China

East Asia

Russia

Eurasia

France

United Kingdom

Europe

United States

North America

A world map highlights permanent member countries of the U N Security Council in blue. The countries highlighted are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China.

Countries comprising the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security as well as accepting new members into the UN.

Countries

World

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members

Georgia

Armenia

Moldova

Belarus

Ukraine

A map showing the distribution of languages in the Russian domain.

Languages within the Russian domain

Languages

The language map for the Russian Domain displays both individual languages as well as language families. Russian is spoken throughout Russia, particularly in the western two-thirds of the country and along the southern border with China. It also is found in eastern and Southern Ukraine. Belorussian is spoken in Belarus. Ukrainian is spoken in Ukraine and a small portion of western Russia near the Ukrainian border. Armenia is spoken in Armenia. Romanian is spoken in Moldova. Altaic languages dominate Siberia and are found in pockets in western Russia, including an area east of Moscow near the southern Ural Mountains and west of the Caspian Sea. Caucasian languages are spoken in the Caucasus Mountains of extreme southern Russia, Georgia, and northwestern Armenia. Eskimo-Aleut languages are spoken in extreme eastern Siberia and Russia’s Arctic islands. Finno-Ugric languages are spoken along the border with Finland along the Arctic coast of western Russia, and throughout the West Siberian Lowland.

nature

Languages - Russian Domain

Anthropogenic Biomes

Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

Average Annual Precipitation

Biomes

Climate Zones

Global Mean Temperature, January

Global Mean Temperature, July

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (NASA)

Insolation

Land Cover

Major Soil Orders

Prevailing Agricultural Practices

World Elevations

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members	Languages - Russian Domain
Value	Altaic	Armenian	Belorussian	Caucasian	Eskimo-Aleut and other	Finno-Ugric	Romanian	Russian	Russian and Ukrainian	Ukrainian


	38.9%	60.7%		78.4%	7.69%	7.12%		3.75%
			99.6%				85.4%		21.5%	77.8%