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Autonomous okrug
Okrug

Okrug is an administrative division of some Eastern European Slavic peoples states. The word "okrug" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "district", or "region"....
 (district, area, region) is a type of federal subject of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 and simultaneously a type of administrative division of some federal subjects. As of 2008, the Russian Federation is divided into 83 federal subjects, of which four are avtonomnyye okruga ("autonomous districts", sing.
Grammatical number

In linguistics, grammatical number is a grammatical category of nouns, pronouns, and adjective and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions ....
 avtonomny okrug
Okrug

Okrug is an administrative division of some Eastern European Slavic peoples states. The word "okrug" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "district", or "region"....
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inally called national okrugs, this type of administrative unit was created in the 1920s and widely implemented in 1930 to provide autonomy
Autonomy

Autonomy is the right to self-government. Autonomy is a concept found in moral, political, and bioethics philosophy. Within these contexts, it refers to the capacity of a Rationality individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision....
 to indigenous peoples of the North.






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Autonomous Districts of Russia
Autonomous okrug
Okrug

Okrug is an administrative division of some Eastern European Slavic peoples states. The word "okrug" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "district", or "region"....
 (district, area, region) is a type of federal subject of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 and simultaneously a type of administrative division of some federal subjects. As of 2008, the Russian Federation is divided into 83 federal subjects, of which four are avtonomnyye okruga ("autonomous districts", sing.
Grammatical number

In linguistics, grammatical number is a grammatical category of nouns, pronouns, and adjective and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions ....
 avtonomny okrug
Okrug

Okrug is an administrative division of some Eastern European Slavic peoples states. The word "okrug" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "district", or "region"....
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History

Originally called national okrugs, this type of administrative unit was created in the 1920s and widely implemented in 1930 to provide autonomy
Autonomy

Autonomy is the right to self-government. Autonomy is a concept found in moral, political, and bioethics philosophy. Within these contexts, it refers to the capacity of a Rationality individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision....
 to indigenous peoples of the North. In 1977, the 1977 Soviet Constitution
1977 Soviet Constitution

At the Seventh Session of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Ninth Convocation on October 7, 1977, the fourth and last Soviet Constitution, also known as the "Brezhnev Constitution", was unanimously adopted....
 changed the term "national okrugs" to "autonomous okrugs" in order to emphasize that they were indeed autonomies and not simply another type of administrative and territorial division. While the 1977 Constitution postulated that the autonomous okrugs are subordinated to the oblast
Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
s and krai
Krai

Krai or kray is a term used to refer to nine of Russia's federal subjects of Russia. The term is often translated as territory, province, country or region....
s, this clause was revised in December 15, 1990, when it was specified that autonomous okrugs are subordinated directly to the Russian SFSR
Russian SFSR

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , also called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Russian SFSR and the RSFSR for short, was the largest and most populous of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union and became the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
, although they still may stay in jurisdiction of a krai or an oblast to which they were subordinated before.

Recent developments

As of 1990, ten autonomous okrugs existed within the RSFSR. Their current status (as of August 2008) within the Russian Federation is given in parentheses for autonomous okrugs which had a change in status:
  • Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug (now Agin-Buryat Okrug of Zabaykalsky Krai
    Zabaykalsky Krai

    Zabaykalsky Krai is a new federal subjects of Russia of Russia that was created on March 1, 2008 as a result of a merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug, after a referendum held on the issue on March 11, 2007....
    )
  • Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
    Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

    Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , or Chukotka , is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the Far Eastern Federal District federal districts of Russia....
     within Magadan Oblast
    Magadan Oblast

    Magadan Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District federal districts of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Magadan....
     (no longer subordinated to Magadan Oblast)
  • Evenk Autonomous Okrug within Krasnoyarsk Krai
    Krasnoyarsk Krai

    Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is the list of subdivisions of Russia by area Russian region after the Sakha Republic, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory ....
     (now Evenkiysky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai)
  • Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
    Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

    Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug?Yugra , or Khantia-Mansia, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The people native to the region are the Khanty and the Mansi, known collectively as Ob Ugric people....
     within Tyumen Oblast
    Tyumen Oblast

    Tyumen Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Tyumen. It has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug....
  • Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug (now Komi-Permyak Okrug
    Komi-Permyak Okrug

    Komi-Permyak Okrug , or Permyakia is a territory with special status within Perm Krai, Russia. It was a Federal subjects of Russia of Russia until December 1, 2005....
     of Perm Krai
    Perm Krai

    Perm Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Okrug....
    )
  • Koryak Autonomous Okrug within Kamchatka Oblast
    Kamchatka Oblast

    Kamchatka Oblast was a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . To the north, it bordered Magadan Oblast and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Koryak Autonomous Okrug was located in the northern part of the oblast....
     (now Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai
    Kamchatka Krai

    Kamchatka Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia. It is a krai formed July 1, 2007 as a result of the merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak Okrug, after a referendum held on the issue on October 23, 2005....
    )
  • Nenets Autonomous Okrug
    Nenets Autonomous Okrug

    Nenets Autonomous Okrug , or Nenetsia, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia .It has an area of 176,700 km? and population of 41,546 as of the Russian Census , 18,611 of whom live in Naryan-Mar, the administrative center....
     within Arkhangelsk Oblast
    Arkhangelsk Oblast

    Arkhangelsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya islands, and also Nenets Autonomous Okrug....
  • Taymyr Autonomous Okrug
    Taymyr Autonomous Okrug

    Taymyr Autonomous Okrug , or Taymyria, was a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , the northernmost in mainland Russia . It is named after the Taymyr Peninsula....
     within Krasnoyarsk Krai
    Krasnoyarsk Krai

    Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is the list of subdivisions of Russia by area Russian region after the Sakha Republic, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory ....
     (now Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai)
  • Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug within Irkutsk Oblast
    Irkutsk Oblast

    Irkutsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in south-eastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena River, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers....
     (now Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug of Irkutsk Oblast)
  • Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
    Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

    Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , or Yamalia, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia .The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is the largest administrative division of Tyumen with an area 750,300 km?....
     within Tyumen Oblast
    Tyumen Oblast

    Tyumen Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Tyumen. It has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug....


See also

  • Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union
    Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union

    Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics of the Soviet Union were administrative units created for certain nations. The ASSRs had a status lower than the republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union, but higher than the autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union and the autonomous okrugs of the Soviet Union....
  • Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union
    Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union

    Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union were administrative units created for a number of smaller nations, which were given autonomy within the republics of the Soviet Union....
  • Federal subjects of Russia
    Federal subjects of Russia

    Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation?two delegates each?in the Federation Council of Russia ....
  • Republics of Russia
    Republics of Russia

    The Russia is divided into 83 federal subjects of Russia , 21 of which are republics. The republics represent areas of non-Russian ethnicity....