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Election Day was held on September 10, 2017. 82 out of 85 of Russia's regions took part in the voting. [1] Only in Saint Petersburg, Republic of Ingushetia and Magadan Oblast no elections took place. [2]
Type of election | Quantity of federal subjects |
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Election to the State Duma | 2 |
Mayoral election | 1 |
Regional legislative election | 6 |
Gubernatorial election | 17 (16 direct, 1 by local parliament) |
Sixteen federal subjects will have direct elections of governors, and in Adygeya, the governor will be elected by the local parliament.
1 Internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, see political status of Crimea and annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation for details
Saratov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia, located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Saratov. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 2,442,575.
Bryansk Oblast, also known as Bryanshchina, is a federal subject of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Bryansk. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 1,169,161.
In Russia, the oblasts are 46 administrative territories; they are one type of federal subject, the highest-level administrative division of Russian territory.
Russia is divided into twelve economic regions — groups of federal subjects sharing the following characteristics:
The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation or simply as the subjects of the federation, are the constituent entities of Russia, its top-level political divisions. According to the Constitution of Russia, the federation consists of republics, krais, oblasts, cities of federal importance, an autonomous oblast, and autonomous okrugs, all of which are equal subjects of the federation.
This gallery of flags of federal subjects of Russia shows the flags of the 89 federal subjects of Russia including 2 regions that, while being de facto under complete Russian control, are not internationally recognized as part of Russia, and 4 regions that, while not being fully controlled by Russia or recognised internationally, are claimed by it as its federal subjects.
Ilyinka is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
There are 11 time zones in Russia, which currently observe times ranging from UTC+02:00 to UTC+12:00. Daylight saving time (DST) has not been used in Russia since 26 October 2014. From 27 March 2011 to 26 October 2014, permanent DST was used.
Russia, the largest country in the world, has international land borders with fourteen sovereign states as well as 2 narrow maritime boundaries with the United States and Japan. There are also two breakaway states bordering Russia, namely Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The country has an internationally recognized land border running 22,407 kilometres (13,923 mi) in total, and has the second-longest land border of any country in the world, after China. The borders of the Russian Federation were mostly drawn since 1956, and have remained the same after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 2014, Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in a move that remains internationally unrecognized.
Petrov or Petrova is the name of several rural localities in Russia:
Antonovka is the name of several rural localities in Russia.
Election Day in Russia was held on September 14, 2014.
Otradny, Otradnaya, or Otradnoye is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Sennoy, Sennaya, or Sennoye is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Yantarny, Yantarnaya, or Yantarnoye is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
By-elections to the 7th Russian State Duma were held to fill vacancies in the State Duma between the 2016 election and the 2021 election.
Semyonovka is the name of several rural localities in Russia.
The 2019 Russian regional elections took place on 8 September 2019 for the election of governors in 19 subjects, among which 16 by direct votes and 3 by indirect votes, and of legislatives bodies in 13 subjects.
Alexander Vasilyevich Bogomaz is a Russian politician who has been serving as the Governor of Bryansk Oblast since 2015.
Legislative constituencies are used in Russia to elect half of the seats (225) in the State Duma. Each Federal Subject gets a certain amount of constituencies, proportional to their population, with every Federal Subject getting at least one. Every constituency is a single-mandate one, meaning each constituency sends one representative to the State Duma.