Estonia–Russia border

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The Estonia–Russia border is the international boundary separating the Republic of Estonia from the Russian Federation, running over land and through bodies of water such as Lake Peipus.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
state border
adjacentTo Ida-Viru County
Põlva County
Setomaa region
Võru County
affectsRegion Baltic states
Northwestern Russia
linked to: Northwest Russia
borderControlAuthorityEstonia Estonian Police and Border Guard Board
borderControlAuthorityRussia Border Service of the FSB of Russia
borderFenceConstructionStarted 2018
borderTreatyParties Republic of Estonia
linked to: Estonia

Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
borderTreatySignedOn 2005-05-18
2014-02-18
borderTreatyStatus not ratified by Russia as of 2024
country1 Republic of Estonia
linked to: Estonia
country2 Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
crossesLake Lake Peipus
crossesRiver Narva River
establishedBy Tartu Peace Treaty
linked to: Treaty of Tartu
establishedOn 1920-02-02
governedBy international law
hasBorderCrossing Koidula–Kunitsyna Gora crossing
Luhamaa–Shumilkino crossing
Narva–Ivangorod crossing
Saatse–Lutepää road segment
hasBorderFence yes
hasSection land border
maritime border
historicalContext resulted from collapse of Russian Empire and independence of Estonia
legalStatus partially unsettled
length approximately 294 km
locatedIn Europe
modifiedBy Soviet annexation of Estonia
modifiedOn 1940
partOf European Union external border
NATO–Russia border
passesThrough Lake Peipus
Leningrad Oblast
Pskov Oblast
relatedConflict Estonia–Russia border dispute
securityRegime heavily controlled external Schengen border
separates Estonia
Russia
successorTo Estonia–Soviet Union border
timeZoneEastSide Moscow Time
timeZoneWestSide Eastern European Time

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Lake Peipus border Estonia–Russia border
Ämari Air Base geopoliticalContext NATO–Russia border region
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Narva hasBorderCrossingWith Ivangorod–Narva border crossing
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Narva River borderSegmentOf Estonia–Russia border
Narva River flowsAlong Estonia–Russia border
Pskov-Caves Monastery locatedNear Russian–Estonian border
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Seto people traditionalRegion Estonia–Russia border region
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Estonia–Russia border successorTo Estonia–Soviet Union border
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Estonia–Russia border relatedConflict Estonia–Russia border dispute
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Lake Pihkva borderFormedBy Estonia–Russia border
Lake Pihkva formsPartOf Estonia–Russia transboundary waters
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Slantsevsky District hasBorderCrossing Russia–Estonia border
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Yamburg (Kingisepp) belongsTo Russian–Estonian border area
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
A180 highway hasEndpointAtBorder Russian–Estonian border
subject linked to: highway A180 (Narva Highway)
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Koidula railway station locatedNear Estonia–Russia border
subject linked to: Koidula
Hermann Castle locatedOn Estonia–Russia border
Narva River Promenade locatedNear Narva–Ivangorod border
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Friendship Bridge crossBorder Estonia–Russia border
Friendship Bridge category Estonia–Russia border crossings
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Setos borderRegion Estonia–Russia border
Narva Waterfall partOf Estonia–Russia border landscape
linked to: Estonia–Russia border
Narva road bridge partOf Estonia–Russia border