We always think, with our Mercator map mentality, that Russia is that faraway place with the beautiful former capital St. Petersburg and the intriguing Moscow. But what if we look at the map and see Russia from the North Pole?
The result is astonishing — and not a little scary.
The following countries, former Russian republics and satellites, border this massive country:
- Finland,
- Norway,
- Denmark (through Greenland),
- Ukraine,
- Armenia,
- Azerbaijan,
- Belarus,
- Estonia,
- Georgia,
- Kazakhstan,
- Kyrgyzstan,
- Latvia,
- Lithuania,
- Moldova,
- Tajikistan,
- Turkmenistan,
- Uzbekistan,
- Georgia,
- China,
- North Korea,
- Mongolia,
- Turkey,
- Iran,
- Pakistan via Tajikistan,
- Afghanistan,
- China
- United States
- Canada.