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## Federal districts

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Main article: Federal districts of Russia

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

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Population  | per km2 | Total  | Per capita
| North Caucasian | 19 January 2010  | 170,400  | 10,171,000  | 60  | 0.793  | ₽3.111 trillion
($45 billion)  | ₽305,334
($4458)  | 7  | Pyatigorsk |
| Southern[a] | 13 May 2000  | 427,800  | 16,746,000[b] | 39  | 0.799  | ₽9.816 trillion
($143 billion)  | ₽588,461
($8593)  | 8  | Rostov-on-Don |
| Central | 13 May 2000  | 650,200  | 40,342,000  | 62  | 0.845  | ₽47.368 trillion
($692 billion)  | ₽1,176,273
($17176)  | 18  | Moscow |
| Northwestern | 13 May 2000  | 1,687,000  | 13,917,000  | 8  | 0.833  | ₽18.929 trillion
($276 billion)  | ₽1,362,907
($19901)  | 11  | Saint Petersburg |
| Volga | 13 May 2000  | 1,037,000  | 28,943,000  | 28  | 0.804  | ₽19.664 trillion
($287 billion)  | ₽683,355
($9978)  | 14  | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Ural | 13 May 2000  | 1,818,500  | 12,301,000  | 7  | 0.839  | ₽20.073 trillion
($293 billion)  | ₽1,635,678
($23884)  | 6  | Yekaterinburg |
| Siberian | 13 May 2000  | 4,361,800  | 16,793,000  | 4  | 0.794  | ₽13.054 trillion
($191 billion)  | ₽781,580
($11412)  | 10  | Novosibirsk |
| Far Eastern | 13 May 2000  | 6,952,600  | 7,976,000  | 1  | 0.808  | ₽8.656 trillion
($126 billion)  | ₽1,090,778
($15927)  | 11  | Vladivostok |

## Federal subjects

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Main article: Federal subjects of Russia

Since 30 September 2022, the Russian Federation has consisted of eighty-nine federal subjects that are constituent members of the Federation.[8] 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

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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.[9] 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.[9] Neither the Republic of Crimea nor the city of Sevastopol are politically recognized as parts of Russia by most countries.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12]

## List

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Federal subjects of the Russian Federation

Code  | Name  | Capital/
Administrative centre[a] | Flag  | Coat
of arms  | Type  |  | Head of subject  | Federal district | Economic region | Area
(km2)[13] | Population[14] | Est.
Titular nation  | Total  | density (km2)
01  | Adygea | Maykop |  |  | republic | Circassians | Murat Kumpilov (UR)  | Southern | North Caucasus | 7,792  | 496,934  | 63.77  | 1922
02  | Bashkortostan | Ufa |  |  | Bashkirs | Radiy Khabirov (UR)  | Volga | Ural | 142,947  | 4,091,423  | 28.62  | 1919
03  | Buryatia | Ulan-Ude |  |  | Buryats | Alexey Tsydenov (UR)  | Far Eastern | East Siberian | 351,334  | 978,588  | 2.79  | 1923
04  | Altai Republic | Gorno-Altaysk |  |  | Altai | Oleg Khorokhordin (Ind.)  | Siberian | West Siberian | 92,903  | 210,924  | 2.27  | 1922
05  | Dagestan | Makhachkala |  |  | Aghuls, Avars, Azerbaijanis, Chechens, Dargins, Kumyks, Laks, Lezgins, Nogais, Rutuls, Tabasarans, Tats, Tsakhurs | Sergey Melikov (Ind.)  | North Caucasian | North Caucasus | 50,270  | 3,182,054  | 63.30  | 1921
06  | Ingushetia | Magas
(Largest city: Nazran)  |  |  | Ingush | Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov (UR)  | North Caucasian | North Caucasus | 3,628  | 509,541  | 163.16  | 1992
07  | Kabardino-Balkaria | Nalchik |  |  | Balkars, Kabardians | Kazbek Kokov (UR)  | North Caucasian | North Caucasus | 12,470  | 904,200  | 72.51  | 1936
08  | Kalmykia | Elista |  |  | Kalmyks | Batu Khasikov (UR)  | Southern | Volga | 74,731  | 267,133  | 3.57  | 1957
09  | Karachay-Cherkessia | Cherkessk |  |  | Abazins, Kabardians, Karachays, Nogais | Rashid Temrezov (UR)  | North Caucasian | North Caucasus | 14,277  | 469,865  | 32.91  | 1957
10  | Karelia | Petrozavodsk |  |  | Karelians | Artur Parfenchikov (UR)  | Northwestern | Northern | 180,520  | 533,121  | 2.95  | 1956
11  | Komi Republic | Syktyvkar |  |  | Komi | Vladimir Uyba (UR)  | Northwestern | Northern | 416,774  | 737,853  | 1.77  | 1921
12  | Mari El | Yoshkar-Ola |  |  | Mari | Yury Zaitsev (UR, acting)  | Volga | Volga-Vyatka | 23,375  | 677,097  | 28.97  | 1920
13  | Mordovia | Saransk |  |  | Mordvins | Artyom Zdunov (UR)  | Volga | Volga-Vyatka | 26,128  | 783,552  | 29.99  | 1930
14  | Sakha | Yakutsk |  |  | Yakuts | Aysen Nikolayev (UR)  | Far Eastern | Far Eastern | 3,083,523  | 995,686  | 0.32  | 1922
15  | North Ossetia–Alania | Vladikavkaz |  |  | Ossetians | Sergey Menyaylo (UR)  | North Caucasian | North Caucasus | 7,987  | 687,357  | 86.06  | 1924
16  | Tatarstan | Kazan |  |  | Tatars | Rustam Minnikhanov (UR)  | Volga | Volga | 67,847  | 4,004,809  | 59.03  | 1920
17  | Tuva | Kyzyl |  |  | Tuvans | Vladislav Khovalyg (UR)  | Siberian | East Siberian | 168,604  | 336,651  | 2.00  | 1944
18  | Udmurtia | Izhevsk |  |  | Udmurts | Aleksandr Brechalov (UR)  | Volga | Ural | 42,061  | 1,452,914  | 34.54  | 1920
19  | Khakassia | Abakan |  |  | Khakas | Valentin Konovalov (CPRF)  | Siberian | East Siberian | 61,569  | 534,795  | 8.69  | 1930
20[e] | Chechnya | Grozny |  |  | Chechens | Ramzan Kadyrov (UR)  | North Caucasian | North Caucasus | 16,165  | 1,510,824  | 93.43  | 1991
21  | Chuvashia | Cheboksary |  |  | Chuvash | Oleg Nikolayev (SRZP)  | Volga | Volga-Vyatka | 18,343  | 1,186,909  | 64.71  | 1920
22  | Altai Krai | Barnaul |  |  | krai |  | Viktor Tomenko (UR)  | Siberian | West Siberian | 167,996  | 2,163,693  | 12.88  | 1937
23  | Krasnodar Krai | Krasnodar |  |  |  | Veniamin Kondratyev (UR)  | Southern | North Caucasus | 75,485  | 5,838,273  | 77.34  | 1937
24  | Krasnoyarsk Krai | Krasnoyarsk |  |  |  | Mikhail Kotyukov (UR)  | Siberian | East Siberian | 2,366,797  | 2,856,971  | 1.21  | 1934
25  | Primorsky Krai | Vladivostok |  |  |  | Oleg Kozhemyako (UR)  | Far Eastern | Far Eastern | 164,673  | 1,845,165  | 11.21  | 1938
26  | Stavropol Krai | Stavropol |  |  |  | Vladimir Vladimirov (UR)  | North Caucasian | North Caucasus | 66,160  | 2,907,593  | 43.95  | 1934
27  | Khabarovsk Krai | Khabarovsk |  |  |  | Mikhail Degtyarev (LDPR)  | Far Eastern | Far Eastern | 787,633  | 1,292,944  | 1.64  | 1938
28  | Amur Oblast | Blagoveshchensk |  |  | oblast |  | Vasily Orlov (UR)  | Far Eastern | Far Eastern | 361,908  | 766,912  | 2.12  | 1932
29  | Arkhangelsk Oblast | Arkhangelsk |  |  |  | Alexander Tsybulsky (UR)  | Northwestern | Northern | 413,103  | 978,873  | 2.37  | 1937
30  | Astrakhan Oblast | Astrakhan |  |  |  | Igor Babushkin (Ind.)  | Southern | Volga | 49,024  | 960,142  | 19.59  | 1943
31  | Belgorod Oblast | Belgorod |  |  |  | Vyacheslav Gladkov (UR)  | Central | Central Black Earth | 27,134  | 1,540,486  | 56.77  | 1954
32  | Bryansk Oblast | Bryansk |  |  |  | Alexander Bogomaz (UR)  | Central | Central | 34,857  | 1,169,161  | 33.54  | 1944
33  | Vladimir Oblast | Vladimir |  |  |  | Aleksandr Avdeyev (UR, acting)  | Central | Central | 29,084  | 1,348,134  | 46.35  | 1944
34  | Volgograd Oblast | Volgograd |  |  |  | Andrey Bocharov (Ind.)  | Southern | Volga | 112,877  | 2,500,781  | 22.15  | 1937
35  | Vologda Oblast | Vologda
(Largest city: Cherepovets)  |  |  |  | Oleg Kuvshinnikov (UR)  | Northwestern | Northern | 144,527  | 1,142,827  | 7.91  | 1937
36  | Voronezh Oblast | Voronezh |  |  |  | Aleksandr Gusev (UR)  | Central | Central Black Earth | 52,216  | 2,308,792  | 44.22  | 1934
37  | Ivanovo Oblast | Ivanovo |  |  |  | Stanislav Voskresensky (Ind.)  | Central | Central | 21,437  | 927,828  | 43.28  | 1936
38  | Irkutsk Oblast | Irkutsk |  |  |  | Igor Kobzev (Ind.)  | Siberian | East Siberian | 774,846  | 2,370,102  | 3.06  | 1937
39  | Kaliningrad Oblast | Kaliningrad |  |  |  | Anton Alikhanov (UR)  | Northwestern | Kaliningrad | 15,125  | 1,029,966  | 68.10  | 1946
40  | Kaluga Oblast | Kaluga |  |  |  | Vladislav Shapsha (UR)  | Central | Central | 29,777  | 1,069,904  | 35.93  | 1944
41  | Kamchatka Krai | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky |  |  | krai |  | Vladimir Solodov (Ind.)  | Far Eastern | Far Eastern | 464,275  | 291,705  | 0.63  | 2007
42  | Kemerovo Oblast | Kemerovo |  |  | oblast |  | Sergey Tsivilyov (UR)  | Siberian | West Siberian | 95,725  | 2,600,923  | 27.17  | 1943
43  | Kirov Oblast | Kirov |  |  |  | Aleksandr Sokolov (UR, acting)  | Volga | Volga-Vyatka | 120,374  | 1,153,680  | 9.58  | 1934
44  | Kostroma Oblast | Kostroma |  |  |  | Sergey Sitnikov (Ind.)  | Central | Central | 60,211  | 580,976  | 9.65  | 1944
45  | Kurgan Oblast | Kurgan |  |  |  | Vadim Shumkov (Ind.)  | Ural | Ural | 71,488  | 776,661  | 10.86  | 1943
46  | Kursk Oblast | Kursk |  |  |  | Roman Starovoyt (UR)  | Central | Central Black Earth | 29,997  | 1,082,458  | 36.09  | 1934
47  | Leningrad Oblast | Largest city: Gatchina[b] |  |  |  | Aleksandr Drozdenko (UR)  | Northwestern | Northwestern | 83,908  | 2,000,997  | 23.85  | 1927
48  | Lipetsk Oblast | Lipetsk |  |  |  | Igor Artamonov (UR)  | Central | Central Black Earth | 24,047  | 1,143,224  | 47.54  | 1954
49  | Magadan Oblast | Magadan |  |  |  | Sergey Nosov (UR)  | Far Eastern | Far Eastern | 462,464  | 136,085  | 0.29  | 1953
50  | Moscow Oblast | Largest city: Balashikha[c] |  |  |  | Andrey Vorobyov (UR)  | Central | Central | 44,329  | 8,524,665  | 192.30  | 1929
51  | Murmansk Oblast | Murmansk |  |  |  | Andrey Chibis (UR)  | Northwestern | Northern | 144,902  | 667,744  | 4.61  | 1938
52  | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | Nizhny Novgorod |  |  |  | Gleb Nikitin (UR)  | Volga | Volga-Vyatka | 76,624  | 3,119,115  | 40.71  | 1936
53  | Novgorod Oblast | Veliky Novgorod |  |  |  | Aleksandr Dronov (UR)  | Northwestern | Northwestern | 54,501  | 583,387  | 10.70  | 1944
54  | Novosibirsk Oblast | Novosibirsk |  |  |  | Andrey Travnikov (UR)  | Siberian | West Siberian | 177,756  | 2,797,176  | 15.74  | 1937
55  | Omsk Oblast | Omsk |  |  |  | Alexander Burkov (SRZP)  | Siberian | West Siberian | 141,140  | 1,858,798  | 13.17  | 1934
56  | Orenburg Oblast | Orenburg |  |  |  | Denis Pasler (UR)  | Volga | Ural | 123,702  | 1,862,767  | 15.06  | 1934
57  | Oryol Oblast | Oryol |  |  |  | Andrey Klychkov (CPRF)  | Central | Central | 24,652  | 713,374  | 28.94  | 1937
58  | Penza Oblast | Penza |  |  |  | Oleg Melnichenko (UR)  | Volga | Volga | 43,352  | 1,266,348  | 29.21  | 1939
59  | Perm Krai | Perm |  |  | krai |  | Dmitry Makhonin (Ind.)  | Volga | Ural | 160,236  | 2,532,405  | 15.80  | 2005
60  | Pskov Oblast | Pskov |  |  | oblast |  | Mikhail Vedernikov (UR)  | Northwestern | Northwestern | 55,399  | 599,084  | 10.81  | 1944
61  | Rostov Oblast | Rostov-on-Don |  |  |  | Vasily Golubev (UR)  | Southern | North Caucasus | 100,967  | 4,200,729  | 41.60  | 1937
62  | Ryazan Oblast | Ryazan |  |  |  | Pavel Malkov (Ind.)  | Central | Central | 39,605  | 1,102,810  | 27.85  | 1937
63  | Samara Oblast | Samara |  |  |  | Dmitry Azarov (UR)  | Volga | Volga | 53,565  | 3,172,925  | 59.24  | 1928
64  | Saratov Oblast | Saratov |  |  |  | Roman Busargin (UR)  | Volga | Volga | 101,240  | 2,442,575  | 24.13  | 1936
65  | Sakhalin Oblast | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |  |  |  | Valery Limarenko (UR)  | Far Eastern | Far Eastern | 87,101  | 466,609  | 5.36  | 1947
66  | Sverdlovsk Oblast | Yekaterinburg |  |  |  | Yevgeny Kuyvashev (UR)  | Ural | Ural | 194,307  | 4,268,998  | 21.97  | 1935
67  | Smolensk Oblast | Smolensk |  |  |  | Alexey Ostrovsky (LDPR)  | Central | Central | 49,779  | 888,421  | 17.85  | 1937
68  | Tambov Oblast | Tambov |  |  |  | Maksim Yegorov (UR, acting)  | Central | Central Black Earth | 34,462  | 982,991  | 28.52  | 1937
69  | Tver Oblast | Tver |  |  |  | Igor Rudenya (UR)  | Central | Central | 84,201  | 1,230,171  | 14.61  | 1935
70  | Tomsk Oblast | Tomsk |  |  |  | Vladimir Mazur (UR, acting)  | Siberian | West Siberian | 314,391  | 1,062,666  | 3.38  | 1944
71  | Tula Oblast | Tula |  |  |  | Aleksey Dyumin (UR)  | Central | Central | 25,679  | 1,501,214  | 58.46  | 1937
72  | Tyumen Oblast | Tyumen |  |  |  | Aleksandr Moor (UR)  | Ural | West Siberian | 160,122  | 1,601,940  | 10.00  | 1944
73  | Ulyanovsk Oblast | Ulyanovsk |  |  |  | Aleksey Russkikh (CPRF)  | Volga | Volga | 37,181  | 1,196,745  | 32.19  | 1943
74  | Chelyabinsk Oblast | Chelyabinsk |  |  |  | Aleksey Teksler (UR)  | Ural | Ural | 88,529  | 3,431,224  | 38.76  | 1934
75  | Zabaykalsky Krai | Chita |  |  | krai |  | Aleksandr Osipov (Ind.)  | Far Eastern | East Siberian | 431,892  | 1,004,125  | 2.32  | 2008
76  | Yaroslavl Oblast | Yaroslavl |  |  | oblast |  | Mikhail Yevrayev (Ind.)  | Central | Central | 36,177  | 1,209,811  | 33.44  | 1936
77  | Moscow |  |  | federal city |  | Sergey Sobyanin (UR)  | Central | Central | 2,561  | 13,010,112  | 5,080.09  | 1147
78  | Saint Petersburg |  |  |  | Alexander Beglov (UR)  | Northwestern | Northwestern | 1,403  | 5,601,911  | 3,992.81  | 1703
79  | Jewish Autonomous Oblast | Birobidzhan |  |  | autonomous oblast | Jews | Rostislav Goldstein (UR)  | Far Eastern | Far Eastern | 36,271  | 150,453  | 4.15  | 1934
80  | Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Naryan-Mar |  |  | autonomous okrug | Nenets | Yury Bezdudny (UR)  | Northwestern | Northern | 176,810  | 41,434  | 0.23  | 1929
81  | Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra | Khanty-Mansiysk
(Largest city: Surgut)  |  |  | Khanty, Mansi | Natalya Komarova (UR)  | Ural | West Siberian | 534,801  | 1,711,480  | 3.20  | 1930
82  | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | Anadyr |  |  | Chukchi | Roman Kopin (UR)  | Far Eastern | Far Eastern | 721,481  | 47,490  | 0.07  | 1930
83  | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Salekhard
(Largest city: Novy Urengoy)  |  |  | Nenets | Dmitry Artyukhov (UR)  | Ural | West Siberian | 769,250  | 510,490  | 0.66  | 1930
Contested territories situated within the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine

Code  | Name  | Capital/
Administrative centre[a] | Flag  | Coat
of arms  | Type  |  | Head of subject  | Federal district | Economic region | Area
(km2)[13] | Population[14] | Est.
84  | Republic of Crimea[d] | Simferopol |  |  | republic |  | Sergey Aksyonov (UR)  | Southern[15][16] | North Caucasus | 26,081  | 1,934,630  | 74.18  | 2014
85  | Sevastopol[d] |  |  | federal city |  | Mikhail Razvozhayev (UR)  | Southern[15][16] | North Caucasus | 864  | 547,820  | 634.05  | 2014
86  | Donetsk People's Republic[d][f] | Donetsk |  |  | republic |  | Denis Pushilin (UR/ODDR)  |  |  | 26,517[g] | 4,100,280[17][g] | 154.63[g] | 2022
87  | Luhansk People's Republic[d][f] | Luhansk |  |  |  | Leonid Pasechnik (UR/ML)  |  |  | 26,684[g] | 2,121,322[17][g] | 79.50[g] | 2022
88  | Zaporozhye Oblast[d][f] | Melitopol (de facto)
Zaporizhzhia (claimed) |  |  | oblast |  | Yevgeny Balitsky (UR)  |  |  | 27,183[g] | 1,666,515[17][g] | 61.31[g] | 2022
89  | Kherson Oblast[d][f] | Henichesk (de facto)
Kherson (claimed)
(Largest city: Kherson)  |  |  |  | Vladimir Saldo (Ind.)  |  |  | 28,461[g] | 1,016,707[17][g] | 35.72[g] | 2022

### Notes

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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

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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".[18] 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.[18] 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:

* administrative districts (raions)
* cities/towns and urban-type settlements of federal subject significance
* closed administrative-territorial formations

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.

* Autonomous okrugs, while being under the jurisdiction of another federal subject, are still constitutionally recognized as federal subjects on their own right. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug is an exception in that it is not administratively subordinated to any other federal subject of Russia.
* Okrugs are usually former autonomous okrugs that lost their federal subject status due to a merger with another federal subject.

Typical lower-level administrative divisions include:

* selsoviets (rural councils)
* towns and urban-type settlements of the administrative district significance
* city districts

## Municipal divisions

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Main articles: Municipalities of Russia and Districts of Russia

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:[19]

* Municipal district, a group of urban and rural settlements, often along with the inter-settlement territories. In practice, municipal districts are usually formed within the boundaries of existing administrative districts (raions).
* Urban settlement (Russia), a city/town or an urban-type settlement, possibly together with adjacent rural and/or urban localities
* Rural settlement (Russia), one or several rural localities
* Urban okrug, an urban settlement not incorporated into a municipal district. In practice, urban okrugs are usually formed within the boundaries of existing cities of federal subject significance.
* Intra-urban territory (intra-urban municipal formation) of a federal city, a part of a federal city's territory. In Moscow, these are called municipal formations (which correspond to districts); in St. Petersburg—municipal okrugs, towns, and settlements. In Sevastopol (located on the Crimean Peninsula, which is a territory disputed between Russia and Ukraine), they are known as municipal okrugs and a town.[20]

Territories not included as a part of municipal formations are known as inter-settlement territories [ru], a concept introduced in 2019.[21]

The Federal Law was amended on 27 May 2014 to include new types of municipal divisions:[22]

* Urban okrug with intra-urban divisions, an urban okrug divided into intra-urban districts at the lower level of the municipal hierarchy
* Intra-urban district, a municipal formation within an urban okrug with intra-urban divisions. This municipal formation type would typically be established within the borders of existing city districts (i.e., the administrative divisions in some of the cities of federal subject significance).

In June 2014, Chelyabinsky Urban Okrug became the first urban okrug to implement intra-urban divisions.[23]

Federal legislation introduced on May 1, 2019, added an additional territorial unit:[24]

* Municipal okrug, a grouping of several settlements without municipal status. Municipal okrugs formally exercise local self-government either through direct means or through electoral and other institutions.

## Economic regions

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Main article: Economic regions of Russia

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

For economic and statistical purposes the federal subjects are grouped into twelve economic regions.[25] Economic regions and their parts sharing common economic trends are in turn grouped into economic zones and macrozones.

Economic region  | Population (2021)  | Area (km2)  | GDP (million US$)[26]

|
|
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Central | 33,276,581 | 482,300 | 611,550
Central Black Earth | 7,057,951 | 167,900 | 62,098
East Siberian | 6,096,127 | 3,371,800 | 73,250
Far Eastern | 7,975,762 | 6,952,600 | 100,286
Kaliningrad | 1,029,966 | 15,100 | 10,600
North Caucasus | 22,642,000 | 381,600 | 145,110
Northern | 4,101,852 | 1,476,600 | 69,754
Northwestern | 8,785,379 | 195,200 | 192,610
Ural | 18,416,392 | 823,300 | 154,034
Volga | 15,811,458 | 539,800 | 128,221
Volga-Vyatka | 6,968,440 | 264,800 | 44,635
West Siberian | 16,281,060 | 2,454,000 | 234,600

## Military districts

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Main article: Military districts of Russia

Military districts of Russia as of 2024

Leningrad Military District

Eastern Military District

Central Military District

Southern Military District

Moscow Military District

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.[27] 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.

## See also

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* History of the administrative division of Russia
* List of federal subjects of Russia by area
* List of federal subjects of Russia by population
* Types of inhabited localities in Russia
* Republics of the Soviet Union
* Constituencies of Russia

## Notes

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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.[7] Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014, after the 2010 Russian Census.

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