Southern Russia
Southern Russia is a region in Russia bordering the country's Central and Volga Regions to the north, the Caspian Sea to the east, Azerbaijan and Georgia to the south, the Black Sea and Ukraine to the west.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Chechnya
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For most international travellers, the Chechen Republic, a republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia, is a remarkably unknown place.
Kalmykia
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Kalmykia is a republic in Southern Russia and is the only Buddhist area of Europe.
North Ossetia
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North Ossetia-Alania is a republic within the Russian Caucasus bordering Kabardino-Balkaria to the west, Stavropol Krai to the north, Chechnya and Ingushetia to the east. Georgia and South Ossetia lie to the south.
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North Caucasus
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The North Caucasus is a region of the Caucasus in southwestern Russia, bordering Georgia and Azerbaijan to the south and Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, and Kalmykia to the north.
Krasnodar Krai and Adygea
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Krasnodar Krai is a region in Southern Russia, bordering Crimea to the west, Rostov Oblast to the north, Stavropol Krai to the east, and Georgia and Karachay-Cherkessia to the south.
Rostov Oblast
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Rostov Oblast is a region in Southern Russia, which borders Krasnodar Krai in the southwest, Ukraine in the northwest, Voronezh Oblast in the north, Volgograd Oblast in the northeast, Kalmykia in the east, and Stavropol Krai in the south.
Stavropol Krai
Stavropol Krai is a region in Southern Russia, which borders Krasnodar Krai to the west, Rostov Oblast to the north, Kalmykia to the east, and all the republics of the North Caucasus to the south.
Southern Russia
- Type: region
- Description: part of Russia
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude of centre
44.53° or 44° 31' 48" northLongitude of centre
44.49° or 44° 29' 24" eastWikidata ID
Q14324291Southern Russia Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: جنوب روسيا
- Belarusian: Паўднёвая Расея
- Belarusian: Поўдзень Расеі
- Catalan: Rússia Europea del Sud
- Catalan: Rússia Meridional
- Catalan: Rússia del Sud
- Chinese: 俄羅斯南部
- Chinese: 南俄罗斯
- Chinese: 南俄羅斯
- Dutch: Zuid-Rusland
- English: South European Russia
- Esperanto: Suda Eŭropa Rusio
- Estonian: Lõuna-Venemaa
- French: Russie méridionale
- German: Südrussland
- Greek: Νότια Ρωσία
- Hebrew: דרום רוסיה
- Italian: Russia meridionale
- Japanese: 南ロシア
- Norwegian: Sør-Russland
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sør-Russland
- Portuguese: Meridional
- Russian: Юг России (значения)
- Russian: Юг России
- Russian: Юг Россі́и , Юг Росси́и
- Slovenian: Južna Rusija
- Slovenian: Južnoevropska Rusija
- Spanish: Rusia del Sur
- Spanish: Sur de Rusia
- Swedish: Sydeuropeiska Ryssland
- Thai: รัสเซียตอนใต้
- Ukrainian: Південь Росії
- Urdu: جنوبی روس
- Venetian: Rùsia meridionałe
- Welsh: De Rwsia
- Південна Росія
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Southern Russia. Photo: Lord Mountbatten, CC BY-SA 3.0.