Type of federal subject of Russia
In theRussian Federation, acity of federal importance[1][2] (Russian:город федерального значения,romanized: gorod federalnogo znacheniya), also known as afederal city, is acity that has a status of both an inhabited locality and a constituentfederal subject. Russia has three federal cities:Moscow,Saint Petersburg, andSevastopol,[3] which wasannexed in 2014 but remains internationally recognised as part ofUkraine.[4]
Moscow and Saint Petersburg arethe largest cities in the country:Moscow is thenational capital andSaint Petersburg is a former Russian capital and an important port city by theBaltic Sea.[5] Currently,Sevastopol houses theSevastopol Naval Base, the main port of the RussianBlack Sea Fleet.
- ^Annexed by Russia in 2014; recognized internationally as a part of Ukraine.
- ^"Chapter 3. The Federal Structure - The Constitution of the Russian Federation".www.constitution.ru.
- ^"Конституция Российской Федерации".
- ^"Putin signs laws on reunification of Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia".ITAR TASS. March 21, 2014. RetrievedMarch 21, 2014.
- ^"General Assembly Adopts Resolution Calling upon States Not to Recognize Changes in Status of Crimea Region | UN Press".press.un.org. RetrievedApril 24, 2023.
- ^Gritsai, Olga; van der Wusten, Herman (2000). "Moscow and St. Petersburg, a sequence of capitals, a tale of two cities".GeoJournal.51 (1/2):33–45.doi:10.1023/A:1010849220006.JSTOR 41147495.S2CID 154264277.
- ^Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (May 21, 2004)."Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)".Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Archived fromthe original on September 28, 2011. RetrievedApril 18, 2008.
- ^Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (January 1, 2014)."Оценка численности населения на 1 января 2014 года и в среднем за 2013 год (Estimated population of Russia on 1 January 2014 and the average for 2013)".Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. RetrievedJanuary 25, 2014.
- ^ab"A General data of the region". Sevastopol City State Administration. Archived fromthe original on February 11, 2014. RetrievedApril 7, 2014.
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