Economic regions of Russia
Russia is divided into twelve economic regions — groups of federal subjects sharing the following characteristics:
- Common economic and social goals and participation in development programs;
- Relatively similar economic conditions and potential;
- Similar climatic, ecological, and geological conditions;
- Similar methods of technical inspection of new construction;
- Similar methods of conducting customs oversight;
- Overall similar living conditions of the population.
Economic regions are also grouped into [list of list of economic zones and macrozones of Russia|economic zones and macrozones of Russia|economic zones]. An economic region or its parts can belong to more than one economic zone.
Establishment and abolition of economic regions and economic zones or any changes in their composition are decided upon by the federal government of Russia.
This division into economic regions is different from the division into federal districts. The former are solely for economic and statistical purposes, and the latter exist solely to uphold the federal laws on the territory of the country.
List and composition of the economic regions
The following is the list and composition of the economic regions, sorted by population.- Bryansk Oblast
- Ivanovo Oblast
- Kaluga Oblast
- Kostroma Oblast
- Moscow
- Moscow Oblast
- Oryol Oblast
- Ryazan Oblast
- Smolensk Oblast
- Tula Oblast
- Tver Oblast
- Vladimir Oblast
- Yaroslavl Oblast
- Amur Oblast
- Buryat Republic
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Jewish Autonomous Oblast
- Kamchatka Krai
- Khabarovsk Krai
- Magadan Oblast
- Primorsky Krai
- Sakha
- Sakhalin Oblast
- Zabaykalsky Krai
- Adygea
- Chechen Republic
- Crimea
- Dagestan
- Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkar Republic
- Karachay–Cherkess Republic
- Krasnodar Krai
- North Ossetia–Alania
- Rostov Oblast
- Sevastopol
- Stavropol Krai
- Bashkortostan
- Chelyabinsk Oblast
- Kurgan Oblast
- Orenburg Oblast
- Perm Krai
- Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Udmurt Republic