Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they h

Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation—two delegates each—in the ( of the ). However, they do differ in the degree of they enjoy. Autonomous , while federal subjects in their own right, are, at the same time, considered to be administrative divisions of other federal subjects (with being the only exception).

Types of federal subjects of Russia

Federal subjects of Russia

Each subject of the federation belongs to one of the following categories:

	21 (республики, sing. республика; respubliki, sing. respublika)—nominally autonomous, each has its own constitution, president and parliament; is represented by the federal government in international affairs; and is meant to be home to a specific ethnic minority.
	46 (provinces) (области, sing. область; oblasti, sing. oblast)—most common, regular administrative units with federally appointed governor and locally elected legislature. Commonly named after the —the largest city in the oblast, its administrative center.
	9 (territories) (края, sing. край; kraya, sing. krai or kray, the latter being less common)—essentially the same as oblasts. The title "territory" is historic, originally given because they were once considered frontier regions.
	1 (autonomous province) (автономная область; avtonomnaya oblast) (The )
	4 (autonomous districts) (автономные округа, sing. автономный округ; avtonomnyye okruga, sing. avtonomny )—more autonomous than oblasts but less than republics; usually with substantial or predominant ethnic minority.
	2 (cities under direct jurisdiction of the Federation) (федеральные города, sing. федеральный город; federalnyye goroda, sing. federalny gorod)—major cities that function as separate regions.

List of federal subjects

The subjects have both numerical codes and two- or three-letter codes. The numerical codes span from 01 to 89, although 6 of them are no longer in use after mergers.

Mergers

Federal subjects of the Russian Federation

Plans existed to merge some of the federal subjects into larger territories, which started in December 2005. No new mergers have been planned since March 2008.

Proposals	Date of referendum	Date of merger	Merger
1, 1a	, 2003	, 2005	+ →
2, 2a, 2b	, 2005	, 2007	+ + →
3, 3a	, 2005	, 2007	+ →
4, 4a	, 2006	, 2008	+ →
5, 5a	, 2007	, 2008	+ →

Further proposals for mergers

Proposals	Federal subjects	Map
6, 6a	= 1 September 09
7, 7a, 7b	+ + =
8, 8a	+ =
9, 9a, 9b	+ + =
10, 10a, 10b	+ + =
11, 11a, 11b	+ + =
12, 12a, 12b	+ + = Altai Krai
13	(federal city) + = Leningrad Oblast
14	Moscow (federal city) + = Moscow Oblast
15, 15a	+ =
16, 16a	+ =
17, 17a	+ = Krasnodar Krai
18, 18a	+ =
*	+ + = ???????

References

Конституция Российской Федерации, Статья 65 (, Article 65) (රුසියානු). In 1993, when the constitution was adopted, there were 89 subjects listed. Some of them were later merged.

External links

Russian Classifier of Municipal Entities Territories (OTKMO) (රුසියානු)

[Constitution-1] Конституция Российской Федерации, Статья 65 (, Article 65) (රුසියානු). In 1993, when the constitution was adopted, there were 89 subjects listed. Some of them were later merged.