Federal subjects of Russia

Russia is a federation which consists of 89 subjects (Russian: субъект(ы); English transliteration: subyekty, sing. subyekt). These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation - 2 delegates each - in the Federation Council (upper house of the Russian parliament). However, they do differ in the degree of autonomy they enjoy.\nEach subject of the federation belongs to one of the following categories:

1. 21 republics (Russian: республики, sing. республика; English transliteration: respubliki, sing. respublika) - most autonomous, each has its own constitution, parliament and president; represented by the central government in international affairs; usually home to a specific ethnic minority; in some of these, especially in the republic of Chechnya, separatist tendencies are quite strong.\n# 49 oblasts (provinces) (Russian: области, sing. область; English transliteration: oblasti, sing. oblast) - most common, regular administrative units.\n# 6 krais (territories) (Russian: края, sing. край; English transliteration: kraya, sing. krai or kray, the latter being more grammatically correct, but less common) - similar to provinces but usually more peripheral and less populated.\n# 1 autonomous oblast (Russian: автономная область; English transliteration: avtonomnaya oblast).\n# 10 autonomous districts (Russian: автономные округа, sing. автономный округ; English transliteration: avtonomnyye okruga, sing. avtonomny okrug) - more autonomous than provinces but less than republics; usually with substantial or predominant ethnic minority.\n# 2 federal cities (Russian: федеральные города, sing. федеральный город; English transliteration: federalnyye goroda, sing. federalny gorod'') - major cities that function as separate regions.

Some of these subjects will be merged into larger territories starting in 2004. The first new one to be formed will be the Perm Krai, comprising the current Perm Oblast and Autonomous district of the Komi-Permyaks. The new territory is scheduled to come into being on December 1, 2005. A referendum to decide on merging the Irkutsk Oblast with the Autonomous district of the Ust-Ordinsk Buryats into an Irkutsk Krai will be held in 2004. Other projects include incorporating the Autonomous districts of the Evenks and Taymyr into a larger Krasnoyarsk Krai; merging that of the Yamal Nenetses with the Tyumen Oblast to form a Tyumen Krai; combining the Autonomous district of the Aga Buryats with the Chita Oblast; and even merging the existing Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts, the Komi Republic and the Autonomous district of the Nenetses to form a proposed Northern, or Arctic Krai, or a Republic of Pomors-Nenetses. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

No.\n	Abbr.\n	Subject of the federation\n	Capital city\n	Federal district\n	Economic region
Republics - республики - respubliki
01	AD	Adygeya (Адыгея)\n	Maykop (Майкоп)\n	Southern\n	North Caucasus
02	BA	Bashkortostan (Башкортостан)\n	Ufa (Уфа)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Urals
03	BU	Buryatia (Бурятия)\n	Ulan-Ude (Улан-Удэ)\n	Siberian\n	East Siberia
04	AL	Altai Republic (Алтай)\n	Gorno-Altaysk (Горно-Алтайск)\n	Siberian\n	West Siberia
05	DA	Dagestan (Дагестан)\n	Makhachkala (Махачкала)\n	Southern\n	North Caucasus
06	IN	Ingushetia (Ингушская)\n	Nazran (Назрань)\n	Southern\n	North Caucasus
07	KB	Kabardino-Balkaria (Кабардино-Балкарская)\n	Nalchik (Нальчик)\n	Southern\n	North Caucasus
08	KL	Kalmykia (Калмыкия)\n	Elista (Элиста)\n	Southern\n	Povolzhye
09	KC	Karachay-Cherkessia (Карачаево-Черкесская)\n	Cherkessk (Черкесск)\n	Southern\n	North Caucasus
10	KR	Karelia (Карелия)\n	Petrozavodsk (Петрозаводск)\n	Northwestern\n	North
11	KO	Komi (Коми)\n	Syktyvkar (Сыктывкар)\n	Northwestern\n	North
12	ME	Mariy El (Марий-Эл)\n	Yoshkar-Ola (Йошкар-Ола)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Volga-Vyatka
13	MO	Mordovia (Мордовия)\n	Saransk (Саранск)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Volga-Vyatka
14	SA	Sakha (Yakutia) (Саха (Якутия))\n	Yakutsk (Якутск)\n	Far Eastern\n	Far East
15	SE	North Ossetia (Alania) (Северная Осетия)\n	Vladikavkaz (Владикавказ)\n	Southern\n	North Caucasus
16	TA	Tatarstan (Татарстан)\n	Kazan (Казань; Tatar: Qazan)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Povolzhye
17	TY	Tuva (Тува)\n	Kyzyl (Кызыл)\n	Siberian\n	West Siberia
18	UD	Udmurtia (Удмуртская)\n	Izhevsk (Ижевск)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Urals
19	KK	Khakassia (Хакасия)\n	Abakan (Абакан)\n	Siberian\n	West Siberia
20	CE	Chechnya (Чеченская)\n	Grozny (Грозный)\n	Southern\n	North Caucasus
21	CU	Chuvashia (Чувашская (Чаваш))\n	Cheboksary (Чебоксары)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Volga-Vyatka
Territories - края - kraya
22	ALT	Altai Krai (Алтайский)\n	Barnaul (Барнаул)\n	Siberian\n	West Siberia
23	KDA	Krasnodar (Краснодарский)\n	Krasnodar (Краснодар)\n	Southern\n	North Caucasus
24	KYA	Krasnoyarsk (Красноярский)\n	Krasnoyarsk (Красноярск)\n	Siberian\n	East Siberia
25	PRI	Primorsky (Приморский)\n	Vladivostok (Владивосток)\n	Far Eastern\n	Far East
26	STA	Stavropol (Ставропольский)\n	Stavropol (Ставрополь)\n	Southern\n	North Caucasus
27	KHA	Khabarovsk (Хабаровский)\n	Khabarovsk (Хабаровск)\n	Far Eastern\n	Far East
Provinces - области - oblasti
28	AMU	Amur (Амурская)\n	Blagoveshchensk (Благовещенск)\n	Far Eastern\n	Far East
29	ARK	Arkhangelsk (Архангельская)\n	Arkhangelsk (Архангельск)\n	Northwestern\n	North \n
30	AST	Astrakhan (Астраханская)\n	Astrakhan (Астрахань)\n	Southern\n	Povolzhye
31	BEL	Belgorod (Белгородская)\n	Belgorod (Белгород)\n	Central\n	Central-Chernozem
32	BRY	Bryansk (Брянская)\n	Bryansk (Брянск)\n	Central\n	Central
33	VLA	Vladimir (Владимирская)\n	Vladimir (Владимир)\n	Central\n	Central
34	VGG	Volgograd (Волгоградская)\n	Volgograd (Волгоград)\n	Southern\n	Povolzhye
35	VLG	Vologda (Вологодская)\n	Vologda (Вологда)\n	Northwestern\n	North
36	VOR	Voronezh (Воронежская)\n	Voronezh (Воронеж)\n	Central\n	Central-Chernozem
37	IVA	Ivanovo (Ивановская)\n	Ivanovo (Иваново)\n	Central\n	Central
38	IRK	Irkutsk (Иркутская)\n	Irkutsk (Иркутск)\n	Siberian\n	East Siberia
39	KGD	Kaliningrad (Калининградская)\n	Kaliningrad (Калининград)\n	Northwestern\n	Northwest
40	KLU	Kaluga (Калужская)\n	Kaluga (Калуга)\n	Central\n	Central
41	KAM	Kamchatka (Камчатская)\n	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Петропавловск-Камчатский)\n	Far Eastern\n	Far East
42	KEM	Kemerovo (Кемеровская)\n	Kemerovo (Кемерово)\n	Siberian\n	West Siberia
43	KIR	Kirov (Кировская)\n	Kirov (Киров)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Volga-Vyatka
44	KOS	Kostroma (Костромская)\n	Kostroma (Кострома)\n	Central\n	Central
45	KGN	Kurgan (Курганская)\n	Kurgan (Курган)\n	Urals\n	Urals
46	KRS	Kursk (Курская)\n	Kursk (Курск)\n	Central\n	Central-Chernozem
47	LEN	Leningrad (Ленинградская)\n	St. Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург)\n	Northwestern\n	Northwest
48	LIP	Lipetsk (Липецкая)\n	Lipetsk (Липецк)\n	Central\n	Central-Chernozem
49	MAG	Magadan (Магаданская)\n	Magadan (Магадан)\n	Far Eastern\n	Far East
50	MOS	Moscow (Московская)\n	Moscow (Москва)\n	Central\n	Central
51	MUR	Murmansk (Мурманская)\n	Murmansk (Мурманск)\n	Northwestern\n	North
52	NIZ	Nizhny Novgorod (Нижегородская)\n	Nizhny Novgorod (Нижний Новгород)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Volga-Vyatka
53	NGR	Novgorod (Новгородская)\n	Novgorod (Новгород)\n	Northwestern\n	Northwest
54	NVS	Novosibirsk (Новосибирская)\n	Novosibirsk (Новосибирск)\n	Siberian\n	West Siberia
55	OMS	Omsk (Омская)\n	Omsk (Омск)\n	Siberian\n	West Siberia
56	ORE	Orenburg (Оренбургская)\n	Orenburg (Оренбург)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Urals
57	ORL	Oryol (Орловская)\n	Oryol (Орёл)\n	Central\n	Central
58	PNZ	Penza (Пензенская)\n	Penza (Пенза)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Povolzhye
59	PER	Perm (Пермская)\n	Perm (Пермь)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Urals
60	PSK	Pskov (Псковская)\n	Pskov (Псков)\n	Northwestern\n	Northwest
61	ROS	Rostov (Ростовская)\n	Rostov-na-Donu (Ростов)\n	Southern\n	North Caucasus
62	RYA	Ryazan (Рязанская)\n	Ryazan (Рязань)\n	Central\n	Central
63	SAM	Samara (Самарская)\n	Samara, Russia (Самара)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Povolzhye
64	SAR	Saratov (Саратовская)\n	Saratov (Саратов)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Povolzhye
65	SAK	Sakhalin (Сахалинская)\n	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Южно-Сахалинск)\n	Far Eastern\n	Far East
66	SVE	Sverdlovsk (Свердловская)\n	Yekaterinburg (Екатеринбург)\n	Urals\n	Urals
67	SMO	Smolensk (Смоленская)\n	Smolensk (Смоленск)\n	Central\n	Central
68	TAM	Tambov (Тамбовская)\n	Tambov (Тамбов)\n	Central\n	Central-Chernozem
69	TVE	Tver (Тверская)\n	Tver (Тверь)\n	Central\n	Central
70	TOM	Tomsk (Томская)\n	Tomsk (Томск)\n	Siberian\n	West Siberia
71	TUL	Tula (Тульская)\n	Tula (Тула)\n	Central\n	Central
72	TYU	Tyumen (Тюменская)\n	Tyumen (Тюмень)\n	Urals\n	West Siberia
73	ULY	Ulyanovsk (Ульяновская)\n	Ulyanovsk (Ульяновск)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Povolzhye
74	CHE	Chelyabinsk (Челябинская)\n	Chelyabinsk (Челябинск)\n	Urals\n	Urals
75	CHI	Chita (Читинская)\n	Chita (Чита)\n	Siberian\n	East Siberia
76	YAR	Yaroslavl (Ярославская)\n	Yaroslavl (Ярославль)\n	Central\n	Central
Federal cities - федеральные города - federalnyye goroda
77	MOW	Moscow (Москва)		Central\n	Central
78	SPE	St. Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург)		Northwestern\n	Northwest
Autonomous oblast - автономная область - avtonomnaya oblast
79	YEV	Jewish (Еврейская)\n	Birobidzhan (Биробиджан)\n	Far Eastern\n	Far East\n
Please note that on the map, it's actually a small yellow segment to the east labeled 29, situated between 28 and 27.
Autonomous districts - автономные округа - avtonomnyye okruga
80	AGB	Aga Buryatia (Агинский-Бурятский)\n	Aginskoye (Агинское)\n	Siberian\n	East Siberia
81	KOP	Permyakia (Коми-Пермяцкий)\n	Kudymkar (Кудымкар)\n	Privolzhsky (Volga)\n	Urals
82	KOR	Koryakia (Корякский)\n	Palaba (Палаба)\n	Far Eastern\n	Far East
83	NEN	Nenetsia (Ненецкий)\n	Naryan-Mar (Нарьян-Мар)\n	Northwestern\n	North
84	TAY	Taymyria (Таймырский (Долгано-Ненецкий))\n	Dudinka (Дудинка)\n	Siberian\n	East Siberia
85	UOB	Ust-Orda Buryatia (Усть-Ордынский Бурятский)\n	Ust-Ordynsky (Усть-Ордынский)\n	Siberian\n	East Siberia
86	KHM	Khantia-Mansia (Ханты-Мансийский)\n	Khanty-Mansiysk (Ханты-Мансийск)\n	Urals\n	West Siberia
87	CHU	Chukotka (Чукотский)\n	Anadyr (Анадырь)\n	Far Eastern\n	Far East
88	EVE	Evenkia (Эвенкийский)\n	Tura (Тура)\n	Siberian\n	East Siberia
89	YAN	Yamalia (Ямало-Ненецкий)\n	Salekhard (Салехард)\n	Urals\n	West Siberia\n

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