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The capital of Russia is Moscow. Russia is in Europe.

Capital
Moscow
Continent
Europe
Area
17,098,242 km²
Population
146,119,928 (2025, Wikidata)
Official languages
Russian
Currency
Russian Ruble (RUB)
Neighbours
Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine
Landlocked
No
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Regions of Russia

Russia has 83 first-level administrative divisions.

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Regions of Russia

NameCapitalPopulationArea (km²)
AdygeaMaykop500,7317,600
Altai KraiBarnaul2,099,186169,100
Altai RepublicGorno-Altaysk210,09592,903
Amur OblastBlagoveshchensk750,083361,913
Arkhangelsk OblastArkhangelsk989,434587,400
Astrakhan OblastAstrakhan946,42944,100
BashkortostanUfa4,042,377143,600
Belgorod OblastBelgorod1,482,02527,134
Bryansk OblastBryansk1,132,79534,900
BuryatiaUlan-Ude971,139351,300
ChechnyaGrozny1,492,99216,165
Chelyabinsk OblastChelyabinsk3,385,12487,900
Chukotka Autonomous DistrictAnadyr47,778721,481
ChuvashiaCheboksary1,167,06118,300
DagestanMakhachkala3,232,22450,300
IngushetiaMagas527,2003,128
Irkutsk OblastIrkutsk2,322,292774,846
Ivanovo OblastIvanovo905,90023,900
Jewish Autonomous OblastBirobidzhan144,42836,271
Kabardino-BalkariaNalchik905,46412,500
Kaliningrad OblastKaliningrad994,59915,100
KalmykiaElista267,58875,000
Kaluga OblastKaluga1,000,98029,800
Kamchatka KraiPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky288,947472,300
Karachay-CherkessiaCherkessk468,32214,100
KareliaPetrozavodsk518,950180,520
Kemerovo OblastKemerovo2,527,21995,500
Khabarovsk KraiKhabarovsk1,273,488787,633
KhakassiaAbakan525,55761,569
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous DistrictKhanty-Mansiysk1,759,356534,500
Kirov OblastKirov1,129,935120,800
Komi RepublicSyktyvkar714,785416,800
Kostroma OblastKostroma566,26660,200
Krasnodar KraiKrasnodar5,842,23875,485
Krasnoyarsk KraiKrasnoyarsk2,837,9882,339,700
Kurgan OblastKurgan744,46571,488
Kursk OblastKursk1,049,78329,800
Leningrad OblastGatchina2,035,76283,908
Lipetsk OblastLipetsk1,125,92124,100
Magadan OblastMagadan133,387465,464
Mari ElYoshkar-Ola669,85423,200
MordoviaSaransk778,96526,200
Moscow13,274,2852,562
Moscow OblastKrasnogorsk8,594,45445,800
Murmansk OblastMurmansk656,438144,902
Nenets Autonomous DistrictNaryan-Mar42,224176,700
Nizhny Novgorod OblastNizhny Novgorod3,039,42176,900
North Ossetia-AlaniaVladikavkaz678,8797,987
Novgorod OblastVeliky Novgorod566,96054,501
Novosibirsk OblastNovosibirsk2,786,540178,200
Omsk OblastOmsk1,805,806139,700
Orenburg OblastOrenburg1,828,655123,702
Oryol OblastOryol692,48624,652
Penza OblastPenza1,213,11343,200
Perm KraiPerm2,483,633160,236
Primorsky KraiVladivostok1,799,659164,673
Pskov OblastPskov574,48055,300
Rostov OblastRostov-on-Don4,137,335101,800
Ryazan OblastRyazan1,043,23139,600
Saint Petersburg5,652,9221,439
SakhaYakutsk1,001,6643,083,523
Sakhalin OblastYuzhno-Sakhalinsk457,59087,101
Samara OblastSamara3,112,56653,600
Saratov OblastSaratov2,369,405100,830
Smolensk OblastSmolensk863,98749,779
Stavropol KraiStavropol2,884,36366,160
Sverdlovsk OblastYekaterinburg4,221,452194,307
Tambov OblastTambov956,29234,300
TatarstanKazan4,003,01667,847
Tomsk OblastTomsk1,039,728316,900
Tula OblastTula1,471,14025,700
TuvaKyzyl338,483170,500
Tver OblastTver1,190,57484,100
Tyumen OblastTyumen3,890,8001,464,200
UdmurtiaIzhevsk1,493,35642,100
Ulyanovsk OblastUlyanovsk1,172,78237,300
Vladimir OblastVladimir1,309,94229,000
Volgograd OblastVolgograd2,434,046113,900
Vologda OblastVologda1,160,445145,700
Voronezh OblastVoronezh2,260,04552,400
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous DistrictSalekhard515,960683,976
Yaroslavl OblastYaroslavl1,187,55836,400
Zabaykalsky KraiChita984,395431,500

Quick answers

What is the capital of Russia?

The capital of Russia is Moscow.

Which continent is Russia in?

Russia is in Europe.

How big is Russia?

Russia covers 17,098,242 km². It is number 1 of 195 countries by area.

What is the population of Russia?

Wikidata lists the population of Russia as 146,119,928 (2025).

How many regions does Russia have?

Russia has 83 first-level administrative divisions, including Adygea, Altai Krai, and Altai Republic.

Which countries border Russia?

Russia shares land borders with Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, and Ukraine.

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