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Russia is divided into twelve economic regions (Russian: экономи́ческие райо́ны, ekonomicheskiye rayony, sing. ekonomichesky rayon)—groups of federal subjects sharing the following characteristics:
No federal subject can belong to more than one economic region.
Economic regions are also grouped into economic zones (also called "macrozones"). 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 is done solely for economic and statistical purposes, while the latter exists solely as a tool 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
- Federal city of Moscow
- Moscow Oblast
- Oryol Oblast
- Ryazan Oblast
- Smolensk Oblast
- Tula Oblast
- Tver Oblast
- Vladimir Oblast
- Yaroslavl Oblast
- Republic of Bashkortostan
- Chelyabinsk Oblast
- Kurgan Oblast
- Orenburg Oblast
- Perm Krai
- Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Udmurt Republic
- Republic of Adygea
- Chechen Republic
- Republic of Dagestan
- Republic of Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkar Republic
- Karachay–Cherkess Republic
- Krasnodar Krai
- Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
- Rostov Oblast
- Stavropol Krai
- Astrakhan Oblast
- Republic of Kalmykia
- Penza Oblast
- Samara Oblast
- Saratov Oblast
- Republic of Tatarstan
- Ulyanovsk Oblast
- Volgograd Oblast
- Altai Krai
- Altai Republic
- Kemerovo Oblast
- Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug
- Novosibirsk Oblast
- Omsk Oblast
- Tomsk Oblast
- Tyumen Oblast
- Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
- Buryat Republic
- Irkutsk Oblast
- Republic of Khakassia
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Tuva Republic
- Zabaykalsky Krai
- Chuvash Republic
- Kirov Oblast
- Mari El Republic
- Republic of Mordovia
- Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Leningrad Oblast
- Novgorod Oblast
- Pskov Oblast
- federal city of St. Petersburg
- Amur Oblast
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Jewish Autonomous Oblast
- Kamchatka Krai
- Khabarovsk Krai
- Magadan Oblast
- Primorsky Krai
- Sakha Republic
- Sakhalin Oblast
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Republic of Karelia
- Komi Republic
- Murmansk Oblast
- Nenets Autonomous Okrug
- Vologda Oblast