What is the capital of Russia?
The capital of Russia is Moscow.
- Official name
- Russian Federation
- Capital
- Moscow
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Eastern Europe
- Currency
- Russian ruble
- Languages
- Russian
- Land neighbours
- Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine
- Area
- 17,098,242 km²
- Landlocked
- No
- Calling code
- +7
- Internet domain
- .ru
Quick answers about Russia
What currency is used in Russia?
Russia uses Russian ruble.
Where is Russia?
Russia is in Eastern Europe, within Europe.
What languages are spoken in Russia?
The reference languages listed for Russia are Russian.
Which countries border Russia?
Russia shares listed land borders with Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine.
Is Russia landlocked?
No. Russia is not landlocked.
States and provinces in Russia
- Adygey
- Altay
- Amur
- Arkhangel'sk
- Astrakhan'
- Bashkortostan
- Belgorod
- Bryansk
- Buryat
- Chechnya
- Chelyabinsk
- Chita
- Chukchi Autonomous Okrug
- Chuvash
- City of St. Petersburg
- Crimea
- Dagestan
- Gorno-Altay
- Ingush
- Irkutsk
- Ivanovo
- Kabardin-Balkar
- Kaliningrad
- Kalmyk
- Kaluga
- Kamchatka
- Karachay-Cherkess
- Karelia
- Kemerovo
- Khabarovsk
- Khakass
- Khanty-Mansiy
- Kirov
- Komi
- Kostroma
- Krasnodar
- Krasnoyarsk
- Kurgan
- Kursk
- Leningrad
- Lipetsk
- Maga Buryatdan
- Mariy-El
- Mordovia
- Moskovskaya
- Moskva
- Murmansk
- Nenets
- Nizhegorod
- North Ossetia
- Novgorod
- Novosibirsk
- Omsk
- Orel
- Orenburg
- Penza
- Perm'
- Primor'ye
- Pskov
- Rostov
- Ryazan'
- Sakha (Yakutia)
- Sakhalin
- Samara
- Saratov
- Sevastopol
- Smolensk
- Stavropol'
- Sverdlovsk
- Tambov
- Tatarstan
- Tomsk
- Tula
- Tuva
- Tver'
- Tyumen'
- Udmurt
- Ul'yanovsk
- Vladimir
- Volgograd
- Vologda
- Voronezh
- Yamal-Nenets
- Yaroslavl'
- Yevrey
Sources and review
Facts were last reviewed on 13 September 2026. Boundaries and state/province names use Natural Earth. Country reference fields use the Countries dataset. India boundary presentation follows the project’s stated Survey of India reference.