The territories of the Russian Federation.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heaney, Dominic, editor.

Series:

Europa territories of the world series.

Europa Territories of the World, 1465-461X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russia (Federation)--History--1991-.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.

Russia (Federation)--Territories and possessions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

Fifteenth century.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This excellent reference source brings together hard-to-find information on the eighty-three constituent units of the Russian Federation.The introduction examines the Russian Federation as a whole, 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 section comprises a select b

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Table of 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; 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 Oblast; Tambov Oblast; Tula Oblast; Tver Oblast

Vladimir OblastVoronezh 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 Republic; Karachai-Cherkess Republic

Republic of North Osetiya-AlaniyaStavropol 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 Buryatiya; Republic of Khakasiya

Republic of TyvaAltai 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; PART THREE Select Bibliography; Select Bibliography (Books); PART FOUR Indexes; Index of Principal Cities; Gazetteer of Selected Alternative and Historical Names; Territories Abolished, Created or Reconstituted in the Post-Soviet Period

Alphabetical List of TerritoriesFederal Okrugs; Economic Areas

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 18, 2014).

ISBN:

1-317-66012-9

1-317-66013-7

1-315-76633-7

9781315766331

OCLC:

897456726