Talk:List of extreme points of Russia

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Pevek is hardly the northernmost town. Tiksi is at 71 38 N... I know there are towns even further north.... -Rolypolyman 22:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

According to our article, Tiksi is defined as a "settlement", not a "town". I suspect that other more northerly places have not been awarded town status. Warofdreams talk 02:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

The highest point in the Soviet Union was Ismoil Somoni Peak or Communism Peak. That is another extreme point that changed when the soviet union collapsed.

Lake Baikal

Is over than -1600m high.84.250.39.218 (talk) 22:28, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

• This refers to the bottom of the lake, while elevation extremes refer to the land. Goudzovski (talk) 14:17, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Westernmost and easternmost points

The westernmost and easternmost points should be anywhere along the 180th meridian in far east (and west) of Russia. It is more correct for easternmost and westernmost points to be defined by the 180th meridian, not by the International Date Line. 83.131.14.122 (talk) 10:51, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

• which does not mean that an area crossing the 0th or 180th meridian does not have the westernmost and easternmost points at all. I have restored this information. Goudzovski (talk) 16:08, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

• No, that's incorrect, and 83.131.14.122 is right. An "easternmost point" of any country which contains any point in the eastern hemisphere cannot possibly lie in the western hemisphere, by definition. Note this from the linked article Extreme points of Earth: "The westernmost and easternmost points of the World, based on the normal practice of using longitude, can be found anywhere along the 180th meridian in Siberian Russia [...]" --MCB (talk) 23:50, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
  • I restored the original article and added "according to the path of the International Date Line", now should be correct? Goudzovski (talk) 15:15, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
    • Was the Westernmost point of the empire not in Alaska? 89.101.188.42 (talk) 18:57, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

I think it would be a good idea to note that excluding exclaves but including islands the westernmost point is Ruuskeri a.k.a. Ruuskari a.k.a. Rodsjer (Родшер in-Russian) island. SorkinY (talk) 22:36, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Is there no permanent settlement on Big Diomede?

According to the article, Uelen is the easternmost settlement. I'm pretty sure there is a settlement on Big Diomede, isn't there? --RusPow (talk) 04:27, 10 December 2019 (UTC)