 Federal subjects of the Russian Federation Being the largest country in the world, and one of the most populated, Russia incorporates several types and levels of subdivisions. Image File history File links Russia-Subdivisions. ...
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Federal subjects
- Main article: Federal subjects of Russia
Russia is a federation which consists of 88 subjects (Russian: субъе́кт(ы); English transliteration: subyekt(y)). These 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 Russian parliament). However, they do differ in the degree of autonomy they enjoy. Most of the autonomous districts, while federal subjects in their own right, are at the same time part of other federal subjects (Chukotka is an exception). Russia is a federation which consists of 88 subjects (Russian: ; English transliteration: subyekty, sing. ...
A federation (Latin: foedus, covenant) is a state comprised of a number of partially self-governing regions (often themselves referred to as states) united by a central (federal) government. ...
There exist many possible systems for transliterating the Cyrillic alphabet of the Russian language to English or the Latin alphabet. ...
The Federation Council of Russia (Совет Федерации, Soviet Federatsii, Federal Soviet) is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (parliament of the Russian Federation), according to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation. ...
An autonomous (subnational) entity is a subnational entity that has a certain amount of autonomy. ...
Chukotka Autonomous District (Russian: , tr. ...
Federal districts - Main article: Federal districts of Russia
All of the subjects are grouped into seven federal districts (федера́льные округа́, sing. федера́льный о́круг, federalnyye okruga, sing. federalny okrug), each administered by a governor appointed by the President of Russia. All of the federal subjects of Russia are grouped into seven federal districts (Russian: , sing. ...
All of the federal subjects of Russia are grouped into seven federal districts (Russian: , sing. ...
Flag of the President of Russia The President of Russia (ru: Президент РоÑÑии) is the highest position within the Government of Russia. ...
Economic regions - Main article: Economic regions of Russia
For economic and statistical purposes the federal subjects are also grouped into eleven economic regions (экономи́ческие райо́ны, sing. экономи́ческий райо́н, ekonomicheskiye rayony, sing. ekonomichesky rayon). Russia is divided into eleven economic regions (Russian: экономические районы, sing. ...
Lower level subdivisions The federal subjects are further subdivided (level 2): - Districts (райо́н(ы), rayon(y)). This is somewhat similar to the counties of the United States.
- Cities/towns (города́, sing.: го́род, goroda, sing: gorod) and urban settlements (посёлки городско́го ти́па, sing.: посёлок городско́го ти́па, posyolki gorodskogo tipa, sing.: posyolok gorodskogo tipa) under the jurisdiction of the federal subject.
- Autonomous districts (автоно́мные округа́, sing.: автоно́мный о́круг, avtonomnyye okruga, sing.: avtonomny okrug) under the jurisdiction of the federal subject (even though they are considered subdivisions of the lower level, they have a status of federal subjects themselves).
Level 3 subdivisions include: See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ...
A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ...
- Selsovets (сельсове́т(ы), selsovet(y)) (rural councils).
- Towns and urban/rural settlements under the jurisdiction of the district.
- City/town districts.
- Urban settlements districts.
Selsoviet or selsovet (Russian: сельсове́т, short for се́льский сове́т), literally: rural soviet, was the lowest level administrative subdivision, similar to rural district, in rural areas in Soviet Union. ...
Translation Guberniya (Russian: ) (also gubernia, guberniia, gubernya) was a major administrative subdivision of the Imperial Russia, usually translated as governorate or province. ...
A governorate is a subnational entity. ...
Krai (Russian: край; British English transliteration: kray), is a term used to refer to several of Russias 89 administrative regions (federal subjects). ...
A territory is a defined area (including land and waters), usually considered to be a possession of an animal, person, organization, or institution (from the word terra, meaning land). In politics, a territory is an area of land under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority. ...
Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: оÌблаÑÑ‚) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ...
This article is about political regions. ...
An autonomous (subnational) entity is a subnational entity that has a certain amount of autonomy. ...
Okrug is a term to denote administrative subdivision in some Slavic states. ...
Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries. ...
An autonomous region or autonomous district is a subnational region with special powers of self-rule. ...
Federal districts are subdivisions of a federal system of government. ...
In local government on the British Isles, a rural district was a predominantly rural area used for local government. ...
Military district (Russian: вое́нный о́круг (voyenny okrug)) is a territorial association of military units, formations, military schools, and various local military establishments. ...
See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ...
Region can be used to mean either: any more or less well-defined geographical area of a country or continent, defined by geography, culture or history in political geography, an administrative subdivision of a country or of the European Union. ...
In a broad definition a republic is a state or country that is led by people who do not base their political power on any principle beyond the control of the people of that state or country. ...
In its final decades of its existence, the Soviet Union consisted of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR), often called simply Soviet republics. ...
There are two main meanings to the word soviet: Soviet (council) means a council of workers. ...
A council is a group of people who usually possess some powers of governance. ...
Selsoviet or selsovet (Russian: сельсове́т, short for се́льский сове́т), literally: rural soviet, was the lowest level administrative subdivision, similar to a rural district, in rural areas in the Soviet Union. ...
In local government on the British Isles, a rural district was a predominantly rural area used for local government. ...
See also This article covers the history of the administrative division of Russia from 1708 to 1743. ...
Here is a list of the 88 federal subjects of Russia in order of size. ...
Here is a list of the 89 federal subjects of Russia in order of population according to the 2002 census. ...
Types of settlements in Russia, Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states have certain peculiarities with respect to the English language traditions. ...
External link - ((Russian)) Official website of the Federal Cadaster Center of Russia—Administrative maps of Russia
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