List of highest points of Russian federal subjects explained

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

List

Above 1000 m

Highest pointRussian nameElevationFederal subjectLocation
ElbrusЭльбрус5642m (18,510feet)
Lateral Range,
Eastern Caucasus
Klyuchevskaya SopkaКлючевская Сопка4754m (15,597feet)Eastern Range (Kamchatka)
BelukhaБелуха4506m (14,783feet)Altai Mountains
TebulosmtaТебулосмта4493m (14,741feet)Lateral Range,
Eastern Caucasus
BazardüzüБазардюзю4466m (14,652feet)Main Caucasian Range,
Greater Caucasus
ShaniШан4451m (14,603feet)Main Caucasian Range,
Greater Caucasus
Mongun-TaigaМонгун-Тайга3970m (13,030feet)Altai Mountains
Mönkh SaridagМунку-Сардык3491m (11,453feet)Eastern Sayan,
Sayan Mountains
TsakhvoaЦахвоа3345m (10,974feet)Western Caucasus
ChugushЧугуш3237m (10,620feet)Western Caucasus
BAM PeakПик БАМ3072m (10,079feet)Kodar Range,
Stanovoy Highlands
Peak PobedaПик Победа3003m (9,852feet)Buordakh Massif,
Ulakhan-Chistay,
Chersky Range
Kyzlasov PeakПик Кызласова2969m (9,741feet)[1] Western Sayan,
Sayan Mountains
Pik MartenaПик Мартена2988m (9,803feet)Kodar Range,
Stanovoy Highlands[2] [3] [4]
BerillБерилл 2934m (9,626feet)Suntar-Khayata Range
Grandiozny PeakПик Грандиозный2891m (9,485feet)Kryzhin Range,
Eastern Sayan,
Sayan Mountains
Mayak ShanginaМаяк Шангина2490m (8,170feet)Korgon Range,
Sayan Mountains
AlaidАлаид2339m (7,674feet)Atlasov Island,
Kurils
Unnamed2337m (7,667feet)Okhandya Range,
Chersky Range[5]
Gorod-MakitГород-Макит2298m (7,539feet)Yam-Alin
Verkhny ZubВерхний Зуб2178m (7,146feet)Kuznetsk Alatau
AnikАник1932m (6,339feet)Sikhote-Alin
Mount NarodnayaНародная1894m (6,214feet)
Urals
IskhodnayaИсходная1887m (6,191feet)Chantal Range,
Chukotka Mountains
Mount KarpinskyГора Карпинского1878m (6,161feet)Issledovatelsky Range,
Subpolar Urals
YamantauЯмантау1640m (5,380feet)Southern Urals
Unnamed1603m (5,259feet)Kabardian Range (south of Kislovodsk)[6] [7]
Konzhakovskiy KamenКонжаковский Камень1569m (5,148feet)Konzhakov-Serebryan Massif,
Northern Urals
Mount KruzenshternГора Крузенштерна1547m (5,075feet)Northern Island,
Novaya Zemlya
Roman-KoshРоман-Кош1545m (5,069feet)Crimean Mountains
PayerПайер1472m (4,829feet)Polar Urals
Tulymsky KamenТулымский Камень1469m (4,820feet)Northern Urals
Mount StudencheskayaГора Студенческая1421m (4,662feet)Bureya Range
NurgushНургуш1406m (4,613feet)Southern Urals
YudychvumchorrЮдычвумчорр1201m (3,940feet)Khibiny Mountains
Chuvash-KoiЧуваш-Кой1051m (3,448feet)Tarpan-Bair Mountains

Below 1000 m

Highest pointRussian nameElevationFederal subjectLocation
NakasНакас667m (2,188feet)Southern Urals
NuorunenНуорунен576m (1,890feet)Maanselka
Pikhtovyy Greben'Пихтовый гребень502m (1,647feet)Salair Ridge
Morye-IzМоре-Из423m (1,388feet)Pai-Khoi Range
NablyudatelНаблюдатель381m (1,250feet)Zhiguli Mountains,
Volga Upland
Unnamed369m (1,211feet)Khvalynsk Mountains
Unnamed363m (1,191feet)Volga Upland
Mount Serpokrylovskayaгора Серпокрыловская 358m (1,175feet)Don-Medveditsa Ridge,
Volga Upland
Makushka ValdayaМакушка Валдая 346m (1,135feet)Valdai Upland
Unnamed342m (1,122feet)Khvalynsk Mountains
LipnitskayaЛипницкая339m (1,112feet)Bezhanitsy Upland
Unnamed338m (1,109feet)Volga Upland[8]
KrasnoyarКраснояр 337m (1,106feet)Upper Kama Upland
Unnamed332m (1,089feet)Upper Kama Upland
Chatyr-TauЧатыр-тау 321m (1,053feet)Bugulma-Belebey Upland
Unnamed319m (1,047feet)Smolensk-Moscow Upland
Zamri-GoraЗамри-гора310m (1,020feet)Moscow Upland,
Smolensk-Moscow Upland
Unnamed306m (1,004feet)Salsk-Manych Ridge
MalgoraМальгора304m (997feet)Vepsian Upland
Unnamed299m (981feet)Valdai Upland
SondobaХолм Сондоба293.3m (962.3feet)Galich-Chukhloma Upland[9]
Unnamed293.2m (961.9feet)Near Raevo village,
Central Russian Upland
GapselgaГапсельга291m (955feet)Vepsian Upland
Tarkhov HillТархов холм292m (958feet)Borisoglebsk Upland
Unnamed288m (945feet)On the right bank of the Desna,
Smolensk Upland
Unnamed286m (938feet)Inconspicuous elevation near Yablonovka village[10]
Unnamed285.9m (938feet)Near Dementievka village,
Central Russian Upland
ChukshaЧукша278.8m (914.7feet)Vyatsky Uval
Unnamed276.8m (908.1feet)Inconspicuous elevation in Prokhorovsky District,
Central Russian Upland
Zaitseva GoraЗайцева Гора275m (902feet)Central Russian Upland
Unnamed274.5m (900.6feet)Near Olkhovatka village,
Central Russian Upland
Unnamed274.2m (899.6feet)Slight elevation in the West Siberian Plain
Unnamed271.4m (890.4feet)Klinsk-Dmitrov Ridge,
Moscow Upland
Unnamed268m (879feet)Elevation at the Kursk Oblast border,
Central Russian Upland
Unnamed260.6m (855feet)Smolensk-Moscow Upland
Teplostan UplandТеплостанская возвышенность254.6m (835.3feet)On the right bank of the Moskva
Unnamed252m (827feet)On the right bank of the Volga,
Volga Upland
Unnamed242.1m (794.3feet)Vishtynetsk Upland
Unnamed236m (774feet)Central Russian Upland
SharedШаред222m (728feet)Cholun-Khamur Ridge,
Yergeni
Unnamed219.4m (719.8feet)High point of an undulation,
Oka–Don Lowland
Unnamed212.7m (697.8feet)Near the border with Vladimir Oblast,
Moscow Upland
Unnamed210.6m (690.9feet)Slight elevation in the interfluve of the Uy and Miass rivers
Mount OrekhovayaОреховая гора175.9m (577.1feet)Duderhof Heights
Unnamed152.6m (500.7feet)Hill in the southern part of the oblast
—excluding autonomous regions
Unnamed150.4m (493.4feet)Near Nagornoye village
Bolshoye BogdoБольшое Богдо149m (489feet)Long hill rising above Lake Baskunchak

See also

Notes and References

  1. A newly-named peak. Formerly the HP of Khakassia was deemed to be 2931.8 m high Mount Karagosh
  2. https://baikal24.ru/text/02-09-2012/samoj/ 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. https://peakvisor.com/peak/pik-tofalariya.html Pik Tofalariya - Peak Visor
  5. https://www.49gov.ru/press/press_releases/index.php?id_4=55738 БЕЗЫМЯННАЯ ВЕРШИНА НА ХРЕБТЕ ОХАНДЯ СТАЛА САМОЙ ВЫСОКОЙ ТОЧКОЙ МАГАДАНСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
  6. Web site: Обозначена высшая точка Ставропольского края . 30 December 2022. 2021-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211222041812/http://pkm1903.ru/museum/news/415-oboznachenavisshayatochkastavropoljskogokraya.
  7. https://stavtourism.ru/o-krae/rayony-i-goroda-stavropolskogo-kraya/?ELEMENT_ID=504 Город-курорт Кисловодск
  8. Located near Kirzhemany village; some sources give a height of 324m (1,063feet)
  9. https://kostromaturs.ru/places/udachi-vsem-chitayushhim-etu-zapisku-na-samoj-vysokoj-tochke-kostromskoj-oblasti/ The HP of Kostrom Oblast
  10. https://maxboro.livejournal.com/7044.html Article in the Chuvash newspaper Vedomosti (2004)