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Administrative divisions Russia, in 34 editions.

The entry for Russia published Administrative divisions in 34 editions of 34, from 1992 to 2025. The text changed in 26 editions. Each is shown as published. Administrative divisions in every entry.

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1992
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Administrative divisions” (1992 to 2025).

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46 provinces ( oblasti , singular - oblast ), 21 republics ( respubliki , singular - respublika ), 4 autonomous districts ( avtonomnyye okrugi , singular - avtonomnyy okrug ), 9 federal subjects ( kraya , singular - kray ), 2 federal cities ( goroda , singular - gorod ), and 1 autonomous province ( avtonomnaya oblast' )

oblasts:
  • Amur (Blagoveshchensk),
  • Arkhangelsk,
  • Astrakhan,
  • Belgorod,
  • Bryansk,
  • Chelyabinsk,
  • Irkutsk,
  • Ivanovo,
  • Kaliningrad,
  • Kaluga,
  • Kemerovo,
  • Kirov,
  • Kostroma,
  • Kurgan,
  • Kursk,
  • Leningrad (Gatchina),
  • Lipetsk,
  • Magadan,
  • Moscow,
  • Murmansk,
  • Nizhniy Novgorod,
  • Novgorod,
  • Novosibirsk,
  • Omsk,
  • Orenburg,
  • Orel,
  • Penza,
  • Pskov,
  • Rostov,
  • Ryazan,
  • Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk),
  • Samara,
  • Saratov,
  • Smolensk,
  • Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg),
  • Tambov,
  • Tomsk,
  • Tula,
  • Tver,
  • Tyumen,
  • Ulyanovsk,
  • Vladimir,
  • Volgograd,
  • Vologda,
  • Voronezh,
  • Yaroslavl
republics:
  • Adygeya (Maykop),
  • Altay (Gorno-Altaysk),
  • Bashkortostan (Ufa),
  • Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude),
  • Chechnya (Groznyy),
  • Chuvashiya (Cheboksary),
  • Dagestan (Makhachkala),
  • Ingushetiya (Magas),
  • Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik),
  • Kalmykiya (Elista),
  • Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk),
  • Kareliya (Petrozavodsk),
  • Khakasiya (Abakan),
  • Komi (Syktyvkar),
  • Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola),
  • Mordoviya (Saransk),
  • North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz),
  • Sakha [Yakutiya] (Yakutsk),
  • Tatarstan (Kazan),
  • Tyva (Kyzyl),
  • Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)
autonomous districts:
  • Chukotka (Anadyr'),
  • Khanty-Mansi-Yugra (Khanty-Mansiysk),
  • Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar),
  • Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard)
federal subjects:
  • Altay (Barnaul),
  • Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy),
  • Khabarovsk,
  • Krasnodar,
  • Krasnoyarsk,
  • Perm,
  • Primorskiy [Maritime] (Vladivostok),
  • Stavropol,
  • Zabaykalsk [Transbaikal] (Chita)
federal cities:
Moscow [Moskva], Saint Petersburg [Sankt-Peterburg]
autonomous province:
Yevreyskaya [Jewish] (Birobidzhan)

note 1: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers; exceptions show the administrative center name in parentheses

note 2: the United States does not recognize Russia's annexation or renaming of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the municipality of Sevastopol; it similarly does not recognize the annexation of the Ukrainian oblasts Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson

46 provinces (oblasti, ( oblasti , singular - oblast), oblast ), 21 republics (respubliki, ( respubliki , singular - respublika), respublika ), 4 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnyye okrugi, districts ( avtonomnyye okrugi , singular - avtonomnyy okrug), okrug ), 9 krays (kraya, federal subjects ( kraya , singular - kray), kray ), 2 federal cities (goroda, ( goroda , singular - gorod), gorod ), and 1 autonomous oblast (avtonomnaya oblast') province ( avtonomnaya oblast' )
oblasts: Amur (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad (Gatchina), Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Tambov, Tomsk, Tula, Tver, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl
republics: Adygeya (Maykop), Altay (Gorno-Altaysk), Bashkortostan (Ufa), Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude), Chechnya (Groznyy), Chuvashiya (Cheboksary), Dagestan (Makhachkala), Ingushetiya (Magas), Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik), Kalmykiya (Elista), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk), Kareliya (Petrozavodsk), Khakasiya (Abakan), Komi (Syktyvkar), Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola), Mordoviya (Saransk), North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz), Sakha [Yakutiya] (Yakutsk), Tatarstan (Kazan), Tyva (Kyzyl), Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)
autonomous okrugs: districts: Chukotka (Anadyr'), Khanty-Mansi-Yugra (Khanty-Mansiysk), Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar), Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard)
krays: federal subjects: Altay (Barnaul), Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Primorskiy [Maritime] (Vladivostok), Stavropol, Zabaykalsk [Transbaikal] (Chita)
federal cities: Moscow [Moskva], Saint Petersburg [Sankt-Peterburg]
autonomous oblast: province: Yevreyskaya [Jewish] (Birobidzhan)
note 1: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have centers; exceptions show the administrative center name following in parentheses) parentheses
note 2: the United States does not recognize Russia's annexation or renaming of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the municipality of Sevastopol, nor their redesignation as the "Republic of Crimea" and the "Federal City of Sevastopol"; Sevastopol; it similarly does not recognize the annexation of the Ukrainian oblasts Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Russia: Administrative divisions.” The World Factbook, 1992–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/russia/administrative-divisions.

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