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The Russian Federation is divided into 85 subjects, of which nine are krais, or krays ("edges" or "frontiers", sing. krai or kray). There is no difference between oblasts and krais in the modern Russian Federtion, but in USSR there was: autonomous oblasts could be subordinated to republics or krais but not to oblasts.

Krai
  • Also known as:
  • Kray

1. Altai Krai 2. Kamchatka Krai 3. Khabarovsk Krai 4. Krasnodar Krai 5. Krasnoyarsk Krai 6. Perm Krai 7. Primorsky Krai 8. Stavropol Krai 9. Zabaykalsky Krai

CategoryFederated state
LocationRussian Federation
Number9
Populations563,626 (Kamchatka Krai) – 5,404,300 (Krasnodar Krai)
Areas304,500 sq mi (789,000 km) (Khabarovsk Krai) – 903,400 sq mi (2,340,000 km) (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
Government
  • Krai Government
Subdivisions

See also

Subdivisions of Russia
Federal subjects
Oblasts (48)
Republics (24)
Krais (9)
Autonomous okrugs (4)
Federal cities (3)
Autonomous oblast (1)
  • Considered by most of the international community to be part of Ukraine.
Non-constitutional official divisions by various institutions

References

  1. "United States Summary: 2000" (PDF). U.S. Census 2000. U. S. Census Bureau. April 2004. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
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