After the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, which is of federal significance, became part of Russia, the number of regions of the Russian Federation increased to 85. These changes entered into force on March 14, 2014.
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According to article 5 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Russia consists of equal subjects of the Russian Federation or regions. Subjects do not have the right to secede from the country, and are equal in their relations with the federal government bodies of the country. The Russian Federation includes republics, territories, regions, cities of federal significance, the autonomous region and autonomous okrugs.
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22 republics
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) has the largest territory among all regions of the country, its size is 3 083 500 km2 and includes 34 municipal districts and two urban districts. The smallest territory among the republics, equal to 3600 km2, is occupied by Ingushetia. According to 2010 data, the population of the Republic of Bashkortostan with the administrative center of Ufa is 4, 072, 100 people, while the number of residents of the Altai Republic is 206, 200 people.
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9 edges
Krasnodar Territory is the most densely populated region, with a population of 5, 225, 800 people with a territorial size of 75, 500 km2. At that time, as only half of this population is located on the largest territory of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, equal to 2, 366, 600 km2.
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46 areas
The Moscow region is the second largest region in the country in terms of population, after the capital of Moscow. The population of the region is 7, 092, 900 people, and the territory of the Moscow region has a size of 45, 800 km2, which is half the territory of the Kemerovo region, and 32% in the Tyumen region. Sverdlovsk region is in second place in terms of population among the regions, and in third place Rostov.
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3 cities of federal significance
Moscow is a city of federal significance. The population of the capital is 11 514 300 people, which is almost two times less than in St. Petersburg. Sevastopol, as a separate region, is the third city of federal significance.
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1 autonomous region
Birobidzhan is the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Region. Its territory is 36 300 km, and the population is 176 600 people.
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4 autonomous districts
The Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug contains the largest number of inhabitants - 1, 532, 000 people, and the Yamalo-Nentsky Autonomous Okrug has the largest territory - 769, 300 km2. Chukotka and Nenets Autonomous Districts are also among the separate regions of the Russian Federation.
