mari El, Mordovia, Sakha (Yakutia), Sakha (Yakutia), North Ossetia-Alania, Tatarstan, Tyva, Udmurtia, Khakassia, Chechnya, Chuvashia.

Peculiarities of the country

The modern territory of the country was partially or completely occupied by the states: Colchis Kingdom, Bosporan Kingdom, Pontic Kingdom (Pontus), Iberia (Kartli), Hunnu State, Caucasian Albania, Koguryo, Roman Empire, Xianbi State, Sassanid State, Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), Hunnic Empire, Sarir, Turkic Khaganate, Alania, Tang Empire, Great Bulgaria, Khazar Khaganate, Umayyad Caliphate, Bohai (Parhe), Uigur Khaganate, Volga Bulgaria, Kimak Khaganate, Abbasid Caliphate, Murom princedom, Old Russian state, Tmutarakan princedom, Chernigov princedom, Genoese Republic, Novgorod-Severe princedom, Smolensk Grand Duchy, Ryazan princedom, Kiev princedom, Novgorod Republic, Gorodets princedom, Vladimir Russia, Pereyaslavl-Zalessk Principality, Pskov Republic, Mongol Empire, Rostov Principality, Uglitz Principality, Yaroslavl Principality, Chagatai Ulus, Golden Horde (Ulus Dzhuchi), Livonian Confederation, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Belozero Principality, Tver Principality, Dmitrov Principality, Great Yuan, Ottoman Empire, Malmyzha Principality, Velikoperm Principality, Suzdal-Nizhegorod Grand Duchy, Ming Empire, Timurid State, Crimean Khanate, Kazakh Khanate, Siberian Khanate, Russian Kingdom, Great Qing Empire, Dzungar Khanate, Russian Empire, Derbent Khanate, Japanese Empire, German Empire, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Russia is washed by seas: Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Barents Sea, Sea of Japan (East Sea), East Siberian Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Chukchi Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Pechora Sea, Sea of Azov.

Russia has access to the following lakes: Caspian Sea, Baikal, Ladoga, Onezhskoye, Taymyr, Khanka, Chudsko-Pskovskoye, Ubsu-Nur (Uvs-Nuur), Chany, Beloe (Beloozero), Ilmen, Topozero, Khantayskoye, Segozero, Imandra, Piasino, Kulundinskoye, Pyaozero, Vygozero, Nerpichye and others.

The following rivers flow through the territory: Lena, Irtysh, Ob, Volga, Yenisei, Nizhnyaya Tunguska, Amur, Vilyui, Ishim, Ural, Olenok, Dnieper, Aldan, Kolyma, Vitim, Don, Podkamennaya Tunguska, Pechora, Kama, Chulym and others.

In the water area of the country there are the following straits: Tatarsky, Sannikov, Long, Vilkitsky, Dmitry Laptev, Shokalsky, Red Army, Matochkin Shar, Bering, La Perouse, Kerch, Yugorsky Shar, Kara Gate.

Russia owns the following islands: Sakhalin, Severny, Yuzhny, Kotelny, October Revolution, Bolshevik, Komsomolets, Wrangel, New Siberia, Bolshoy Lyakhovsky, Kolguyev, Vaigach, Iturup, George Land, Karaginsky, Vilchek Land, Paramushir, Ayon, Bely, Bolshoy Shantar and others.

Mountains on the territory of the country: Elbrus, Dykhtau, Shkhara, Koshtantau, Dzhangitau, Kazbek, Pushkin Peak, Mizhirgi West, Katyntau, Gestola, Shota Rustaveli Peak, Kliuchevskaya Sopka, Jimara, Belukha, Tebulosmta, Bazarduzu, Shan, Adai-Khokh, Diklosmta, Shalbuzdag and others.

There are volcanoes on the territory: Elbrus, Kliuchevskaya Sopka, Ichinskaya Sopka, Kronotskaya Sopka, Koryak Sopka, Shiveluch, Zhupanovsky, Bezymyannyi, Avachinskaya Sopka, Kizimen, Alaid, Mutnovsky, Bakening, Vysokiy, Komarova, Krasheninnikova, Gorely, Tyatya, Maly Semyachik, Karymsky and others.

There are deserts on the territory of the country: Arctic, Ryn-sands.

Famous caves on the territory of the country: Bolshaya Oreshnaya, Botovskaya, Kristalnaya, Red Caves (Kyzyl-Koba), Vorontsovskaya, Krestik-Tourist, Pandora's Box, Sumgan-Kutuk, Divya, Kizelovskaya-Viasherskaya, Badezhskaya, Nazarovskaya, Partizanskaya, Kungurskaya Ice Cave, Altai, Absolutnaya, Mayskaya, Anglo-Russkaya, Kaskadnaya.