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Russia , officially the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres , Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 144.5 million people as of 2018, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is the largest metropolitan area in Europe proper and one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much...
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  • 1. Russian Island Vladivostok
    Vladivostok is a city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located around the Golden Horn Bay, not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea. The population of the city as of 2017 was 606,589, up from 592,034 recorded in the 2010 Russian census. Harbin in China is about 515 kilometres away, whilst Sapporo in Japan is about 775 kilometres east across the Sea of Japan. The city is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean.
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  • 3. Moneron Island Nevelsk
    Moneron Island, is a small island located off Sakhalin Island.
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  • 4. Rikord island Vladivostok
    Rikord Island is an island in Peter the Great Gulf located 30 km to the south of Zolotoy Rog and 4 km to the south of Reyneke Island. It was named after admiral Pyotr Rikord. With an area of nearly 5 km2 , it is the largest uninhabited island of Primorsky Krai. Administratively the island is under Vladivostok's jurisdiction. The highest point is 178 m above sea level. The island is a part of Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago.
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  • 5. Popov Island Vladivostok
    Popov Island is an island in Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago. It lies in Peter the Great Gulf, 20 km to the south of Zolotoy Rog between Reyneke and Russky Islands. It is named after admiral Andrey Alexandrovich Popov. Area is 12,4 km2. Population: 1316 in two settlements . Administratively the island is under Vladivostok's jurisdiction.
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  • 11. Reyneke Island Vladivostok
    Reyneke Island is an island in the Eugénie Archipelago within the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan. It is administratively part of the city of Vladivostok in Primorsky Krai, Russia, and is located 25 kilometres south of the city center. Reyneke Island has an area of approximately 4.6 kilometres and a population of 23 , making it the smallest of four inhabited islands of Primorsky Krai both by area and population. Most residents live in the island's single settlement of the same named located on the northern coast. Reyneke Island is a summer recreation location for the Primorsky Krai region, and tourism is an important part of the local economy. The island is popular due to its pebbly and sandy beaches, the deciduous forest on the western part of the island, and the meadows on the ...
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  • 13. Sakhalin Island Far Eastern District
    Sakhalin Oblast is a federal subject of Russia comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in the Russian Far East. The oblast has an area of 87,100 square kilometers . Its administrative center and the largest city is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: 497,973 . Besides people from other parts of the former Soviet Union and the Korean Peninsula, the oblast is home to Nivkhs and Ainu, with the latter having lost their language in Sakhalin recently. Sakhalin is rich in natural gas and oil, and is Russia's second wealthiest federal subject. It borders Khabarovsk Krai to the west and Hokkaido, Japan to the south.
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  • 14. Sviyazhsk Republic Of Tatarstan
    Sviyazhsk is a rural locality in the Russia, located at the confluence of the Volga and Sviyaga Rivers. It is often referred to as an island since the construction of the Kuybyshev Reservoir at Tolyatti downstream Volga in 1955, but it is in fact connected to the mainland by a road.In 2017 the Assumption Cathedral and Monastery were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.Sviyazhsk was founded in 1551 as a fortress, which was built within four weeks from parts made in Uglich and transported down the Volga. It became a military base of the Russian army during the siege of Kazan . Since the 15th century, Sviyazhsk served as a center of an uyezd. In 1920–1927, it was a center of Sviyazhsky Kanton; in 1927–1931—the administrative center of Sviyazhsky District. In 1932, it was de...
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  • 15. Yelagin Island St Petersburg
    Yelagin Island is an island at the mouth of the Neva River which is part of St. Petersburg, Russia. Yelagin Island is home to the Yelagin Palace but has a few other buildings as well.
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