Krais of Russia

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Krais
  • Also known as:
  • Krays
Category
Selsovet, Closed City

A krai (Russian: край,

Soviet era, the autonomous oblasts could be subordinated to republics or krais, but not to oblasts. Outside of political terminology, both words have a very similar general meaning ("region" or "area" in English) and can often be used interchangeably. When a distinction is desirable, "krai" is sometimes translated into English as "territory",[3]
while "oblast" can variously be translated to "province" or "region", but both of these translations are also reasonable interpretations of "krai".

Overview

Each krai features a state government holding authority over a defined geographic territory, with a state legislature, the Legislative Assembly, that is democratically elected. The Governor is the highest executive position of the state government in a Krai, and is elected by people. Krais can be divided into raions (districts), cities/towns of krai significance, and okrugs. Krais previously featured autonomous okrugs until the formation of Zabaykalsky Krai on March 1, 2008, when the last remaining autonomous okrug of a krai was abolished.

The term

2010 Census) and the least populous is Kamchatka Krai at 322,079 (2010).[4][1]

Historically, krais were massive first-level administrative divisions in the

devolved power
.

List

Below is a list of the krais of Russia, listed in alphabetical order:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "United States Summary: 2000" (PDF). U.S. Census 2000. U. S. Census Bureau. April 2004. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  2. ISBN 9781032469744
    . Including the two territories in Crimea, the 85 territories comprise 22 republics, nine krais (provinces), 46 oblasts (regions), three cities of federal status (Moscow, St Petersburg and Sevastopol), one autonomous oblast and four autonomous okrugs.
  3. ^ "Russian tower block in flames as aircraft crashes". BBC News. October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.

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