Russia,satellite image. North is at top. Natural colour satellite image showing Russia (large,centre) and the surrounding territories. The Russian Federation is a country in northern Eurasia and the largest country in the world. It is a federal semi-presidential republic,comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast,Russia shares borders with: Norway,Finland,Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast),Belarus,Ukraine,Georgia,Azerbaijan,Kazakhstan,China,Mongolia,and North Korea. Image compiled from data acquired by the LANDSAT 5 and 7 satellites,in 2000 |