What countries does Russia border?
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Russia, the largest country in the world by area, shares land borders with 16 countries and a maritime border with others. The total length of Russia’s border is approximately 20,241 kilometres. To the west, Russia borders Norway (191 km), Finland (1,309 km), Estonia (294 km), Latvia (217 km), Lithuania (227 km), Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast, 229 km), Belarus (1,312 km), Ukraine (1,944 km), and Georgia (894 km). In the east, Russia shares borders with Azerbaijan (284 km), Kazakhstan (7,644 km), China (4,209 km), and Mongolia (3,485 km). Russia also shares maritime borders with Japan, the United States, and other countries through the Arctic and Pacific Oceans.