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Russia
Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia . With an area of 17,075,400 km², Russia is the largest country in the world, covering almost twice the total area of the next-largest country, Canada, and has significant mineral and energy resources. Russia has the world's ninth-largest population. Russia shares land borders with the following countries : Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine,... More »
Siberia
Siberia is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia and comprising a large part of the Euro-Asian Steppe. It extends eastward from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and southward from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and the borders of both Mongolia and China. All but the extreme south-western area of Siberia lies in Russia, and it makes up about 77% of Russia's territory , but only 30% of Russia's population . More »
Barents Sea
The Barents Sea is a part of the Arctic Ocean located north of Norway and Russia. It is named after the Dutch navigator Willem Barents. It is a rather deep shelf sea , bordered by the shelf edge towards the Norwegian Sea in the west, the island of Svalbard in the northwest, and the islands of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya in the northeast and east. The southern half of the Barents Sea, including the ports of Murmansk and Vardø remain ice-free year round due to the warm North... More »
Murmansk
Murmansk is a city in the extreme northwest part of Russia with a seaport on the Kola Bay, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia's borders with Norway and Finland. Population: 320,900 ; 336,137 ; 468,039 . The city is an important navy base for the Russian Navy. Murmansk is the administrative centre of Murmansk Oblast. The port remains ice-free year round due to the warm North Atlantic drift ocean current. More »
Novaya Zemlya
Novaya Zemlya is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in the north of Russia and the extreme northeast of Europe . The archipelago is administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast as Novaya Zemlya Island Territory. Population: 2,716 , of which 2,622 reside in Belushya Guba, an urban-type settlement that is the administrative center of Novaya Zemlya District. Novaya Zemlya consists of two major islands, separated by the narrow Matochkin Strait, and a number of smaller ones. More »
Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk , formerly called Archangel in English, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the far north of European Russia. Arkhangelsk was the chief sea port of medieval Russia. It is served by Talagi Airport and the smaller Vaskovo Airport, but also is home to Lakhta military air base. Population: 356,051 ; down from 415,921 recorded in the 1989 Census. More »
Kola Peninsula
The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula in the far north of Russia, part of the Murmansk Oblast. It borders upon the Barents Sea on the North and the White Sea on the East and South. The west border of the Kola Peninsula stretches along a meridian from the Kola Gulf through the Imandra Lake, Kola Lake, and the Niva River to the Kandalaksha Gulf. The peninsula covers an area of about 100 000 km². The north coast is steep and high, the southern is flat. More »
Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land is an archipelago located in the far north of Russia. It is found in the Arctic Ocean north of Novaya Zemlya and east of Svalbard, and is administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast. Franz Josef Land consists of 191 ice-covered islands with an area of 16,134 km² and is largely uninhabited. At latitudes between 80.0° and 81.9° north, it is the most northerly group of islands associated with Eurasia. The extreme northernmost point is Cape Fligely on Rudolf Island . More »
Svalbard
:''This article is about the island in the Arctic. For the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel commissioned in 2002, see NoCGV Svalbard''. Svalbard is an archipelago lying in the Arctic Ocean north of mainland Europe, about midway between Norway and the North Pole. It consists of a group of islands ranging from 76° to 81° North, and 10° to 35° East. The archipelago is the northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. Three islands are populated: Spitsbergen, Bjørnøya and Hopen. More »
Northern Sea Route
The Northern Sea Route is a shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Russian coasts of Far East and Siberia. The vast majority of the route lies in Arctic waters and parts are only free of ice for two months per year. Before the beginning of the 20th century it was known as the Northeast Passage. More »
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