Political divisions of Russia

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Russia is divided into several types and levels of subdivisions.

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Federal districts

The eight federal districts of Russia Map of Russian districts.svg
The eight federal districts of Russia

The federal districts are groupings of the federal subjects of Russia. Federal districts are not mentioned in the nation's constitution, do not have competences of their own, and do not manage regional affairs. They exist solely to monitor consistency between the federal and regional bodies of law, and ensure governmental control over the civil service, judiciary, and federal agencies operating in the regions. [1] The federal district system was established on 13 May 2000. There are total eight federal districts.

Federal district [2] [3] Date
established
Area [4]
(km2)
2021 census HDI (2021) [5] GRDP (2022) [6] Federal
subjects
Administrative
centre
Map
Populationper km2TotalPer capita
North Caucasian 19 January 2010170,40010,171,000600.793 3.111 trillion
($ 45 billion)
₽305,334
($4458)
7 Pyatigorsk Outline Map of North Caucasian Federal District.svg
Southern [a] 13 May 2000427,80016,746,000 [b] 390.799₽9.816 trillion
($143 billion)
₽588,461
($8593)
8 Rostov-on-Don Outline Map of Southern Federal District (Crimea disputed).svg
Central 13 May 2000650,20040,342,000620.845₽47.368 trillion
($692 billion)
₽1,176,273
($17176)
18 Moscow Outline Map of Central Russia.svg
Northwestern 13 May 20001,687,00013,917,00080.833₽18.929 trillion
($276 billion)
₽1,362,907
($19901)
11 Saint Petersburg Outline Map of Northwestern Federal District.svg
Volga 13 May 20001,037,00028,943,000280.804₽19.664 trillion
($287 billion)
₽683,355
($9978)
14 Nizhny Novgorod Outline Map of Volga Federal District.svg
Ural 13 May 20001,818,50012,301,00070.839₽20.073 trillion
($293 billion)
₽1,635,678
($23884)
6 Yekaterinburg Outline map of Urals Federal District.svg
Siberian 13 May 20004,361,80016,793,00040.794₽13.054 trillion
($191 billion)
₽781,580
($11412)
10 Novosibirsk Outline Map of Siberian Federal District (2018).svg
Far Eastern 13 May 20006,952,6007,976,00010.808₽8.656 trillion
($126 billion)
₽1,090,778
($15927)
11 Vladivostok Outline Map of Far Eastern Federal District.svg

Federal subjects

Federal subjects of Russia prior to the additions of six occupied Ukrainian regions in 2014 and 2022 Russian Regions-EN.svg
Federal subjects of Russia prior to the additions of six occupied Ukrainian regions in 2014 and 2022

Since 30 September 2022, the Russian Federation has consisted of eighty-nine federal subjects that are constituent members of the Federation. [7] However, six of these federal subjects—the Republic of Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Kherson Oblast, the Lugansk People's Republic, the federal city of Sevastopol, and the Zaporozhye Oblast—are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine. All federal subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation—two delegates each—in the Federation Council (upper house of the Federal Assembly). They do, however, differ in the degree of autonomy they enjoy.

De jure, excluding the occupied Ukrainian territories, there are 6 types of federal subjects—21 republics, 9 krais, 46 oblasts, 2 federal cities, 1 autonomous oblast, and 4 autonomous okrugs.

Autonomous okrugs are the only ones that have an unusual status of being federal subjects in their own right, yet at the same time they are considered to be administrative divisions of other federal subjects (with the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug being the only exception).

Status of the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia

On 18 March 2014, as a part of the annexation of Crimea and following the establishment of the Republic of Crimea (an independent entity that was recognized only by Russia), a treaty was signed between Russia and the Republic of Crimea incorporating the Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol as constituent members of the Russian Federation. [8] According to the Treaty, the Republic of Crimea is accepted as a federal subject with the status of a republic while the City of Sevastopol has received federal city status. [8] Neither the Republic of Crimea nor the city of Sevastopol are politically recognized as parts of Russia by most countries. [9]

Similarly, Russia also annexed four Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporozhzhia on 30 September 2022 after internationally-unrecognized referendums held days prior, during the invasion of Ukraine that began in late February, which were organized by Russian occupation authorities in territories where hostilities were ongoing and much of the population had fled. [10] It occurred seven months after the start of the invasion and less than a month after the start of the Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive. The signing ceremony was held in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow in the presence of occupation authority heads Leonid Pasechnik, Denis Pushilin, Yevgeny Balitsky, and Vladimir Saldo, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Like Crimea, none of the four occupied regions are internationally recognized as part of Russia. [11]

List

Federal subjects of the Russian Federation
CodeNameCapital/
Administrative centre [a]
FlagCoat
of arms
TypeHead of subject Federal district Economic region Area
(km2) [4]
Population [12] Est.
Titular nationTotaldensity (km2)
01 Adygea Maykop Flag of Adygea.svg Coat of arms of Adygea.svg republic Circassians Murat Kumpilov (UR) Southern North Caucasus 7,792496,93463.771922
02 Bashkortostan Ufa Flag of Bashkortostan.svg Coat of Arms of Bashkortostan.svg Bashkirs Radiy Khabirov (UR) Volga Ural 142,9474,091,42328.621919
03 Buryatia Ulan-Ude Flag of Buryatia.svg Coat of Arms of Buryatiya.svg Buryats Alexey Tsydenov (UR) Far Eastern East Siberian 351,334978,5882.791923
04 Altai Republic Gorno-Altaysk Flag of Altai Republic.svg Coat of arms of Altai Republic.svg Altai Oleg Khorokhordin (Ind.) Siberian West Siberian 92,903210,9242.271922
05 Dagestan Makhachkala Flag of Dagestan.svg Coat of Arms of Dagestan.svg Aghuls, Avars, Azerbaijanis, Chechens, Dargins, Kumyks, Laks, Lezgins, Nogais, Rutuls, Tabasarans, Tats, Tsakhurs Sergey Melikov (Ind.) North Caucasian North Caucasus 50,2703,182,05463.301921
06 Ingushetia Magas
(Largest city: Nazran)
Flag of Ingushetia.svg Coat of Arms of Ingushetia.svg Ingush Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov (UR) North Caucasian North Caucasus 3,628509,541163.161992
07 Kabardino-Balkaria Nalchik Flag of Kabardino-Balkaria.svg Coat of Arms of Kabardino-Balkaria.svg Balkars, Kabardians Kazbek Kokov (UR) North Caucasian North Caucasus 12,470904,20072.511936
08 Kalmykia Elista Flag of Kalmykia.svg Coat of Arms of Kalmykia.svg Kalmyks Batu Khasikov (UR) Southern Volga 74,731267,1333.571957
09 Karachay-Cherkessia Cherkessk Flag of Karachay-Cherkessia.svg Coat of Arms of Karachay-Cherkessia.svg Abazins, Kabardians, Karachays, Nogais Rashid Temrezov (UR) North Caucasian North Caucasus 14,277469,86532.911957
10 Karelia Petrozavodsk Flag of Karelia.svg Coat of arms of the Republic of Karelia.svg Karelians Artur Parfenchikov (UR) Northwestern Northern 180,520533,1212.951956
11 Komi Republic Syktyvkar Flag of Komi.svg Coat of Arms of the Komi Republic.svg Komi Vladimir Uyba (UR) Northwestern Northern 416,774737,8531.771921
12 Mari El Yoshkar-Ola Flag of Mari El.svg Coat of Arms of Mari El.svg Mari Yury Zaitsev (UR, acting) Volga Volga-Vyatka 23,375677,09728.971920
13 Mordovia Saransk Flag of Mordovia.svg Coat of Arms of Mordovia.svg Mordvins Artyom Zdunov (UR) Volga Volga-Vyatka 26,128783,55229.991930
14 Sakha Yakutsk Flag of Sakha.svg Coat of Arms of Sakha (Yakutia).svg Yakuts Aysen Nikolayev (UR) Far Eastern Far Eastern 3,083,523995,6860.321922
15 North Ossetia–Alania Vladikavkaz Flag of North Ossetia.svg Wapen Ossetien.svg Ossetians Sergey Menyaylo (UR) North Caucasian North Caucasus 7,987687,35786.061924
16 Tatarstan Kazan Flag of Tatarstan.svg Coat of Arms of Tatarstan.svg Tatars Rustam Minnikhanov (UR) Volga Volga 67,8474,004,80959.031920
17 Tuva Kyzyl Flag of Tuva.svg Coat of arms of Tuva.svg Tuvans Vladislav Khovalyg (UR) Siberian East Siberian 168,604336,6512.001944
18 Udmurtia Izhevsk Flag of Udmurtia.svg Coat of arms of Udmurtia.svg Udmurts Aleksandr Brechalov (UR) Volga Ural 42,0611,452,91434.541920
19 Khakassia Abakan Flag of Khakassia.svg Coat of arms of Khakassia.svg Khakas Valentin Konovalov (CPRF) Siberian East Siberian 61,569534,7958.691930
20 [e] Chechnya Grozny Flag of Chechnya.svg Coat of arms of Chechnya.svg Chechens Ramzan Kadyrov (UR) North Caucasian North Caucasus 16,1651,510,82493.431991
21 Chuvashia Cheboksary Flag of Chuvashia.svg Coat of Arms of Chuvashia.svg Chuvash Oleg Nikolayev (SRZP) Volga Volga-Vyatka 18,3431,186,90964.711920
22 Altai Krai Barnaul Flag of Altai Krai.svg Coat of Arms of Altai Krai (Latest version).svg krai Viktor Tomenko (UR) Siberian West Siberian 167,9962,163,69312.881937
23 Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Flag of Krasnodar Krai.svg Coat of Arms of Krasnodar Krai.svg Veniamin Kondratyev (UR) Southern North Caucasus 75,4855,838,27377.341937
24 Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Flag of Krasnoyarsk Krai.svg Coat of arms of Krasnoyarsk Krai.svg Mikhail Kotyukov (UR) Siberian East Siberian 2,366,7972,856,9711.211934
25 Primorsky Krai Vladivostok Flag of Primorsky Krai.svg Coat of Arms of Primorsky Krai.svg Oleg Kozhemyako (UR) Far Eastern Far Eastern 164,6731,845,16511.211938
26 Stavropol Krai Stavropol Flag of Stavropol Krai.svg Coat of arms of Stavropol Krai.svg Vladimir Vladimirov (UR) North Caucasian North Caucasus 66,1602,907,59343.951934
27 Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Flag of Khabarovsk Krai.svg Coat of arms of Khabarovsk Krai.svg Mikhail Degtyarev (LDPR) Far Eastern Far Eastern 787,6331,292,9441.641938
28 Amur Oblast Blagoveshchensk Flag of Amur Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Amur Oblast.svg oblast Vasily Orlov (UR) Far Eastern Far Eastern 361,908766,9122.121932
29 Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Flag of Arkhangelsk Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Arkhangelsk oblast.svg Alexander Tsybulsky (UR) Northwestern Northern 413,103978,8732.371937
30 Astrakhan Oblast Astrakhan Flag of Astrakhan Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Astrakhan Oblast.svg Igor Babushkin (Ind.) Southern Volga 49,024960,14219.591943
31 Belgorod Oblast Belgorod Flag of Belgorod Oblast (Dark color).svg New Coat of Arms of Belgorod Oblast.svg Vyacheslav Gladkov (UR) Central Central Black Earth 27,1341,540,48656.771954
32 Bryansk Oblast Bryansk Flag of Bryansk Oblast (large).svg Coat of Arms of Bryansk Oblast.svg Alexander Bogomaz (UR) Central Central 34,8571,169,16133.541944
33 Vladimir Oblast Vladimir Flag of Vladimirskaya Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Vladimir Oblast.svg Aleksandr Avdeyev (UR, acting) Central Central 29,0841,348,13446.351944
34 Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Flag of Volgograd Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Volgograd oblast.svg Andrey Bocharov (Ind.) Southern Volga 112,8772,500,78122.151937
35 Vologda Oblast Vologda
(Largest city: Cherepovets)
Flag of Vologda oblast.svg Coat of arms of Vologda oblast.svg Oleg Kuvshinnikov (UR) Northwestern Northern 144,5271,142,8277.911937
36 Voronezh Oblast Voronezh Flag of Voronezh Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Voronezh Oblast (large).svg Aleksandr Gusev (UR) Central Central Black Earth 52,2162,308,79244.221934
37 Ivanovo Oblast Ivanovo Flag of Ivanovo Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Ivanovo Oblast.svg Stanislav Voskresensky (Ind.) Central Central 21,437927,82843.281936
38 Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Flag of Irkutsk Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Irkutsk Oblast.svg Igor Kobzev (Ind.) Siberian East Siberian 774,8462,370,1023.061937
39 Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Kaliningrad Oblast (Latest version).svg Anton Alikhanov (UR) Northwestern Kaliningrad 15,1251,029,96668.101946
40 Kaluga Oblast Kaluga Flag of Kaluga Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Kaluga Oblast (Latest version).svg Vladislav Shapsha (UR) Central Central 29,7771,069,90435.931944
41 Kamchatka Krai Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Flag of Kamchatka Krai.svg Coat of Arms of Kamchatka Krai.svg krai Vladimir Solodov (Ind.) Far Eastern Far Eastern 464,275291,7050.632007
42 Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Flag of Kemerovo oblast.svg Coat of arms of Kemerovo Oblast (large).svg oblast Sergey Tsivilyov (UR) Siberian West Siberian 95,7252,600,92327.171943
43 Kirov Oblast Kirov Flag of Kirov Region.svg Coat of arms of Kirov Region.svg Aleksandr Sokolov (UR, acting) Volga Volga-Vyatka 120,3741,153,6809.581934
44 Kostroma Oblast Kostroma Flag of Kostroma Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Kostroma Oblast.svg Sergey Sitnikov (Ind.) Central Central 60,211580,9769.651944
45 Kurgan Oblast Kurgan Flag of Kurgan Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Kurgan Oblast.svg Vadim Shumkov (Ind.) Ural Ural 71,488776,66110.861943
46 Kursk Oblast Kursk Flag of Kursk Oblast (large fix).svg Coat of arms of Kursk Oblast.svg Roman Starovoyt (UR) Central Central Black Earth 29,9971,082,45836.091934
47 Leningrad Oblast Largest city: Gatchina [b] Flag of Leningrad Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Leningrad Oblast.svg Aleksandr Drozdenko (UR) Northwestern Northwestern 83,9082,000,99723.851927
48 Lipetsk Oblast Lipetsk Flag of Lipetsk Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Lipetsk oblast.svg Igor Artamonov (UR) Central Central Black Earth 24,0471,143,22447.541954
49 Magadan Oblast Magadan Flag of Magadan Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Magadan oblast.svg Sergey Nosov (UR) Far Eastern Far Eastern 462,464136,0850.291953
50 Moscow Oblast Largest city: Balashikha [c] Flag of Moscow Oblast (large).svg Coat of arms of Moscow Oblast.svg Andrey Vorobyov (UR) Central Central 44,3298,524,665192.301929
51 Murmansk Oblast Murmansk Flag of Murmansk Oblast.svg Gerb Murmanskoi oblasti.svg Andrey Chibis (UR) Northwestern Northern 144,902667,7444.611938
52 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Flag of Nizhny Novgorod Region.svg Coat of arms of Nizhny Novgorod Region.svg Gleb Nikitin (UR) Volga Volga-Vyatka 76,6243,119,11540.711936
53 Novgorod Oblast Veliky Novgorod Flag of Novgorod Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Novgorod Oblast.svg Aleksandr Dronov (UR) Northwestern Northwestern 54,501583,38710.701944
54 Novosibirsk Oblast Novosibirsk Flag of Novosibirsk Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Novosibirsk oblast.svg Andrey Travnikov (UR) Siberian West Siberian 177,7562,797,17615.741937
55 Omsk Oblast Omsk Flag of Omsk Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Omsk Oblast.svg Alexander Burkov (SRZP) Siberian West Siberian 141,1401,858,79813.171934
56 Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Flag of Orenburg Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Orenburg Oblast.svg Denis Pasler (UR) Volga Ural 123,7021,862,76715.061934
57 Oryol Oblast Oryol Flag of Oryol Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Oryol Oblast (large).svg Andrey Klychkov (CPRF) Central Central 24,652713,37428.941937
58 Penza Oblast Penza Flag of Penza Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Penza Oblast (large).svg Oleg Melnichenko (UR) Volga Volga 43,3521,266,34829.211939
59 Perm Krai Perm Flag of Perm Krai.svg Coat of Arms of Perm Krai.svg krai Dmitry Makhonin (Ind.) Volga Ural 160,2362,532,40515.802005
60 Pskov Oblast Pskov Flag of Pskov Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Pskov Oblast (Latest version).svg oblast Mikhail Vedernikov (UR) Northwestern Northwestern 55,399599,08410.811944
61 Rostov Oblast Rostov-on-Don Flag of Rostov Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Rostov Oblast.svg Vasily Golubev (UR) Southern North Caucasus 100,9674,200,72941.601937
62 Ryazan Oblast Ryazan Flag of Ryazan Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Ryazan Oblast.svg Pavel Malkov (Ind.) Central Central 39,6051,102,81027.851937
63 Samara Oblast Samara Flag of Samara Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Samara Oblast.svg Dmitry Azarov (UR) Volga Volga 53,5653,172,92559.241928
64 Saratov Oblast Saratov Flag of Saratov Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Saratov oblast.svg Roman Busargin (UR) Volga Volga 101,2402,442,57524.131936
65 Sakhalin Oblast Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Flag of Sakhalin Oblast.svg Sakhalin Oblast Coat of Arms.svg Valery Limarenko (UR) Far Eastern Far Eastern 87,101466,6095.361947
66 Sverdlovsk Oblast Yekaterinburg Flag of Sverdlovsk Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Sverdlovsk oblast.svg Yevgeny Kuyvashev (UR) Ural Ural 194,3074,268,99821.971935
67 Smolensk Oblast Smolensk Flag of Smolensk oblast.svg Coat of arms of Smolensk oblast.svg Alexey Ostrovsky (LDPR) Central Central 49,779888,42117.851937
68 Tambov Oblast Tambov Flag of Tambov Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Tambov Oblast.svg Maksim Yegorov (UR, acting) Central Central Black Earth 34,462982,99128.521937
69 Tver Oblast Tver Flag of Tver Oblast.svg Coat of Arms of Tver oblast.svg Igor Rudenya (UR) Central Central 84,2011,230,17114.611935
70 Tomsk Oblast Tomsk Flag of Tomsk Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Tomsk Oblast, Russia.svg Vladimir Mazur (UR, acting) Siberian West Siberian 314,3911,062,6663.381944
71 Tula Oblast Tula Flag of Tula Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Tula Oblast.svg Aleksey Dyumin (UR) Central Central 25,6791,501,21458.461937
72 Tyumen Oblast Tyumen Flag of Tyumen Oblast (large).svg Coat of arms of Tyumen Oblast (large).svg Aleksandr Moor (UR) Ural West Siberian 160,1221,601,94010.001944
73 Ulyanovsk Oblast Ulyanovsk Flag Ul'ianovskoi oblasti (2013).svg Gerb Ul'ianovskoi oblasti (2013).svg Aleksey Russkikh (CPRF) Volga Volga 37,1811,196,74532.191943
74 Chelyabinsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast.svg Coat of arms of Chelyabinsk Oblast.svg Aleksey Teksler (UR) Ural Ural 88,5293,431,22438.761934
75 Zabaykalsky Krai Chita Flag of Zabaykalsky Krai.svg Coat of arms of Zabaykalsky Krai.svg krai Aleksandr Osipov (Ind.) Far Eastern East Siberian 431,8921,004,1252.322008
76 Yaroslavl Oblast Yaroslavl Flag of Yaroslavl Oblast (large).svg Coat of arms of Yaroslavl Oblast.svg oblast Mikhail Yevrayev (Ind.) Central Central 36,1771,209,81133.441936
77 Moscow Flag of Moscow.svg Coat of Arms of Moscow.svg federal city Sergey Sobyanin (UR) Central Central 2,56113,010,1125,080.091147
78 Saint Petersburg Flag of Saint Petersburg Russia.svg Coat of Arms of Saint Petersburg (2003).svg Alexander Beglov (UR) Northwestern Northwestern 1,4035,601,9113,992.811703
79 Jewish Autonomous Oblast Birobidzhan Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.svg Coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.svg autonomous oblast Jews Rostislav Goldstein (UR) Far Eastern Far Eastern 36,271150,4534.151934
80 Nenets Autonomous Okrug Naryan-Mar Flag of Nenets Autonomous District.svg Coat of arms of Nenets Autonomous Okrug.svg autonomous okrug Nenets Yury Bezdudny (UR) Northwestern Northern 176,81041,4340.231929
81 Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
(Largest city: Surgut)
Flag of Yugra.svg Coat of arms of Yugra (Khanty-Mansia).svg Khanty, Mansi Natalya Komarova (UR) Ural West Siberian 534,8011,711,4803.201930
82 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Anadyr Flag of Chukotka.svg Coat of Arms of Chukotka.svg Chukchi Roman Kopin (UR) Far Eastern Far Eastern 721,48147,4900.071930
83 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Salekhard
(Largest city: Novy Urengoy)
Flag of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District.svg Coat of Arms of Yamal Nenetsia.svg Nenets Dmitry Artyukhov (UR) Ural West Siberian 769,250510,4900.661930
Contested territories situated within the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine
CodeNameCapital/
Administrative centre [a]
FlagCoat
of arms
TypeHead of subject Federal district Economic region Area
(km2) [4]
Population [12] Est.
84 Republic of Crimea [d] Simferopol Flag of Crimea (Latest version).svg Emblem of Crimea.svg republic Sergey Aksyonov (UR) Southern [13] [14] North Caucasus 26,0811,934,63074.182014
85 Sevastopol [d] Flag of Sevastopol.svg COA of Sevastopol.svg federal city Mikhail Razvozhayev (UR) Southern [13] [14] North Caucasus 864547,820634.052014
86 Donetsk People's Republic [d] [f] Donetsk Flag of Donetsk People's Republic.svg Coat of Arms of the Donetsk People's Republic.svg republic Denis Pushilin (UR/ODDR)26,517 [g] 4,100,280 [15] [g] 154.63 [g] 2022
87 Luhansk People's Republic [d] [f] Luhansk Flag of the Luhansk People's Republic.svg COA LPR oct 2014.svg Leonid Pasechnik (UR/ML)26,684 [g] 2,121,322 [15] [g] 79.50 [g] 2022
88 Zaporozhye Oblast [d] [f] Melitopol (de facto)
Zaporizhzhia (claimed)
Flag of the Russian administered Zaporizhzhia Oblast (1).svg Coat of Arms of the Russian administered Zaporizhzhia Oblast.svg oblast Yevgeny Balitsky (UR)27,183 [g] 1,666,515 [15] [g] 61.31 [g] 2022
89 Kherson Oblast [d] [f] Henichesk (de facto)
Kherson (claimed)
(Largest city: Kherson)
Flag of Kherson Oblast (Russia).svg Coat of Arms of the Kherson Military-Civil Administration (30 Sept Rendition).svg Vladimir Saldo (Ind.)28,461 [g] 1,016,707 [15] [g] 35.72 [g] 2022

Notes

a. ^ The largest city is also listed when it is different from the capital/administrative centre.

b. ^ According to Article 13 of the Charter of Leningrad Oblast, the governing bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Saint Petersburg. However, Saint Petersburg is not officially the administrative centre of the oblast.

c. ^ According to Article 24 of the Charter of Moscow Oblast, the governing bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Moscow and throughout the territory of Moscow Oblast. However, Moscow is not officially the administrative centre of the oblast.

d. ^ Internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.

e. ^ In February 2000, the former code of 20 for the Chechen Republic was cancelled and replaced with code 95. License plate production was suspended due to the Chechen Wars, causing numerous issues, which in turn forced the region to use a new code.

f. ^ Claimed, but only partially controlled by Russia.

g. ^ As Russia only partially controls the region, this is a claimed figure.

Administrative divisions

Prior to the adoption of the 1993 Constitution of Russia, the administrative-territorial structure of Russia was regulated by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of 17 August 1982 "On the Procedures of Dealing with the Matters of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the RSFSR". [16] The 1993 Constitution, however, did not identify the matters of the administrative-territorial divisions as the responsibility of the federal government nor as the joint responsibility of the federal government and the subjects. This was interpreted by the governments of the federal subjects as a sign that the matters of the administrative-territorial divisions became solely the responsibility of the federal subjects. [16] As a result, the modern administrative-territorial structures of the federal subjects vary significantly from one federal subject to another. While the implementation details may be considerably different, in general, however, the following types of high-level administrative divisions are recognized:

Autonomous okrugs and okrugs are intermediary units of administrative divisions, which include some of the federal subject's districts and cities/towns/urban-type settlements of federal subject significance.

Typical lower-level administrative divisions include:

Municipal divisions

In the course of the Russian municipal reform of 2004–2005, all federal subjects of Russia were to streamline the structures of local self-government, which is guaranteed by the Constitution of Russia. The reform mandated that each federal subject was to have a unified structure of municipal government bodies by 1 January 2005, and a law enforcing the reform provisions went into effect on 1 January 2006. According to the law, the units of the municipal division (called "municipal formations") are as follows: [17]

Territories not included as a part of municipal formations are known as inter-settlement territories  [ ru ], a concept introduced in 2019. [19]

The Federal Law was amended on 27 May 2014 to include new types of municipal divisions: [20]

In June 2014, Chelyabinsky Urban Okrug became the first urban okrug to implement intra-urban divisions. [21]

Federal legislation introduced on May 1, 2019, added an additional territorial unit: [22]

Economic regions

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Central-Chernozem Economic Region
Central Economic Region
East Siberia Economic Region
Far East Economic Region
Kaliningrad Economic Region
North Caucasus Economic Region
North Economic Region
Northwest Economic Region
Ural Economic Region
Volga Economic Region
Volga-Vyatka Economic Region
West Siberia Economic Region Map of Russia - Economic regions.svg

For economic and statistical purposes the federal subjects are grouped into twelve economic regions. [23] Economic regions and their parts sharing common economic trends are in turn grouped into economic zones and macrozones.

Economic regionPopulation (2021)Area (km2)GDP (million US$) [24]
Central 33,276,581482,300611,550
Central Black Earth 7,057,951167,90062,098
East Siberian 6,096,1273,371,80073,250
Far Eastern 7,975,7626,952,600100,286
Kaliningrad 1,029,96615,10010,600
North Caucasus 22,642,000381,600145,110
Northern 4,101,8521,476,60069,754
Northwestern 8,785,379195,200192,610
Ural 18,416,392823,300154,034
Volga 15,811,458539,800128,221
Volga-Vyatka 6,968,440264,80044,635
West Siberian 16,281,0602,454,000234,600

Military districts

In order for the Armed Forces to provide an efficient management of military units, their training, and other operational activities, the federal subjects are grouped into five military districts. [25] Each military district operates under the command of the district headquarters, headed by the district commander, and is subordinated to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Military districts of Russia as of 2024

Leningrad Military District
Eastern Military District
Central Military District
Southern Military District
Moscow Military District New map of military districts.png
Military districts of Russia as of 2024

See also

Notes

  1. Includes the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, annexed by Russia in 2014, as well as Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhia oblasts annexed in 2022; recognized as parts of Ukraine by most of the international community.
  2. Population figures from the Crimean Census in 2014.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000021-QINU`"' Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014, after the 2010 Russian Census.

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