Russia Administrative Divisions
What is the hierarchy of administrative divisions in Russia?
Russia operates on a 3‑level system starting with 84 administrative territories, then municipal okrugs, 56 municipal districts, 9 urban okrugs, and rural settlements, 7 urban settlements as the smallest administrative units.
Here’s a breakdown of the hierarchy:
1. Administrative territories: Russia is divided into 84 administrative territories.
2. Municipal okrugs, 56 Municipal districts, 9 Urban okrugs: Administrative territories are subdivided into municipal okrugs, 56 municipal districts, 9 urban okrugs.
3. Rural settlements, 7 Urban settlements: These are the smallest administrative units, often found within municipal okrugs, 56 municipal districts, 9 urban okrugs.
List of Russia's administrative divisions with their counts and names
These are the summarized administrative divisions. The full dataset is available in the Download Center.
| iso | country | admin level 1 | admin level 2 | admin level 3 | admin level 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU | Russia | Altai Krai (Administrative territory) | 4 Municipal okrugs, 56 Municipal districts, 9 Urban okrugs | 618 Rural settlements, 7 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Altai Republic (Republic) | 10 Municipal districts, 1 Urban okrug | 91 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Amur Oblast (Administrative region) | 13 Municipal okrugs, 7 Municipal districts, 9 Urban okrugs | 3 Inter-settlement territories, 6 Urban settlements, 77 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Arkhangelsk Oblast (Administrative region) | 15 Municipal okrugs, 4 Municipal districts, 7 Urban okrugs | 35 Rural settlements, 6 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Astrakhan Oblast (Administrative region) | 11 Municipal districts, 2 Urban okrugs | 116 Rural settlements, 11 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Baikonur (Autonomous city) | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Belgorod Oblast (Administrative region) | 13 Municipal districts, 9 Urban okrugs | 16 Urban settlements, 174 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Bryansk Oblast (Administrative region) | 24 Municipal districts, 2 Municipal okrugs, 5 Urban okrugs | 176 Rural settlements, 29 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Chechen Republic (Republic) | 15 Municipal districts, 2 Urban okrugs | 211 Rural settlements, 5 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Chelyabinsk Oblast (Administrative region) | 16 Urban okrugs, 1 Municipal okrug, 26 Municipal districts | 242 Rural settlements, 24 Urban settlements, 7 Intra-city districts | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Autonomous district) | 3 Municipal districts, 4 Urban okrugs | 20 Rural settlements, 2 Inter-settlement territories, 3 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Chuvash Republic (Republic) | 21 Municipal okrugs, 5 Urban okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Irkutsk Oblast (Administrative region) | 10 Urban okrugs, 32 Municipal districts | 354 Rural settlements, 56 Urban settlements, 6 Inter-settlement territories | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Ivanovo Oblast (Administrative region) | 21 Municipal districts, 6 Urban okrugs | 24 Urban settlements, 92 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Autonomous region) | 1 Urban okrug, 5 Municipal districts | 10 Urban settlements, 17 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (Republic) | 10 Municipal districts, 3 Urban okrugs | 111 Rural settlements, 6 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Kaliningrad Oblast (Administrative region) | 10 Urban okrugs, 12 Municipal okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Kaluga Oblast (Administrative region) | 24 Municipal districts, 2 Urban okrugs | 252 Rural settlements, 26 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Kamchatka Krai (Administrative territory) | 2 Municipal okrugs, 3 Urban okrugs, 9 Municipal districts | 43 Rural settlements, 5 Urban settlements, 7 Inter-settlement territories | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Karachay-Cherkess Republic (Republic) | 10 Municipal districts, 2 Urban okrugs | 5 Urban settlements, 83 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Kemerovo Oblast - Kuzbass (Administrative region) | 15 Urban okrugs, 17 Municipal okrugs, 1 Municipal district | 4 Rural settlements, 6 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Khabarovsk Krai (Administrative territory) | 16 Municipal districts, 1 Municipal okrug, 2 Urban okrugs | 184 Rural settlements, 21 Urban settlements, 5 Inter-settlement territories | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra (Autonomous district) | 13 Urban okrugs, 9 Municipal districts | 1 Inter-settlement territory, 26 Urban settlements, 57 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Kirov Oblast (Administrative region) | 15 Municipal okrugs, 24 Municipal districts, 6 Urban okrugs | 208 Rural settlements, 33 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Kostroma Oblast (Administrative region) | 14 Municipal districts, 6 Urban okrugs, 9 Municipal okrugs | 77 Rural settlements, 8 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Krasnodar Krai (Administrative territory) | 1 Federal territory, 37 Municipal districts, 7 Urban okrugs | 30 Urban settlements, 351 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai (Administrative territory) | 17 Urban okrugs, 3 Municipal okrugs, 41 Municipal districts | 26 Urban settlements, 457 Rural settlements, 4 Inter-settlement territories | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Kurgan Oblast (Administrative region) | 24 Municipal okrugs, 2 Urban okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Kursk Oblast (Administrative region) | 28 Municipal districts, 5 Urban okrugs | 27 Urban settlements, 287 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Leningrad Oblast (Administrative region) | 17 Municipal districts, 1 Urban okrug | 120 Rural settlements, 67 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Lipetsk Oblast (Administrative region) | 18 Municipal districts, 2 Urban okrugs | 286 Rural settlements, 6 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Magadan Oblast (Administrative region) | 1 Urban okrug, 8 Municipal okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Mari El Republic (Republic) | 14 Municipal districts, 3 Urban okrugs | 102 Rural settlements, 16 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Moscow (Autonomous city) | 12 Administrative okrugs | 146 Intra-city territories of autonomous cities | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Moscow Oblast (Administrative region) | 57 Urban okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Murmansk Oblast (Administrative region) | 4 Municipal districts, 6 Urban okrugs, 7 Municipal okrugs | 10 Urban settlements, 9 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Autonomous district) | 1 Municipal district, 1 Urban okrug | 18 Rural settlements, 1 Inter-settlement territory, 1 Urban settlement | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Administrative region) | 15 Urban okrugs, 36 Municipal okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Novgorod Oblast (Administrative region) | 13 Municipal districts, 1 Urban okrug, 8 Municipal okrugs | 14 Urban settlements, 58 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Novosibirsk Oblast (Administrative region) | 30 Municipal districts, 5 Urban okrugs | 26 Urban settlements, 427 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Omsk Oblast (Administrative region) | 1 Urban okrug, 32 Municipal districts | 26 Urban settlements, 363 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Orenburg Oblast (Administrative region) | 13 Urban okrugs, 29 Municipal districts | 444 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Oryol Oblast (Administrative region) | 1 Municipal okrug, 23 Municipal districts, 3 Urban okrugs | 16 Urban settlements, 207 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Penza Oblast (Administrative region) | 27 Municipal districts, 3 Urban okrugs | 24 Urban settlements, 264 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Perm Krai (Administrative territory) | 21 Municipal okrugs, 22 Urban okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Primorsky Krai (Administrative territory) | 11 Urban okrugs, 17 Municipal okrugs, 5 Municipal districts | 27 Rural settlements, 3 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Pskov Oblast (Administrative region) | 16 Municipal districts, 2 Urban okrugs, 8 Municipal okrugs | 17 Urban settlements, 1 Inter-settlement territory, 60 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Adygea (Republic) | 2 Urban okrugs, 7 Municipal districts | 3 Urban settlements, 48 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Bashkortostan (Republic) | 54 Municipal districts, 9 Urban okrugs | 14 Urban settlements, 818 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Buryatia (Republic) | 21 Municipal districts, 2 Urban okrugs | 16 Urban settlements, 1 Inter-settlement territory, 247 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Dagestan (Republic) | 10 Urban okrugs, 41 Municipal districts | 3 Intra-city districts, 698 Rural settlements, 7 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Ingushetia (Republic) | 4 Municipal districts, 5 Urban okrugs | 36 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Kalmykia (Republic) | 13 Municipal districts, 1 Urban okrug | 111 Rural settlements, 2 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Karelia (Republic) | 12 Municipal districts, 2 Urban okrugs, 4 Municipal okrugs | 16 Urban settlements, 70 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Khakassia (Republic) | 5 Urban okrugs, 8 Municipal districts | 1 Inter-settlement territory, 4 Urban settlements, 82 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Komi (Republic) | 14 Municipal districts, 3 Municipal okrugs, 3 Urban okrugs | 142 Rural settlements, 14 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Mordovia (Republic) | 1 Urban okrug, 22 Municipal districts | 16 Urban settlements, 233 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (Republic) | 1 Urban okrug, 8 Municipal districts | 5 Urban settlements, 97 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (Republic) | 2 Urban okrugs, 34 Municipal districts | 2 Inter-settlement territories, 361 Rural settlements, 48 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Tatarstan (Republic) | 2 Urban okrugs, 43 Municipal districts | 39 Urban settlements, 872 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Republic of Tuva (Republic) | 17 Municipal districts, 2 Urban okrugs | 117 Rural settlements, 4 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Rostov Oblast (Administrative region) | 12 Urban okrugs, 43 Municipal districts | 17 Urban settlements, 391 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Ryazan Oblast (Administrative region) | 22 Municipal districts, 3 Municipal okrugs, 3 Urban okrugs | 206 Rural settlements, 28 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Saint Petersburg (Autonomous city) | 18 Administrative districts | 111 Intra-city territories of autonomous cities | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Sakhalin Oblast (Administrative region) | 18 Urban okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Samara Oblast (Administrative region) | 10 Urban okrugs, 27 Municipal districts | 12 Urban settlements, 284 Rural settlements, 9 Intra-city districts | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Saratov Oblast (Administrative region) | 37 Municipal districts, 4 Urban okrugs | 256 Rural settlements, 37 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Smolensk Oblast (Administrative region) | 25 Municipal districts, 2 Urban okrugs | 133 Rural settlements, 23 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Stavropol Krai (Administrative territory) | 26 Municipal okrugs, 7 Urban okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Sverdlovsk Oblast (Administrative region) | 5 Municipal districts, 68 Urban okrugs | 16 Rural settlements, 5 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Tambov Oblast (Administrative region) | 23 Municipal okrugs, 7 Urban okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Tomsk Oblast (Administrative region) | 16 Municipal districts, 4 Urban okrugs | 112 Rural settlements, 2 Inter-settlement territories, 3 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Tula Oblast (Administrative region) | 19 Municipal districts, 7 Urban okrugs | 23 Urban settlements, 54 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Tver Oblast (Administrative region) | 24 Municipal okrugs, 7 Municipal districts, 9 Urban okrugs | 12 Urban settlements, 55 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Tyumen Oblast (Administrative region) | 20 Municipal districts, 6 Urban okrugs | 1 Inter-settlement territory, 273 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Udmurt Republic (Republic) | 25 Municipal okrugs, 5 Urban okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Ulyanovsk Oblast (Administrative region) | 21 Municipal districts, 3 Urban okrugs | 112 Rural settlements, 31 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Vladimir Oblast (Administrative region) | 16 Municipal districts, 5 Urban okrugs | 27 Urban settlements, 79 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Volgograd Oblast (Administrative region) | 32 Municipal districts, 6 Urban okrugs | 29 Urban settlements, 399 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Vologda Oblast (Administrative region) | 23 Municipal okrugs, 2 Urban okrugs, 3 Municipal districts | 28 Rural settlements, 2 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Voronezh Oblast (Administrative region) | 31 Municipal districts, 3 Urban okrugs | 28 Urban settlements, 414 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Autonomous district) | 6 Urban okrugs, 7 Municipal okrugs | This level doesn’t exist for this country. | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Yaroslavl Oblast (Administrative region) | 16 Municipal districts, 3 Urban okrugs | 10 Urban settlements, 67 Rural settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
| RU | Russia | Zabaykalsky Krai (Administrative territory) | 10 Municipal okrugs, 21 Municipal districts, 4 Urban okrugs | 240 Rural settlements, 2 Inter-settlement territories, 33 Urban settlements | This level doesn’t exist for this country. |
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