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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828822103321

Titolo

The territories of the Russian Federation 2015

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-44512-0

1-315-69616-9

1-317-44513-9

Edizione

[Sixteenth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Collana

Europa Territories of the World, , 1465-461X

Disciplina

947.086

Soggetti

Russia (Federation) History 1991-

Russia (Federation) Territories and possessions

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; PART ONE Introduction; Russian Federalism, Regional Elections and Party System Change; Chronology of Russia; Statistics; The Government of the Russian Federation; PART TWO Territorial Surveys; Map of European Russia; Map of Asian Russia; Notes, Acronyms of Political Parties used in the Territorial Surveys; Central Federal Okrug; Moscow City; Belgorod Oblast; Bryansk Oblast; Ivanovo Oblast; Kaluga Oblast; Kostroma Oblast; Kursk Oblast; Lipetsk Oblast; Moscow Oblast; Orel Oblast; Ryazan Oblast

Smolensk OblastTambov Oblast; Tula Oblast; Tver Oblast; Vladimir Oblast; Voronezh Oblast; Yaroslavl Oblast; North-Western Federal Okrug; St Petersburg City; Republic of Kareliya; Republic of Komi; Archangel Oblast; Kaliningrad Oblast; Leningrad Oblast; Murmansk Oblast; Novgorod Oblast; Pskov Oblast; Vologda Oblast; Nenets Autonomous Okrug; Southern Federal Okrug; Republic of Adygeya (Adygeya) ; Republic of Kalmykiya; Krasnodar Krai; Astrakhan Oblast; Rostov Oblast; Volgograd Oblast; North Caucasus Federal Okrug; Chechen Republic; Republic of Dagestan; Republic of Ingushetiya

Kabardino-Balkar RepublicKarachai-Cherkess Republic; Republic of North Osetiya-Alaniya; Stavropol Krai; Volga Federal Okrug; Republic of



Bashkortostan; Chuvash Republic; Republic of Marii-El; Republic of Mordoviya; Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan); Udmurt Republic; Perm Krai; Kirov Oblast; Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast; Orenburg Oblast; Penza Oblast; Samara Oblast; Saratov Oblast; Ulyanovsk Oblast; Urals Federal Okrug; Chelyabinsk Oblast; Kurgan Oblast; Sverdlovsk Oblast; Tyumen Oblast; Khanty-Mansii Autonomous Okrug-Yugra; Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug; Siberian Federal Okrug; Altai Republic

Republic of BuryatiyaRepublic of Khakasiya; Republic of Tyva; Altai Krai; Krasnoyarsk Krai; Transbaikal Krai; Irkutsk Oblast; Kemerovo Oblast; Novosibirsk Oblast; Omsk Oblast; Tomsk Oblast; Far Eastern Federal Okrug; Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya) ; Kamchatka Krai; Khabarovsk Krai; Maritime (Primorskii) Krai; Amur Oblast; Magadan Oblast; Sakhalin Oblast; Jewish Autonomous Oblast; Chukot Autonomous Okrug; Disputed Territories; Crimean Federal Okrug; Sevastopol City; Republic of Crimea; PART THREE Select Bibliography; Select Bibliography (Books) ; PART FOUR Indexes; Index of Principal Cities

Gazetteer of Selected Alternative and Historical NamesTerritories Abolished, Created or Reconstituted in the Post-Soviet Period; Alphabetical List of Territories; Federal Okrugs; Economic Areas

Sommario/riassunto

This excellent reference source brings together hard-to-find information on the constituent units of the Russian Federation.The introduction examines the Russian Federation as a whole, focusing on Russian federalism and elections, followed by a chronology, demographic and economic statistics, and a review of the Federal Government. The second section comprises territorial surveys, each of which includes a current map. This edition includes new surveys covering the recently annexed (and disputed) territories of Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as updated surveys of each of the other 83 federal su