List of highest points of Russian federal subjects

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This is a list of the highest points of the Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation.

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Above 1000 m

Highest pointRussian nameElevationFederal subjectLocation
Elbrus Эльбрус5,642 metres (18,510 ft)Flag of Kabardino-Balkaria.svg  Kabardino-Balkaria
Flag of Karachay-Cherkessia.svg  Karachay-Cherkessia
Lateral Range,
Eastern Caucasus
Kazbek Казбек5,033 metres (16,512 ft)Flag of North Ossetia.svg  North Ossetia Lateral Range.
Eastern Caucasus
Klyuchevskaya Sopka Ключевская Сопка4,754 metres (15,597 ft)Flag of Kamchatka Krai.svg  Kamchatka Krai Eastern Range (Kamchatka)
Belukha Белуха4,506 metres (14,783 ft)Flag of Altai Republic.svg  Altai Republic Altai Mountains
Tebulosmta Тебулосмта4,493 metres (14,741 ft)Flag of the Chechen Republic.svg  Chechnya Lateral Range,
Eastern Caucasus
Bazardüzü Базардюзю4,466 metres (14,652 ft)Flag of Dagestan.svg  Dagestan Main Caucasian Range,
Greater Caucasus
Shani Шан4,451 metres (14,603 ft)Flag of Ingushetia.svg  Ingushetia Main Caucasian Range,
Greater Caucasus
Mongun-Taiga Монгун-Тайга3,970 metres (13,020 ft)Flag of Tuva.svg  Tuva Altai Mountains
Mönkh Saridag Мунку-Сардык3,491 metres (11,453 ft)Flag of Buryatia.svg  Buryatia Eastern Sayan,
Sayan Mountains
Tsakhvoa Цахвоа3,345 metres (10,974 ft)Flag of Krasnodar Krai.svg  Krasnodar Krai Western Caucasus
Chugush Чугуш3,237 metres (10,620 ft)Flag of Adygea.svg  Adygea Western Caucasus
BAM Peak Пик БАМ3,072 metres (10,079 ft)Flag of Zabaykalsky Krai.svg  Zabaykalsky Krai Kodar Range,
Stanovoy Highlands
Peak Pobeda Пик Победа3,003 metres (9,852 ft)Flag of Sakha.svg  Yakutia Buordakh Massif,
Ulakhan-Chistay,
Chersky Range
Kyzlasov Peak Пик Кызласова2,969 metres (9,741 ft) [1] Flag of Khakassia.svg  Khakassia Western Sayan,
Sayan Mountains
Pik Martena Пик Мартена2,988 metres (9,803 ft)Flag of Irkutsk Oblast.svg  Irkutsk Oblast Kodar Range,
Stanovoy Highlands [2] [3] [4]
Berill Берилл2,934 metres (9,626 ft)Flag of Khabarovsk Krai.svg  Khabarovsk Krai Suntar-Khayata Range
Grandiozny Peak Пик Грандиозный2,891 metres (9,485 ft)Flag of Krasnoyarsk Krai.svg  Krasnoyarsk Krai Kryzhin Range,
Eastern Sayan,
Sayan Mountains
Mayak Shangina Маяк Шангина2,490 metres (8,170 ft)Flag of Altai Krai.svg  Altai Krai Korgon Range,
Sayan Mountains
Alaid Алаид2,339 metres (7,674 ft)Flag of Sakhalin Oblast.svg  Sakhalin Oblast Atlasov Island,
Kurils
Unnamed2,337 metres (7,667 ft)Flag of Magadan Oblast.svg  Magadan Oblast Okhandya Range,
Chersky Range [5]
Gorod-Makit Город-Макит2,298 metres (7,539 ft)Flag of Amur Oblast.svg  Amur Oblast Yam-Alin
Verkhny Zub Верхний Зуб2,178 metres (7,146 ft)Flag of Kemerovo Oblast.svg  Kemerovo Oblast Kuznetsk Alatau
Anik Аник1,932 metres (6,339 ft)Flag of Primorsky Krai.svg  Primorsky Krai Sikhote-Alin
Mount Narodnaya Народная1,894 metres (6,214 ft)Flag of Yugra.svg  Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Flag of Komi.svg  Komi
Urals
Iskhodnaya Исходная1,887 metres (6,191 ft)Flag of Chukotka.svg  Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chantal Range,
Chukotka Mountains
Mount Karpinsky Гора Карпинского1,878 metres (6,161 ft)Flag of Komi.svg  Komi Issledovatelsky Range,
Subpolar Urals
Yamantau Ямантау1,640 metres (5,380 ft)Flag of Bashkortostan.svg  Bashkortostan Southern Urals
Unnamed1,603 metres (5,259 ft)Flag of Stavropol Krai.svg  Stavropol Krai Kabardian Range (south of Kislovodsk) [6] [7]
Konzhakovskiy Kamen Конжаковский Камень1,569 metres (5,148 ft)Flag of Sverdlovsk Oblast.svg  Sverdlovsk Oblast Konzhakov-Serebryan Massif,
Northern Urals
Mount Kruzenshtern Гора Крузенштерна1,547 metres (5,075 ft)Flag of Arkhangelsk Oblast.svg  Arkhangelsk Oblast Northern Island,
Novaya Zemlya
Roman-Kosh Роман-Кош1,545 metres (5,069 ft)Flag of Crimea.svg  Crimea Crimean Mountains
Payer Пайер1,472 metres (4,829 ft)Flag of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District.svg  Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Polar Urals
Tulymsky Kamen Тулымский Камень1,469 metres (4,820 ft)Flag of Perm Krai.svg  Perm Krai Northern Urals
Mount Studencheskaya Гора Студенческая1,421 metres (4,662 ft)Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.svg  Jewish Autonomous Oblast Bureya Range
Nurgush Нургуш1,406 metres (4,613 ft)Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast.svg  Chelyabinsk Oblast Southern Urals
Yudychvumchorr Юдычвумчорр1,201 metres (3,940 ft)Flag of Murmansk Oblast.svg  Murmansk Oblast Khibiny Mountains
Chuvash-Koi Чуваш-Кой1,051 metres (3,448 ft)Flag of Sevastopol.svg  Sevastopol Tarpan-Bair Mountains

Below 1000 m

Highest pointRussian nameElevationFederal subjectLocation
Nakas Накас667 metres (2,188 ft)Flag of Orenburg Oblast.svg  Orenburg Oblast Southern Urals
Nuorunen Нуорунен576 metres (1,890 ft)Flag of Karelia.svg  Karelia Maanselka
Pikhtovyy Greben'Пихтовый гребень502 metres (1,647 ft)Flag of Novosibirsk oblast.svg  Novosibirsk Oblast Salair Ridge
Morye-Iz Море-Из423 metres (1,388 ft)Flag of Nenets Autonomous District.svg  Nenets Autonomous Okrug Pai-Khoi Range
Nablyudatel Наблюдатель381 metres (1,250 ft)Flag of Samara Oblast.svg  Samara Oblast Zhiguli Mountains,
Volga Upland
Unnamed369 metres (1,211 ft)Flag of Saratov Oblast.svg  Saratov Oblast Khvalynsk Mountains
Unnamed363 metres (1,191 ft)Flag Ul'ianovskoi oblasti (2013).svg  Ulyanovsk Oblast Volga Upland
Mount Serpokrylovskaya гора Серпокрыловская358 metres (1,175 ft)Flag of Volgograd Oblast.svg  Volgograd Oblast Don-Medveditsa Ridge,
Volga Upland
Makushka Valdaya Макушка Валдая346 metres (1,135 ft)Flag of Tver Oblast.svg  Tver Oblast Valdai Upland
Unnamed342 metres (1,122 ft)Flag of Penza Oblast.svg  Penza Oblast Khvalynsk Mountains
Lipnitskaya Липницкая339 metres (1,112 ft)Flag of Pskov Oblast.svg  Pskov Oblast Bezhanitsy Upland
Unnamed338 metres (1,109 ft)Flag of Mordovia.svg  Mordovia Volga Upland [8]
Krasnoyar Краснояр337 metres (1,106 ft)Flag of Kirov Oblast.svg  Kirov Oblast Upper Kama Upland
Unnamed332 metres (1,089 ft)Flag of Udmurtia.svg  Udmurtia Upper Kama Upland
Chatyr-Tau Чатыр-тау321 metres (1,053 ft)Flag of Tatarstan.svg  Tatarstan Bugulma-Belebey Upland
Unnamed319 metres (1,047 ft)Flag of Smolensk Oblast.svg  Smolensk Oblast Smolensk-Moscow Upland
Zamri-Gora Замри-гора310 metres (1,020 ft)Flag of Moscow oblast.svg  Moscow Oblast Moscow Upland,
Smolensk-Moscow Upland
Unnamed306 metres (1,004 ft)Flag of Rostov Oblast.svg  Rostov Oblast Salsk-Manych Ridge
Malgora Мальгора304 metres (997 ft)Flag of Vologda oblast.svg  Vologda Oblast Vepsian Upland
Unnamed299 metres (981 ft)Flag of Novgorod Oblast.svg  Novgorod Oblast Valdai Upland
Sondoba Холм Сондоба293.3 metres (962 ft)Flag of Kostroma Oblast.svg  Kostroma Oblast Galich-Chukhloma Upland [9]
Unnamed293.2 metres (962 ft)Flag of Tula Oblast.svg  Tula Oblast Near Raevo village,
Central Russian Upland
Gapselga Гапсельга291 metres (955 ft)Flag of Leningrad Oblast.svg  Leningrad Oblast Vepsian Upland
Tarkhov Hill Тархов холм292 metres (958 ft)Flag of Yaroslavl Oblast.svg  Yaroslavl Oblast Borisoglebsk Upland
Unnamed288 metres (945 ft)Flag of Bryansk Oblast.svg  Bryansk Oblast On the right bank of the Desna,
Smolensk Upland
Unnamed286 metres (938 ft)Flag of Chuvashia.svg  Chuvashia Inconspicuous elevation near Yablonovka village [10]
Unnamed285.9 metres (938 ft)Flag of Oryol Oblast.svg  Oryol Oblast Near Dementievka village,
Central Russian Upland
Chuksha Чукша278.8 metres (915 ft)Flag of Mari El.svg  Mari El Vyatsky Uval
Unnamed276.8 metres (908 ft)Flag of Belgorod Oblast.svg  Belgorod Oblast Inconspicuous elevation in Prokhorovsky District,
Central Russian Upland
Zaitseva Gora Зайцева Гора275 metres (902 ft)Flag of Kaluga Oblast.svg  Kaluga Oblast Central Russian Upland
Unnamed274.5 metres (901 ft)Flag of Kursk Oblast.svg  Kursk Oblast Near Olkhovatka village,
Central Russian Upland
Unnamed274.2 metres (900 ft)Flag of Tomsk Oblast.svg  Tomsk Oblast Slight elevation in the West Siberian Plain
Unnamed271.4 metres (890 ft)Flag of Vladimir Oblast.svg  Vladimir Oblast Klinsk-Dmitrov Ridge,
Moscow Upland
Unnamed268 metres (879 ft)Flag of Voronezh Oblast.svg  Voronezh Oblast Elevation at the Kursk Oblast border,
Central Russian Upland
Unnamed260.6 metres (855 ft)Flag of Lipetsk Oblast.svg  Lipetsk Oblast Smolensk-Moscow Upland
Teplostan Upland Теплостанская возвышенность254.6 metres (835 ft)Flag of Moscow, Russia.svg  Moscow On the right bank of the Moskva
Unnamed252 metres (827 ft)Flag of Nizhny Novgorod Region.svg  Nizhny Novgorod Oblast On the right bank of the Volga,
Volga Upland
Unnamed242.1 metres (794 ft)Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg  Kaliningrad Oblast Vishtynetsk Upland
Unnamed236 metres (774 ft)Flag of Ryazan Oblast.svg  Ryazan Oblast Central Russian Upland
Shared Шаред222 metres (728 ft)Flag of Kalmykia.svg  Kalmykia Cholun-Khamur Ridge,
Yergeni
Unnamed219.4 metres (720 ft)Flag of Tambov Oblast.svg  Tambov Oblast High point of an undulation,
Oka–Don Lowland
Unnamed212.7 metres (698 ft)Flag of Ivanovo Oblast.svg  Ivanovo Oblast Near the border with Vladimir Oblast,
Moscow Upland
Unnamed210.6 metres (691 ft)Flag of Kurgan Oblast.svg  Kurgan Oblast Slight elevation in the interfluve of the Uy and Miass rivers
Mount Orekhovaya Ореховая гора175.9 metres (577 ft)Flag of Saint Petersburg.svg  St. Petersburg Duderhof Heights
Unnamed152.6 metres (501 ft)Flag of Tyumen Oblast.svg  Tyumen Oblast Hill in the southern part of the oblast
—excluding autonomous regions
Unnamed150.4 metres (493 ft)Flag of Omsk Oblast.svg  Omsk Oblast Near Nagornoye village
Bolshoye Bogdo Большое Богдо149 metres (489 ft)Flag of Astrakhan Oblast.svg  Astrakhan Oblast Long hill rising above Lake Baskunchak

See also

Notes

  1. A newly-named peak. Formerly the HP of Khakassia was deemed to be 2931.8 m high Mount Karagosh
  2. У самой высокой горы Иркутской области появилось название - пик Мартена
  3. Other sources claim Pik Tofalariya in the Eastern Sayan as the highest point, but this isn't backed up by topographic maps.
  4. Pik Tofalariya - Peak Visor
  5. БЕЗЫМЯННАЯ ВЕРШИНА НА ХРЕБТЕ ОХАНДЯ СТАЛА САМОЙ ВЫСОКОЙ ТОЧКОЙ МАГАДАНСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
  6. "Обозначена высшая точка Ставропольского края". Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  7. Город-курорт Кисловодск (Кабардинский хребет)
  8. Located near Kirzhemany village; some sources give a height of 324 metres (1,063 ft)
  9. The HP of Kostrom Oblast is only 0.1 metres (0.33 ft) higher than the HP of Tula oblast.
  10. Article in the Chuvash newspaper Vedomosti (2004)

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