City of federal subject significance
English designation Russian designation Entity in which it exists Type of higher level entity
Administrative-territorial formation with special status административно-территориальное образование с особым статусом in the Republic of Kalmykia republic
City город the Republics of Dagestan , Kalmykia , and Khakassia republic
City of republic significance город республиканского значения the Republic of Bashkortostan , Republic of Buryatia , Chechen Republic , Chuvash Republic , Republic of Crimea , Republic of Ingushetia , Kabardino-Balkar Republic , Karachay-Cherkess Republic , Republic of Karelia , Komi Republic , Mari El Republic , Republic of Mordovia , Republic of Tatarstan , and Udmurt Republic republic
City under republic jurisdiction город республиканского подчинения the Sakha Republic and North Ossetia-Alania republic
City under republic jurisdiction ( urban okrug ) город республиканского подчинения ( городской округ ) the Tuva Republic republic
Closed administrative-territorial formation закрытое административно-территориальное образование the Republic of Bashkortostan republic
Republican urban okrug республиканский городской округ the Republic of Adygea republic
Urban okrug городской округ the Altai Republic republic
City город Krasnodar Krai krai
City of krai significance город краевого значения Altai , Khabarovsk , Perm , and Stavropol Krais krai
City under krai jurisdiction город краевого подчинения Kamchatka and Primorsky Krais krai
Closed administrative-territorial formation закрытое административно-территориальное образование Altai , Krasnoyarsk , and Perm Krais krai
Krai city краевой город Krasnoyarsk Krai krai
City город Chelyabinsk , Irkutsk , Ivanovo , Kaluga , Kirov , Murmansk , Novosibirsk , Orenburg , Pskov , Sverdlovsk , Tyumen , and Vladimir Oblasts oblast
City of oblast significance город областного значения Arkhangelsk , Astrakhan , Belgorod , Kaliningrad , Kostroma , Kursk , Magadan , Nizhny Novgorod , Novgorod , Omsk , Oryol , Penza , Ryazan , Sakhalin , Samara , Saratov , Tambov , Ulyanovsk , Volgograd , Vologda , and Yaroslavl Oblasts oblast
City under oblast jurisdiction город областного подчинения Kemerovo , Kurgan , Lipetsk , Moscow , Tomsk , and Tula Oblasts oblast
City with the jurisdictional territory город с подведомственной территорией Murmansk Oblast oblast
Closed administrative-territorial formation закрытое административно-территориальное образование Astrakhan , Kirov , Moscow , Murmansk , Orenburg , Saratov , Sverdlovsk , and Vladimir Oblasts oblast
Municipal formation with urban okrug status муниципальное образование со статусом городского округа Leningrad Oblast oblast
Okrug округ Tver Oblast oblast
List of designations
As of 2013 , the following types of such entities are recognized :
City of federal subject significance is an administrative division of a federal subject of Russia which is equal in status to a district but is organized around a large city; occasionally with surrounding rural territories.