Federal cities of Russia

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A city of federal importance[1][2] (Russian: город федерального значения, tr. gorod federalnogo znacheniya) or federal city[citation needed] in Russia is a city which has a status of both an inhabited locality and a constituent federal subject.

The Russian Federation is divided into eighty-five federal subjects, two of which are federal cities (three, if the city of Sevastopol in the disputed Crimea region is included).

Map of federal cities of Russia (2014).svg
Map # Code ISO 3166-2 code Name Flag Coat of arms Federal district Economic region Area (km²)[3] Population (2014 est.)[4]
1 77 RU-MOW Moscow Flag of Moscow.svg Coat of Arms of Moscow.svg Central Central 2,500 12,111,194
2 78 RU-SPE Saint Petersburg Flag of Saint Petersburg Russia.svg Coat of Arms of Saint Petersburg (2003).svg Northwestern Northwestern 1,439 5,131,967
3 92 (none) Sevastopol[lower-alpha 1] Flag of Sevastopol.svg COA of Sevastopol.svg Crimean[lower-alpha 1] (not assigned to one) 864[5] 381,400[5]

2014 developments

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On 18 March 2014, the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol were annexed by the Russian Federation, and Sevastopol was designated a city of federal significance.[6] The annexation is unrecognized by the Ukrainian government and by most other countries, and they therefore consider the Crimean peninsula to be a part of Ukraine.[7][8]

References

  1. http://www.constitution.ru/en/10003000-04.htm
  2. http://eng.constitution.kremlin.ru/
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  6. Kremlin.ru. Договор между Российской Федерацией и Республикой Крым о принятии в Российскую Федерацию Республики Крым и образовании в составе Российской Федерации новых субъектов (Treaty Between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on Ascension to the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and on Establishment of New Subjects Within the Russian Federation) (Russian)
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  8. Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 The territory of Crimea, including the city of Sevastopol, is currently disputed. Since February 2014, Crimea has been under de facto Russian control, however Ukraine and most countries recognise Crimea as part of Ukraine.


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