Editing Geography of Russia (section)

==Area and boundaries==
'''Area (excluding Crimea):'''
*Total: {{Convert|17,098,242|km2|abbr=on}}
*Land: {{Convert|17,021,900|km2|abbr=on}}
*Water: {{Convert|79400|km2|abbr=on}}
'''Area - comparative:'''<br /> Slightly larger than twice the size of [[Brazil]]

'''Land boundaries:'''
*Total (excluding Crimea): {{Convert|19917|km|abbr=on}}

[[Kaliningrad]] forms the westernmost part of Russia, having no land connection to the rest of the country. It is bounded by Poland, Lithuania, and the Baltic Sea.

[[Crimea]], a peninsula on the Black Sea, is claimed and de facto administered by the Russian Federation since Russia [[Russian occupation of Crimea|occupied]] and [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexed it]] from neighboring [[Ukraine]] in March 2014. It is recognized as a territory of Ukraine by most of the international community.

'''Border countries:'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="min-width:30em; float:left; margin-right:1em;"
|+ Table of countries with a land border with Russia<br /> (listed anti-clockwise around Russia).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rosgranitsa.ru/node/2636 |title=Сопредельные страны &#124; Росграница |access-date=2016-09-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011002449/http://www.rosgranitsa.ru/node/2636 |archive-date=2016-10-11 }}</ref>
!rowspan=2|Country 
!colspan=2|Length
|-
!km!!mi
|-
|Norway||{{convert|195.8|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|Finland||{{convert|1,271.8|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|Estonia||{{convert|138|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|Latvia||{{convert|270.5|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|Lithuania||{{convert|266|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|Poland||{{convert|204.1|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|Belarus||{{convert|1,239|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|Ukraine||{{convert|1,925.8|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|Georgia||{{convert|875.5|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|Azerbaijan||{{convert|372.6|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|Kazakhstan||{{convert|7,512.8|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|Mongolia||{{convert|3,485|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|China||{{convert|4,209.3|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|North Korea||{{convert|17|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|''Japan''||colspan=2| water
|-
|''US''||colspan=2| water
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="min-width:30em; float:left; margin-right:1em;"
|+ If Abkhazia and South Ossetia are counted as sovereign states:<ref name="Partially">Georgia and the majority of the world does not recognize the independence of [[Abkhazia]] and [[South Ossetia]], considering the Russian border with these countries as part of the Russian–Georgian border.</ref>
!rowspan=2|Country 
!colspan=2|Length
|-
!km!!mi
|-
|Abkhazia||{{convert|255.4|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|South Ossetia||{{convert|70|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|-
|remaining border with Georgia||{{convert|365|km|mi|disp=table|sortable=on}}
|}{{clear left}}

'''Coastline excluding Crimea:''' {{convert|37,653|km|mi|abbr=on}}

'''Maritime claims:'''
*[[Russian continental shelf]]: {{Convert|200|m|abbr=on}} depth or to the depth of exploitation
*Exclusive economic zone: {{convert|7,566,673|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} with {{convert|200|nmi|km mi|1|abbr=on|lk=in}}
*Territorial sea: {{convert|12|nmi|km mi|1|abbr=on}}

'''Elevation extremes:'''
{{See also|Extreme points of Russia}}
*Lowest point: [[Caspian Sea]]: {{Convert|−28|m|abbr=on}}
*Highest point: [[Mount Elbrus]]: {{Convert|5,642|m|abbr=on}}