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The term oblast can be translated into English as "province" or "region", and there are currently 46 oblasts, the most common type of the 85 federal subjects in Russia. [1] The majority of oblasts are named after their administrative center , the official term for a capital city in an oblast, which is generally the largest city.
An official government translation of the Constitution of Russia from Russian to English uses the term "constituent entities of the Russian Federation". For example, Article 5 reads: "The Russian Federation shall consist of republics, krais, oblasts, cities of federal significance, an autonomous oblast, and autonomous okrugs, which shall have equal rights as constituent entities of the Russian ...
Pages in category "Regions of Russia" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Map of the federal subjects of Russia with their flags. This gallery of flags of federal subjects of Russia shows the flags of the 89 federal subjects of Russia including two regions that, while being de facto under complete Russian control, are not internationally recognized as part of Russia (Republic of Crimea [1] and the city of Sevastopol), [1] and four regions that, while not being fully ...
The signing ceremony was held in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow in the presence of occupation authority heads Leonid Pasechnik, Denis Pushilin, Yevgeny Balitsky, and Vladimir Saldo, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Like Crimea, none of the four occupied regions are internationally recognized as part of Russia. [12]
The regional parliaments of Russia are the regional legislatures in the federal subjects of Russia (republics, krais, oblasts, autonomous oblasts and federal cities), which have different names but are often collectively referred to as regional parliaments. The federal structure of Russia includes 85 regional parliaments.
Subcategories and articles on the oblasts of Russia (the "provinces" of Russia, sing. oblast, plural oblasti). Subcategories This category has the following 47 subcategories, out of 47 total.
A krai (Russian: край, romanized: kray, IPA:, lit. 'region, edge') is a type of federal subject of the Russian Federation.The country is divided into 85 federal subjects, of which nine are krais. [2]