ADMINISTRATIVE OBLASTS, CITIES & TOWNS

According to the Constitution of 1993, the area of the Russian Federation is organized into 129 “subjects” (administrative-political units). They are: 21 republics (Altay, Bashkortostan, Buryatiya, Dagestan, Ingushetiya, Kabardino-Balkariya, Kalmykiya, Karachayevo-Cherkessiya, Kareliya, Komi, Mariy El, Mordoviya, Sakha [Yakutiya], Severnaya Osetiya – Alaniya, Tatarstan, Tyva, Udmurtiya, Khakasiya, Chechnya, Chuvashiya); 10 autonomous districts (Komi-Permyatskiy as a part of the Perm’ region; Nenetskiy as a part of Arkhangel’sk region; Khanty-Mansiyskiy and Yamalo-Nenetskiy as parts of the Tyumen’ region; Taymyrskiy (Dolgano-Nenetskiy) and Evenkiyskiy as parts of Krasnoyarsk krai; Ust’-Ordynskiy as a part of Irkutsk region; Aginskiy Buryatian as a part of Chita region; Koryakskiy as a part of Kamchatka region; and Chukotskiy district, which is independent of any region; 1 autonomous region (Yevreyskaya AO or Jewish); 6 krais or territories (Altayskiy, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Primorskiy, Stavropol’, Khabarovsk); 89 Oblast’ (or regions: see descriptions that follow); 2 federal cities (Moscow and St. Petersburg).

These subjects are subdivided into smaller units known as rayons or “ulus” in Sakha-Yakutiya. These countryside districts totalled 1,867 in 2000. There are 1,092 cities and towns; 1,875 posyoloks; and 24,470 villages. More Details...

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