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It is bounded by the White Sea and the Barents Sea in the North, Ural Mountains, Ural River and the Caspian Sea in the East, Caucasus Mountains anf the Black Sea in the South, Carpathian Mountains and other mountainous features in Poland in the West. The plain is subdivided into a number of distinct regions, including the Valday Hills ; the Central Russian Uplands ; the Volga Uplands ; and the Dnieper River , Black Sea , and Caspian Sea lowlands.

Within the territory of the Imperial Russia and Soviet Union it has been known as the Russian Plain (in Russian : Русская равнина, transliterated as '''Russkaya Ravnina'''). Both names are often used interchangeably.