Eastern Europe
Flag of Russia
11 time zones, one country.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #f0f0f0 32%
- #c01818 32%
- #003090 30%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
Russia in numbers
| Official name | Russian Federation |
|---|---|
| Capital | Moscow |
| Region | Eastern Europe, Europe |
| Population | 144,104,080 |
| Area | 17,098,242 km² · 8 people per km² |
| Currency | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Languages | Russian |
| Country codes | RU · RUS · .ru |
| Coastline | Has a coast |
Things worth knowing
- Russia spans ~17.1 million km² — larger than Pluto's surface area.
- Lake Baikal holds ~20% of Earth's unfrozen freshwater in a single lake.
- The Trans-Siberian Railway runs 9,289 km — the world's longest single-service rail line.
Did you know
When it's midnight Monday in Kaliningrad, it's already 11 AM Tuesday on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Neighbours
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- China
- Estonia
- Finland
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- North Korea
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Mongolia
- Norway
- Poland
- Ukraine
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.