Federal subjects of Russia
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 Federation Council (upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia). However, they do differ in the degree of autonomy they enjoy. Autonomous okrugs, while federal subjects in their own right, are, at the same time, considered to be administrative divisions of other federal subjects (with Chukotka Autonomous Okrug being the only exception).

Types of federal subjects of Russia 

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

List of federal subjects 

The subjects have both numerical codes and two- or three-letter ISO 3166-2:RU codes. The numerical codes span from 01 to 89, although 6 of them are no longer in use after mergers.

Mergers 

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.

Further proposals for mergers

See also 
 Subdivisions of Russia
 Federal districts of Russia
 Economic regions of Russia
 History of the administrative division of Russia
 Flags of federal subjects of Russia
 List of heads of federal subjects of Russia

References

External links 
 Russian Classifier of Municipal Entities Territories (OTKMO) 

 
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