Russia's extreme coordinates

I always wanted to know how far Russia stretches geographically. Well, here are some extreme points:

• In the north, continental Russia's Taymyr peninsula ends with Chelyuskin Point (77º43’ N), named after  the famous Arctic explorer. In comparison, Alaska’s northern shore is located at 72º N. The northernmost point of Russia on an island is Cape Fliegeli on Franz Joseph Land’s Rudolf Island at 81º51’ N, just 900 km south of the North Pole. The Soviet Union has unilaterally claimed all the Arctic Ocean north of its shores to the North Pole. The Russian government is trying to make this claim recognized, but so far has met with fierce resistance from Canada, the U.S., and Norway.
• The southernmost point for Russia is Mt. Bazardyuzyu in Dagestan (41º10’N).
• The westernmost point for Russia is on the border with Poland on the Baltic Spit in Kaliningrad region (19º38’E).Of course, this is an exclave, not contiguous Russia's territory.
• The easternmost point is actually located in the Western Hemisphere! Dezhnev Point at 169º40’W overlooking Alaska is on the continent of Eurasia. Dezhnev was a 17th century explorer who apparently was the first European to pass through Bering Strait, without realizing it. (He did not see Alaska at all, probably because of fog.) Ratmanov Island in the Bering Strait is even closer to the U.S., but it is not on the mainland (169º02’W). And no, you cannot see Sarah Palin''s home from Russia :)