Editing Geography of Russia (section)

==Global position and boundaries==
[[File: Russia on the globe (+claims hatched) (Russia centered).svg|thumb|Russia on the globe]]

[[Kaliningrad Oblast]], westernmost part of [[Russia]] along the [[Baltic Sea]], is about {{convert|9000|km|mi|-2|abbr=on}} apart from its easternmost part, [[Big Diomede|Big Diomede Island]] in the [[Bering Strait]].<ref name="Geo">{{cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/russia/22.htm|title=Global Position and Boundaries|editor=Glenn E. Curtis |year=1998|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|publisher=Federal Research Division of the [[Library of Congress]]|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> From north to south, the country ranges from the northern tip of the [[Russian Arctic islands]] at [[Franz Josef Land]] to the southern tip of the [[Dagestan|Republic of Dagestan]] on the [[Caspian Sea]], spanning about {{convert|4500|km|mi}} of extremely varied, often inhospitable terrain.

Extending for {{convert|57,792|km|mi}}, the Russian [[border]] is the world's longest. Along the {{Convert|20139|km|adj=on}} land frontier, [[Russia]] has boundaries with 14 countries: [[Poland]] and [[Lithuania]] (both via [[Kaliningrad Oblast]]), [[Norway]], [[Finland]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Belarus]], [[Ukraine]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[China]], [[Mongolia]], and [[North Korea]].

Approximately two-thirds of the frontier is bounded by seawater. Virtually all of the lengthy northern coast is well above the [[Arctic Circle]]; except for the port of [[Murmansk]]—which receives currents that are somewhat warmer than would be expected at that latitude, due to the effects of the [[Gulf Stream]]—that coast is locked in ice much of the year. Thirteen seas and parts of two oceans—the [[Arctic Ocean|Arctic]] and [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]—wash Russian shores. It is separated by close sea, making it a [[maritime boundary]]. It also shares one with [[Japan]].