Russia is divided into 88 federal subjects (subjekty), of which nine are avtonomnyye okruga ("autonomous districts", sing.avtonomny okrug): Russia is a federation which consists of 88 subjects (Russian: ; English transliteration: subyekty, sing. ... In linguistics, the term grammatical number refers to ways of expressing quantity by inflecting words. ... Okrug is a term to denote administrative subdivision in some Slavic states. ...