The Russian Federative Socialist Republic (Russian FSR, Росси́йская Федерати́вная Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика / Rossiyskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) is an Eastern European country, member of the Federation of Socialist Republics. It borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Transcaucasia, Turkestan, China, Mongolia and Korea.