Political Map of Russia

Administrative Divisions of Russia

Russia is divided into several types of administrative divisions, with varying levels of autonomy, but equal representation in the federal government. There are 83 of these federal subjects, which include oblasts (provinces), republics, krais (territories), autonomous okrugs (districts), two federal cities, and one autonomous oblast (province).

Oblasts are the standard division of Russia, of which there are a total of 46, each with a governor and local legislature, but falling under the governance of the federal government. Krais have a similar status as an oblast, and there are 9 krais in Russia. Russia's 21 republics have a higher degree of autonomy, each with a separate constitution, government, and president, falling under the federal government only for international affairs. The autonomous okrugs were once part of a larger oblast or krais, but became separate subjects because of their prevalence of an ethnic minority group. Similarly, the autonomous oblast is a unit formed for the Jewish minority in Russia. The federal cities of Russia are Moscow and St. Petersburg, which are the two major cities in Russia.

Subject (Administrative Division)	Capital	Area(km.2)	Area(mi.2)
Chukot	Anadyr'	737700	284800
Khanty-Mansiy	Khanty-Mansiysk	523100	202000
Nenets	Nar'yan-Mar	176700	68200
Yamal-Nenets	Salekhard	750300	289700
Avtonomnaya Oblast' (autonomous region)
Yevrey	Birobidzhan	36000	13900
Gorod (federal cities)
Moscow City	Moscow	804	300
Saint Petersburg City	Saint Petersburg	570	200
Kray (Territory)
Altay	Barnaul	169100	65300
Kamchatka	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy	472300	182300
Khabarovsk	Khabarovsk	752600	290600
Krasnodar	Krasnodar	76000	29300
Krasnoyarsk	Krasnoyarsk	2277800	879500
Perm'	Perm'	160600	62000
Primor'ye	Vladivostok	165900	64100
Stavropol'	Stavropol'	66500	25700
Zabaykal'ye	Chita	431500	166600
Oblast' (Region)
Amur	Blagoveshchensk	363700	140400
Arkhangel'sk	Archangel	410700	158600
Astrakhan'	Astrakhan'	44100	17000
Belgorod	Belgorod	27100	10500
Bryansk	Bryansk	34900	13500
Chelyabinsk	Chelyabinsk	87900	33900
Irkutsk	Irkutsk	767900	296400
Ivanovo	Ivanovo	23900	9200
Kaliningrad	Kaliningrad	15100	5800
Kaluga	Kaluga	29900	11500
Kemerovo	Kemerovo	95500	36900
Kirov	Vyatka	120800	46600
Kostroma	Kostroma	60100	23200
Kurgan	Kurgan	71000	27400
Kursk	Kursk	29800	11500
Leningrad	Saint Petersburg	85900	33200
Lipetsk	Lipetsk	24100	9300
Magadan	Magadan	461400	178100
Moskva	Moscow	47000	18100
Murmansk	Murmansk	144900	55900
Nizhegorod	Nizhniy Novgorod	74800	28900
Novgorod	Novgorod	55300	21400
Novosibirsk	Novosibirsk	178200	68800
Omsk	Omsk	139700	53900
Orel	Orel	24700	9500
Orenburg	Orenburg	124000	47900
Penza	Penza	43200	16700
Pskov	Pskov	55300	21400
Rostov	Rostov-na-Donu	100800	38900
Ryazan'	Ryazan'	39600	15300
Sakhalin	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	87100	33600
Samara	Samara	53600	20700
Saratov	Saratov	100200	38700
Smolensk	Smolensk	49800	19200
Sverdlovsk	Yekaterinburg	194800	75200
Tambov	Tambov	34300	13200
Tomsk	Tomsk	316900	122400
Tula	Tula	25700	9900
Tver'	Tver'	84100	32500
Tyumen'	Tyumen'	161800	62500
Ul'yanovsk	Ul'yanovsk	37300	14400
Vladimir	Vladimir	29000	11200
Volgograd	Volgograd	114100	44100
Vologda	Vologda	145700	56300
Voronezh	Voronezh	52400	20200
Yaroslavl'	Yaroslavl'	36400	14100
Respublika (Republic)
Adygey	Maykop	7600	2900
Bashkortostan	Ufa	143600	55400
Buryat	Ulan-Ude	351300	135600
Chechnya	Groznyy	12300	4700
Chuvash	Cheboksary	18300	7100
Dagestan	Makhachkala	50300	19400
Gorno-Altay	Gorno-Altaysk	92600	35800
Ingush	Magas	3750	1400
Kabardin-Balkar	Nal'chik	12500	4800
Kalmyk	Elista	76100	29400
Karachay-Cherkess	Cherkessk	14100	5400
Karelia	Petrozavodsk	172400	66600
Khakass	Abakan	61900	23900
Komi	Syktyvkar	415900	160600
Mariy-El	Yoshkar-Ola	23200	9000
Mordovia	Saransk	26200	10100
North Ossetia	Vladikavkaz	8000	3100
Sakha	Yakutsk	3103200	1198200
Tatarstan	Kazan'	68000	26300
Tuva	Kyzyl	170500	65800
Udmurt	Izhevsk	42100	16300

Subject	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Adygey	447,109	7,600	2,900	Maykop
Altay	2,607,426	169,100	65,300	Barnaul
Amur	902,844	363,700	140,400	Blagoveshchensk
Arkhangel'sk	1,294,993	410,700	158,600	Archangel
Astrakhan'	1,005,276	44,100	17,000	Astrakhan'
Bashkortostan	4,104,336	143,600	55,400	Ufa
Belgorod	1,511,620	27,100	10,500	Belgorod
Bryansk	1,378,941	34,900	13,500	Bryansk
Buryat	981,238	351,300	135,600	Ulan-Ude
Chechnya	1,103,686	12,300	4,700	Groznyy
Chelyabinsk	3,603,339	87,900	33,900	Chelyabinsk
Chukot	53,824	737,700	284,800	Anadyr'
Chuvash	1,313,754	18,300	7,100	Cheboksary
Dagestan	2,576,531	50,300	19,400	Makhachkala
Gorno-Altay	202,947	92,600	35,800	Gorno-Altaysk
Ingush	467,294	3,750	1,400	Magas
Irkutsk	2,581,705	767,900	296,400	Irkutsk
Ivanovo	1,148,329	23,900	9,200	Ivanovo
Kabardin-Balkar	901,494	12,500	4,800	Nal'chik
Kaliningrad	955,281	15,100	5,800	Kaliningrad
Kalmyk	292,410	76,100	29,400	Elista
Kaluga	1,041,641	29,900	11,500	Kaluga
Kamchatka	358,801	472,300	182,300	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
Karachay-Cherkess	439,470	14,100	5,400	Cherkessk
Karelia	716,281	172,400	66,600	Petrozavodsk
Kemerovo	2,899,142	95,500	36,900	Kemerovo
Khabarovsk	1,436,570	752,600	290,600	Khabarovsk
Khakass	546,072	61,900	23,900	Abakan
Khanty-Mansiy	1,432,817	523,100	202,000	Khanty-Mansiysk
Kirov	1,503,529	120,800	46,600	Vyatka
Komi	1,018,674	415,900	160,600	Syktyvkar
Kostroma	736,641	60,100	23,200	Kostroma
Krasnodar	5,125,221	76,000	29,300	Krasnodar
Krasnoyarsk	2,966,042	2,277,800	879,500	Krasnoyarsk
Kurgan	1,019,532	71,000	27,400	Kurgan
Kursk	1,235,091	29,800	11,500	Kursk
Leningrad	1,669,205	85,900	33,200	Saint Petersburg
Lipetsk	1,213,499	24,100	9,300	Lipetsk
Magadan	182,726	461,400	178,100	Magadan
Mariy-El	727,979	23,200	9,000	Yoshkar-Ola
Mordovia	888,766	26,200	10,100	Saransk
Moscow City	10,382,754	804	300	Moscow
Moskva	6,618,538	47,000	18,100	Moscow
Murmansk	892,534	144,900	55,900	Murmansk
Nenets	41,546	176,700	68,200	Nar'yan-Mar
Nizhegorod	3,524,028	74,800	28,900	Nizhniy Novgorod
North Ossetia	710,275	8,000	3,100	Vladikavkaz
Novgorod	694,355	55,300	21,400	Novgorod
Novosibirsk	2,692,251	178,200	68,800	Novosibirsk
Omsk	2,079,220	139,700	53,900	Omsk
Orel	860,262	24,700	9,500	Orel
Orenburg	2,179,551	124,000	47,900	Orenburg
Penza	1,452,941	43,200	16,700	Penza
Perm'	2,819,421	160,600	62,000	Perm'
Primor'ye	2,071,210	165,900	64,100	Vladivostok
Pskov	760,810	55,300	21,400	Pskov
Rostov	4,404,013	100,800	38,900	Rostov-na-Donu
Ryazan'	1,227,910	39,600	15,300	Ryazan'
Saint Petersburg City	4,661,219	570	200	Saint Petersburg
Sakha	949,280	3,103,200	1,198,200	Yakutsk
Sakhalin	546,695	87,100	33,600	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Samara	3,239,737	53,600	20,700	Samara
Saratov	2,668,310	100,200	38,700	Saratov
Smolensk	1,049,574	49,800	19,200	Smolensk
Stavropol'	2,735,139	66,500	25,700	Stavropol'
Sverdlovsk	4,486,214	194,800	75,200	Yekaterinburg
Tambov	1,178,443	34,300	13,200	Tambov
Tatarstan	3,779,265	68,000	26,300	Kazan'
Tomsk	1,046,039	316,900	122,400	Tomsk
Tula	1,675,758	25,700	9,900	Tula
Tuva	305,510	170,500	65,800	Kyzyl
Tver'	1,471,459	84,100	32,500	Tver'
Tyumen'	1,325,018	161,800	62,500	Tyumen'
Udmurt	1,570,316	42,100	16,300	Izhevsk
Ul'yanovsk	1,382,811	37,300	14,400	Ul'yanovsk
Vladimir	1,523,990	29,000	11,200	Vladimir
Volgograd	2,699,223	114,100	44,100	Volgograd
Vologda	1,269,568	145,700	56,300	Vologda
Voronezh	2,378,803	52,400	20,200	Voronezh
Yamal-Nenets	507,006	750,300	289,700	Salekhard
Yaroslavl'	1,367,398	36,400	14,100	Yaroslavl'
Yevrey	190,915	36,000	13,900	Birobidzhan
Zabaykal'ye	1,155,346	431,500	166,600	Chita
83 subjects	145,166,731	16,975,824	6,554,200

ACOD~20120925
Last Updated On : september 29, 2012