The Territories Of The Russian Federation 2008

by Europa Publications

• ISBN13: 9781857434569
• ISBN10: 1857434560
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-25
• Publisher: Europa Pubns

Summary

The introduction examines the Russian Federation as a whole, and consists of an essay written by an acknowledged expert focusing on the evolution of the relationship between the central state and the regions, followed by a chronology, demographic and economic statistics, and a review of the Federal Government. The second section comprises territorial surveys, with a chapter on each of Russia's federal subjects, each of which includes a current map. The third and fourth parts comprise a select bibliography of books and indexes, listing the territories alphabetically, with a gazetteer of alternative names, and by both Federal Okrug and Economic Area. Key features: comprehensive overview of the Russian Federation offers an analysis and understanding of the country's regional dimension invaluable directories of important territorial contacts detailed and accurate political, economic and statistical information some eighty-five current maps extensive information from a wide variety of sources, many of which areotherwise unavailable in English.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction
Russia's Federal System	p. 3
Chronology of Russia	p. 17
Statistics	p. 34
The Government of the Russian Federation	p. 41
Territorial Surveys
Map of European Russia	p. 48
Map of Asian Russia	p. 49
Central Federal Okrug
Moscow City	p. 51
Belgorod Oblast	p. 55
Bryansk Oblast	p. 57
Ivanovo Oblast	p. 59
Kaluga Oblast	p. 61
Kostroma Oblast	p. 63
Kursk Oblast	p. 65
Lipetsk Oblast	p. 67
Moscow Oblast	p. 69
Orel Oblast	p. 71
Ryazan Oblast	p. 73
Smolensk Oblast	p. 75
Tambov Oblast	p. 77
Tula Oblast	p. 79
Tver Oblast	p. 81
Vladimir Oblast	p. 83
Voronezh Oblast	p. 85
Yaroslavl Oblast	p. 87
North-Western Federal Okrug
St Petersburg City	p. 89
Republic of Kareliya	p. 93
Republic of Komi	p. 96
Archangel Oblast	p. 99
Kaliningrad Oblast	p. 102
Leningrad Oblast	p. 105
Murmansk Oblast	p. 107
Novgorod Oblast	p. 109
Pskov Oblast	p. 111
Vologda Oblast	p. 114
Nenets Autonomous Okrug	p. 116
Southern Federal Okrug
Republic of Adygeya	p. 119
Chechen (Nokchi) Republic	p. 123
Republic of Dagestan	p. 134
Republic of Ingushetiya	p. 140
Kabardino-Balkar Republic	p. 146
Republic of Kalmykiya	p. 150
Karachai-Cherkess Republic	p. 153
Republic of North Osetiya-Alaniya	p. 157
Krasnodar Krai	p. 162
Stavropol Krai	p. 166
Astrakhan Oblast	p. 169
Rostov Oblast	p. 172
Volgograd Oblast	p. 175
Volga Federal Okrug
Republic of Bashkortostan	p. 177
Chuvash Republic	p. 181
Republic of Marii-El	p. 184
Republic of Mordoviya	p. 187
Republic of Tatarstan	p. 190
Udmurt Republic	p. 194
Perm Krai	p. 197
Kirov Oblast	p. 200
Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast	p. 202
Orenburg Oblast	p. 205
Penza Oblast	p. 207
Samara Oblast	p. 209
Saratov Oblast	p. 212
Ulyanovsk Oblast	p. 215
Urals Federal Okrug
Chelyabinsk Oblast	p. 218
Kurgan Oblast	p. 221
Sverdlovsk Oblast	p. 223
Tyumen Oblast	p. 226
Khanty-Mansii Autonomous Okrug-Yugra	p. 229
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug	p. 232
Siberian Federal Okrug
Altai Republic	p. 235
Republic of Buryatiya	p. 239
Republic of Khakasiya	p. 242
Republic of Tyva	p. 245
Altai Krai	p. 248
Krasnoyarsk Krai	p. 251
Chita Oblast	p. 255
Irkutsk Oblast	p. 258
Kemerovo Oblast	p. 261
Novosibirsk Oblast	p. 264
Omsk Oblast	p. 266
Tomsk Oblast	p. 269
Aga-Buryat Autonomous Okrug	p. 271
Far Eastern Federal Okrug
Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya)	p. 274
Kamchatka Krai	p. 278
Khabarovsk Krai	p. 281
Maritime (Primorskii) Krai	p. 284
Amur Oblast	p. 287
Magadan Oblast	p. 290
Sakhalin Oblast	p. 293
Jewish Autonomous Oblast	p. 297
Chukot Autonomous Okrug	p. 300
Select Bibliography
Select Bibliography (Books)	p. 305
Indexes
Alphabetic List of Territories (including a gazetteer of alternative names)	p. 313
Federal Okrugs	p. 316
Economic Areas	p. 317
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