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SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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

ADMINISTRATIVE MAP OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

MERGERS

There are plans to merge many of these subjects into larger territories, starting in 2005 .

Further proposals include:

merging Tyumen Oblast , Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District , and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District into Tyumen Krai ;

merging Chita Oblast with the Aga Buryatia Autonomous District ;

merging the federal cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg with the oblasts surrounding them ( Moscow and Leningrad Oblast , respectively);

merging Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblast s, the Komi Republic , and the Nenets Autonomous District into proposed Northern/Arctic Krai or a Republic of Pomor - Nenets .

SEE ALSO

History Of The Administrative Division Of Russia

Subdivisions Of Russia

Federal Districts Of Russia

Economic Regions Of Russia

Flags Of Federal Subjects Of Russia

List Of Heads Of Federal Subjects Of Russia