Russian federal highways (Russian: автомобильные дороги федерального значения Российской Федерации|r=avtomobil’nyye dorogi federal’nogo znacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii; lit. highways of federal importance of the Russian Federation) are the most important highways in Russia that are federal property. The following motorways are designated as federal.[1] [2]
The federal highways are classified in Russia into two categories:
The local importance roads in Russia are designated with a letter prefix and a number as well as the OKATO (Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления, Russian classification on objects of administrative division) code for the region.
These roads use the following prefixes:
Highway | Route | Length | Notes |
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Moscow to the border with Belarus | 440km (270miles) | ||
Moscow - Tula - Orel - Kursk - Belgorod to the border with Ukraine | 720km (450miles) | ||
Moscow - Kaluga - Bryansk to the border with Ukraine | 490km (300miles) | ||
Moscow - Voronezh - Rostov-on-Don - Krasnodar - Novorossiysk | 1513km (940miles) | One of three fully-fledged nationwide motorways in Russia alongside M11 and M12 (all three are toll roads) | |
Moscow - Ryazan’ - Penza - Samara - Ufa - Chelyabinsk | 1819km (1,130miles) | ||
Moscow - Vladimir - Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan | 1342km (834miles) | Originally continued to Ufa; this is planned to become portions of M12, R240 and R243 | |
Moscow - Yaroslavl - Vologda - Arkangelsk | 1271km (790miles) | ||
Moscow - Volokolamsk to the border with Latvia | 610km (380miles) | ||
Moscow - Tver’ - Velikiy Novgorod - Saint Petersburg | 872km (542miles) | Originally continued to Finnish border, but this was redesignated A181 in 2018 | |
Moscow – Saint Petersburg | 684km (425miles) | One of three fully-fledged nationwide motorways in Russia alongside M4 and M12 (all three are toll roads) | |
Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan - Yekaterinburg - Tyumen | 811km (504miles) (currently in operation), ~1600km (1,000miles) (proposed) | As of 2024, the 811km (504miles) stretch of M12 between Moscow and Kazan has been completed and put to operation; the rest of the motorway is under construction | |
Saint Petersburg - Petrozavodsk - Murmansk - Pechenga to the border with Norway | 2038km (1,266miles) | Former M18 | |
Tambov - Volgograd - Astrakhan | 1779km (1,105miles) | Former M6 | |
Saint Petersburg - Pskov - Pustoshka - Nevel to the border with Belarus | 544km (338miles) | Former M20 | |
Veliky Novgorod - Soltsy - Porkhov - Pskov | 223km (139miles) | Former A116 | |
Kaluga - Peremyshl’ - Belev - Orel | 181km (112miles) | ||
Orel - Livny - Elets - Lipetsk - Tambov | 390km (240miles) | ||
Orel - Bryansk - Smolensk to the border with Belarus | 510km (320miles) | Former A141 | |
Yaroslavl - Kostroma - Ivanovo - Vladimir - Gus-Khrustalny - Ryazan - Mikhailov - Tula - Kaluga - Vyazma - Rzhev - Tver - Uglich - Yaroslavl | 15580NaN0 | Bypass for M3; Russia's longest ring road | |
R150 | Belgorod - Starobelsk - Luhansk – Donetsk – Mariupol | Runs through occupied Ukraine | |
Nizhny Novgorod - Saransk - Issa - Penza - Saratov | |||
Cheboksary - Yoshkar-Ola - Kirov - Syktyvkar | Former A119 | ||
R177 | Nizhny Novgorod - Yoshkar-Ola | ||
R178 | Saransk - Surskoye - Ulyanovsk to route M5 "Ural" | Continues to Samara as 73R-178 and 36P-170 | |
R193 | Voronezh - Tambov | ||
R207 | Penza - Balashov - Mikhailovka to route R260 | ||
R208 | Tambov - Penza | ||
Astrakhan - Kochubey - Kizlyar - Makhachkala | |||
R216 | Astrakhan - Elista - Stavropol | Former A154 | |
Route M4 "Don" - Vladikavkaz - Grozny - Makhachkala to the border with Azerbaijan | Former M29 | ||
R228 | Syzran - Saratov - Volgograd | ||
R229 | Samara - Pugachev - Engels - Volgograd | ||
Kazan - Orenburg - Akbulak to the border with Kazakhstan | |||
R240 | Ufa - Orenburg | ||
R241 | Kazan - Buinsk - Ulyanovsk | ||
R243 | Kostroma - Sharya - Kirov - Perm | ||
Chelyabinsk - Kurgan - Omsk - Novosibirsk | Former M51 | ||
Novosibirsk - Kemerovo - Krasnoyarsk - Irkutsk | Former M53 | ||
Novosibirsk - Barnaul - Gorno-Altaysk to the border with Mongolia | Former M52 | ||
Krasnoyarsk - Abakan - Kyzyl - Chadan - Khandagayty to the border with Mongolia | Former M54 | ||
Irkutsk - Ulan-Ude - Chita | Former M55 | ||
R260 | Volgograd - Kamensk-Shakhtinsky - Luhansk | Former M21 and A260; runs through occupied Ukraine | |
R280 | Rostov-on-Don - Mariupol - Melitopol - Simferopol | Runs through occupied Ukraine | |
Chita - Never - Svobodnyy - Arkhara - Birobidzhan - Khabarovsk | Former M58 | ||
Kursk - Voronezh to route R22 | Former A144 | ||
Yekaterinburg - Shadrinsk - Kurgan | |||
Tyumen - Yalutorovsk - Ishim - Omsk | |||
Tyumen - Tobol’sk - Khanty-Mansiysk | |||
Yakutsk - Magadan | Former M56 "Kolyma" | ||
Moscow - Shchëlkovo to route A107 | |||
Moscow - Dmitrov - Dubna | |||
access road from Domodedovo Airport | Former portion of route M4 | ||
Moscow-Zvenigorod | Former A105 | ||
Iksha - Noginsk - Bronnitsy - Golitsyno - Istra - Iksha | |||
Dmitrov - Sergiev Posad - Orekhovo-Zuevo – Voskresensk - Mikhnevo - Balabanovo - Ruza - Klin - Dmitrov | |||
Krasnogorsk - Petrovo-Dalnee; connection to route A106 and entrance to state dacha No. 7 (in Petrovo-Dalnee) | |||
access road from highway A108 to the "Semonovskoye" facility | |||
access road from route M10 to the state complex "Zavidovo" | |||
Chepelëvo - Velyaminovo | |||
Circular roadway in Moscow Oblast and Moscow | |||
Vologda - Tikhvin to highway R21 | |||
Beltway around Saint Petersburg | |||
Vologda - Medvezhyegorsk to highway R21 | Former R5 | ||
Kirovsk - Mga - Gatchina - Bol’shaya Izhora | |||
Saint Petersburg - Sortavala to route R21 | Former A129 | ||
Route A114 – Ustyuzhna - Kresttsy - Yazhelbitsy - Velikiye Luki - Nevel | One portion former M10 | ||
Chekshino - Totma - Kotlas - Kuratovo | |||
Moscow - Maloyaroslavets - Roslavl to the border with Belarus | Former A101 | ||
access road from highway M1 to Smolensk | |||
access road from highway M4 to Lipetsk | |||
access road from route M4 to Voronezh | |||
access road from route M4 to Rostov-on-Don | |||
access road from route M4 to Krasnodar | |||
A137 | Route R21 - Tiksha - Ledmozero - Kostomuksha to the border with Finland | ||
Trosna - Kalinovka | |||
Krasnodar - Verkhnebakansky | |||
Dzhubga - Sochi to the border with Abkhazia | Former M27 | ||
Route A147 to the Sochi bypass | |||
Adler - Krasnaya Polyana | Former A148 | ||
Tsivilsk - Ulyanovsk | |||
Urvan - Verkhnyaya Balkariya - Ushtulu | Former R291 | ||
Cherkessk - Dombay to the border with Abkhazia | |||
Access roads from A155 to international holiday resort "Arkhyz" and the specialized Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Former portion of A155 | ||
Mineralnye Vody Airport - Kislovodsk | |||
Prokhladnyy - Baksan - Elbrus | One section former R289 | ||
access road from Maikop to the Caucasian State Biosphere Reserve | Former R254 | ||
Maikop - Bzhedugkhabl - Adygeysk - Ust-Labinsk - Korenovsk | Former R253 | ||
Vladikavkaz - Nizhniy Lars to the border with Georgia | Former R301 | ||
Vladikavkaz - Alagir | Former R297 | ||
access road from highway R217 to Vladikavkaz Airport | |||
Kardzhin - Alagir - Nizhniy Zaramag to the border with South Ossetia | Former R297 and R298 | ||
Lermontov - Cherkessk | Former A156 | ||
Kochubey - Neftekumsk - Zelenokumsk - Mineralnye Vody | Former R263 and R285 | ||
Saint Petersburg to the border with Estonia | Former M11 | ||
Saint Petersburg - Vyborg to the border with Finland | Former portion of M10 | ||
Pskov - Izborsk to the border with Estonia | |||
A215 | Lodeynoe Pole - Vytegra - Prokshino - Plesetsk - Brin-Navolok | Former R37 | |
Gvardeisk - Neman to the border with Lithuania | |||
A217 | Kaliningrad - Svetlogorsk | ||
Kaliningrad - Chernyakhovsk - Nesterov to the border with Lithuania | |||
Bryansk - Novozybkov to the border with Belarus | Former M13 | ||
A258 | Highway M4 - Kantermirovka - Luhansk | ||
Route M4 - Novoshakhtinsk to the border with LPR/Ukraine | Former M19 | ||
A289 | Krasnodar - Slavyansk-on-Kuban - Temryuk to route A290 | Former 03K-579 | |
Novorossiysk - Kerch, entrances to Port Kavkaz and Anapa Airport | Former M25; runs through occupied Ukraine | ||
Kerch - Simferopol - Sevastopol | Former 35P-001, 35P-003 and 35N-113; runs through occupied Ukraine | ||
Yoshkar-Ola - Zelenodolsk to route M7 | Former R175 | ||
Route R208 - Saratov - Pristannoe - Ershov - Ozinki to the border with Kazakhstan | |||
Samara - Bolshaya Chernigovka to the border with Kazakhstan | Former M32 | ||
Orenburg - Ilek to the border with Kazakhstan | Former R335 | ||
Chelyabinsk - Troitsk to the border with Kazakhstan | Former M36 | ||
Omsk - Cherlak to the border with Kazakhstan | Former M38 | ||
A321 | Barnaul - Pavlovsk to the border with Kazakhstan | ||
Barnaul - Rubtsovsk to the border with Kazakhstan | Former A349 | ||
Tulun - Bratsk - Ust’-Kut - Mirnyy - Yakutsk | Former R419 | ||
Kultuk - Mondy to the border with Mongolia | Former A164 | ||
Ulan-Ude - Kyakhta to the border with Mongolia | Former A165 | ||
Chita - Zabaykalsk to the border with China | Former A166 | ||
Never - Yakutsk | Former M56 "Lena" | ||
Route A360 to the border with China | |||
Khabarovsk - Vladivostok | Former M60 | ||
A371 | Vladivostok - Ostrov | ||
Khabarovsk - Krasnyy Yar - Ariadnoe - Chuguevka - Nakhodka | |||
A376 | Khabarovsk - Lidoga - Vanino - Komsomolsk-on-Amur | Former 08A-1 | |
access road from Anadyr to Anadyr Airport (Ugolny) | |||
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - Korsakov | Former R488 | ||
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - Kholmsk | Former R495 | ||
A393 | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - Okha | Former R495 | |
access road from the Port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy to Elisovo Airport | |||
Cyrillic Р is used on signs.
Nizhny Novgorod, Arzamas-Saransk
Access roads to ports, airports and railroad stations from cities Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Anadyr, Dudinka, Naryan-Mar, Salekhard, Khanty-Mansiysk and from the urban-type settlements of Palana and Tura.