According to the Constitution of Russia, the federation consists of republics, krais, oblasts, cities of federal importance, an autonomous oblast, and autonomous okrugs, all of which are equal subjects of the federation. [1] Every federal subject has its own head, a parliament, and a constitutional court.

Russia is divided into several types and levels of subdivisions. 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.

Mar 20, 2024 · Russia is divided into 83 regions, or "subjects of the Federation". The Russian Federation consists of 21 republics, 9 territories, 46 regions, 1 autonomous region, 4 autonomous districts, and 2 federally subordinate cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The federal districts of Russia were established by a decree issued by President Vladimir Putin on 13 May 2000 to facilitate the federal government's control of the then 89 federal subjects across the country.

In Russia, there are several types of subjects: republics, regions, territories, autonomous districts, autonomous regions, cities of federal significance. Let's see how many subjects in the Russian Federation are in total and whether this value can change.

Apr 30, 2019 · Out of the 85 federal subjects, 22 are republics. Republics are regions with non-Russian ethnic groups although many republics have Russians as the majority.

Russia is divided into a number of different types of entity. The main focus for this paper, and of principal interest to the cartographer, is the first-order administrative level divisions...

Each area with a predominantly Russian population is constituted as a territory (kray) or region (oblast); some non-Russian nationalities are constituted, in descending order of importance, as republics, autonomous regions (oblasts), and autonomous areas (okrugs).

Feb 24, 2021 · Russia has 46 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast), 21 republics (respubliki, singular - respublika), 4 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnyye okrugi, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 9 krays (kraya, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (goroda, singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous oblast (avtonomnaya oblast')

Dec 8, 2023 · From class: "Home to Moscow, Russia’s capital and largest city. Center of government is housed at the Kremlin." Russia’s Central Region is essentially the nation’s core. It has a population of 40,334,532 as of 2021 (Central Federal District).