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The Russian Far East is the vast, sparsely populated region in eastern Russia that stretches across Siberia to the Pacific Ocean and includes territories like Sakhalin and Kamchatka. It matters because of its rich natural resources, strategic location near Asia-Pacific nations, and role in Russia's geopolitical and economic interests in the region.
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The Russian Far East (Russian: Дальний Восток России, IPA: [ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ]) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Eastern Federal District, which encompasses the area between Lake Baikal and the Pacific Ocean. The area's largest city is Khabarovsk, followed by Vladivostok. The region shares land borders with the countries of Mongolia, China, and North Korea to its south, as well as maritime boundaries with Japan to its southeast, and with the United States along the Bering Strait to its northeast.
Although foreign sources often consider the Russian Far East to be a part of Siberia, it has been historically categorized separately from Siberia in Russian regional and cultural schemes (and previously during the Soviet era when it was called the Soviet Far East).