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Russian Far East
- Zabaykalsky KraiZabaykalsky Krai stretches across the Russian Far East, touching China and Mongolia with its vast international boundaries.
- BuryatiaThe eastern shore of Lake Baikal curves through the south-central region of Siberia. This body of water holds 60% of its shoreline within Buryatia.
- Sakha RepublicThe Sakha Republic stretches across 3,083,523 square kilometers of the Russian Far East. It is the largest federal subject in Russia and covers half the area…
- Jewish Autonomous OblastOn the 28th of March 1928, the Presidium of the General Executive Committee of the USSR passed a decree attaching free territory near the Amur River to…
- Russian Far EastThe Russian Far East stretches from Lake Baikal to the Pacific Ocean, covering an area larger than one-third of Russia's total landmass.
- VladivostokOn the 2nd of July 1860, a military unit under Lieutenant-Commander Alexei Karlovich Shefner arrived at Golden Horn Bay to establish a Russian outpost.
- Far North (Russia)The Arctic Circle cuts through the heart of Russia, marking a boundary that separates the known world from the extreme north.