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This is a list of the extreme points and extreme elevations inRussia.

The northernmost and easternmost points of Russia coincide withthose of Eurasia (both for the mainland and including the islands).

Including islands and exclaves

Contiguous mainland only

Northernmost point —Cape Chelyuskin,Krasnoyarsk Krai (77°43'N)
Southernmost point — nearRagdan,Republic of Dagestan (41°12'N)
Westernmost point — nearLavry,Pskov Oblast (27°19'E)
Easternmost point¹ —Cape Dezhnev (East Cape),Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (169°40'W)

Towns and cities

Permanent settlements

¹according to the path of theInternational Date Line, although being located in theWestern Hemisphere.

Historically, pre-Soviet Russia

Southernmost from 1881 —Kushka in present-dayTurkmenistan (35°16′N)
Westernmost 1815–1915 —Ruda Komorska inCongress Poland (17°41′E)
Easternmost 1799–1867 — Same as theeasternmost point ofAlaska, then also theInternational Date Line. (129°59′W)
Elevation until 1869 —Denali in Alaska, then called Bolshaya, 6,194 metres (20,322 ft)

Historically,Soviet Union

Northernmost — Same as Russia today, from 1926 when Franz Josef Land was annexed
Southernmost —Kushka in present-dayTurkmenistan
Westernmost — Same as Russia today, from 1945
Easternmost — Same as Russia today
Elevation —Ismoil Somoni Peak inTajikistan, then called Communism Peak, at 7,495 metres (24,590 ft).

Greatest driving distance between any two points via the Russian road network: 13800 km fromRayakoski,Murmansk Oblast toZapadno-Ozernoye field,Anadyr District,Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.^[2] This route through theR504 Kolyma Highway andAnadyr Highway usually includes manyferries andfords acrosses andwinter roads. The greatest driving distance excluding ferries, fords and driving over ice is 10800 km fromRayakoski,Murmansk Oblast toKhasan,Primorsky Krai.^[3]

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