Russian Far East facts for kids
The Russian Far East is a region in North Asia which includes the Russian part of the Far East, the easternmost territory of Russia, between Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean.
The Far Eastern Federal District shares land borders with Mongolia, the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to its south, and shares maritime borders with Japan to its southeast and with the United States to its northeast. Although occasionally considered part of Siberia, the Russian Far East is categorized separately from the Siberian Federal District to its west in Russian geographical schemes.
Images for kids
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Vladivostok in the early 1900s
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Number and share of Ukrainians in the population of the regions of the RSFSR (1926 census)
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Students in Vladivostok celebrating St. Tatyana's Day, or Russian Students Day (2009)
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Graph depicting population change in the Russian Far East
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Vladivostok in 2015
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Transportation on the Lena River (2004)
See also
In Spanish: Extremo Oriente ruso para niños
