Composition of the Russian Federation (2014)

The composition of the Russian Federation is huge and immense. We live in a really big country. In total, our state consists of 85 subjects. Of these, 22 are republics. They occupy about 28.6% of the country's territory. In general, this topic is very large, important and interesting, so we should talk about it in more detail.

The Republic

We should start with these subjects. Republics are national-state entities, in contrast to regions or territories. That is, in other words, it is a form of statehood of a certain people within Russia. The Republics have their own constitutions, as well as the right to establish other state languages (but Russian is mandatory).

The overwhelming majority of modern republics were autonomous and socialist during the USSR. They were considered subjects of the state within the framework of the RSFSR. Adygea, Altai, Bashkortostan, Buryatia, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia ... Even by their names one can understand that there are not ordinary Russians living there, but those with a special nationality. Crimeans, Chechens, Chuvashs, Ossetians, Adygeis, Kabardians, Tatars, Udmurtians - people living on the territory of the aforementioned republics have the names of their special citizenship. Well, there is something clear about the republic in the Russian Federation, and now it is necessary to touch on other and equally important issues.

Edges and areas

These are also subjects that are part of the Russian Federation. I would also like to talk about them. So, the following territories are included in the Russian Federation: Altai, Transbaikal, Kamchatka, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Primorsky, Stavropol and Khabarovsk. It is worth noting one interesting fact. The edges are the few subjects of our state.

The area is much larger. Amur, Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Tomsk, Tula, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Chelyabinsk, Yaroslavl - this is only a small list of them. A complete list does seem endless. However, this is not the whole list of subjects located on the territory of our vast homeland. There are still areas and cities of federal significance (which all, incidentally, are holders of the status of "hero"). Well, and they should be listed.

Autonomous regions and districts

These subjects are similar in their specificity to the republics. Because they also have a certain identity and national characteristics. This is even obvious from the names. Areas and districts that are autonomous, not so much as the above. Because they just need to be noted with attention. So, the first one is the Jewish Autonomous Region. Next comes the Nenets Okrug, Khanty-Mansiysk (Yugra), Chukotka and Yamalo-Nenets.

And finally, the notorious cities of federal significance. Moscow, the capital of the country, St. Petersburg (the so-called cultural capital) and Sevastopol.

On the unification of regions

So, as it was already possible to understand, the Russian Federation includes a large number of subjects. At one time there were more, once - less. Minimized their number after the unification of the republics. So, for example, in 2003, on December 7, the Perm Region was merged with the Komi-Permyak AO. So the edge was formed, which is now widely heard. The Taimyr and Evenki Autonomous Districts joined the Krasnoyarsk Territory in 2005, on April 17. Kamchatka Oblast with the Koryak Autonomous District formed the unified Kamchatka Territory in 2005, on October 23.

In 2006, the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous District entered the Irkutsk Region. And in 2007, the Chita region was merged with the Aginsk Buryat AO. So the Transbaikal region was formed. Such associations and formations were proposed and subsequently approved by the people due to the fact that it was necessary to make the management of the regions more convenient from the geographical point of view.

Integration of regions in perspective

Similar to the above processes, the government of the Russian Federation plans to make several more such decisions. They have already been discussed earlier, but the ideas have not yet been translated into reality. For example, it was conceived to unite the Nenets Autonomous District with the Arkhangelsk Region. They could form the Pomorian region. The Leningrad region with St. Petersburg was planned to be merged into a single St. Petersburg province. The same is the case with the capital. Moscow and Moscow region could become a single federal district. Perhaps also the unification of the Tver region and Moscow. They would become one - Central (or Podmoskovsky). However, these plans have not been implemented so far. To date, they froze. And this is understandable, because since 2014, the authorities have a lot of worries. And unfortunately, they continue to emerge.

The events of 2014: the premises

The past, 2014, became significant not only for Russia, but for the whole world. Although initially it did not seem so. Simply the consequences were more loud and large-scale, about which no one (at least, our people) could even think.

The composition of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation has expanded. In the spring of 2014. Then our country became bigger. Richer in one region. It is a republic that is famous for its resources. The peninsula, on which the remarkable city-hero Sevastopol is located, where the authorities of the Russian Federation always had their own navy, its own base. Then the Crimea entered our state. As part of the Russian Federation, he was once. But the last twenty-odd years the peninsula belonged to Ukraine. But, doing EuroMeidan, forgetting about people and regions, having actually started a war, Ukraine lost the Crimea.

More about the return of the peninsula

At that time, almost no one doubted that the composition of the Russian Federation in 2014 would be extended. Crimeans were infringed - they tried to forbid talking in their native language, Russian. Multiple actions and opposition caused a wave of protests on the peninsula. The inhabitants of the Crimea did not even think of giving up their own. And the consequences came quickly. At the end of February, when the Supreme Soviet of the republic was captured, a real riot began. The people elected new rulers and leaders of power. But the situation was getting worse. So the decision of the Crimean and Russian authorities decided to organize a referendum. March 16, he passed. And the overwhelming number of people - more than 95% - voted for Crimea to move to Russia. Everything was done quickly. And on March 18 it was a significant day for the Crimeans. They became citizens of Russia. And then the new structure of the Russian Federation was formed. With the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance Sevastopol.

On the transition period

Of course, there were difficulties. Ill-wishers and people who were opponents of the decision. Great objections, even riots suited the Mejlis. Many people still wish to return the Crimea to Ukraine. The Crimeans had a hard time during the transition period, but they say: "We at least survived and gained stability."

But already for today the transition period has eased. The people of Crimea have long enjoyed ruble, and all have Russian passports, SNILS, certificates, driving licenses. True, there are some difficulties. With electricity, for example. To date, the light is turned off on the peninsula (in connection with the damaged power supply poles in Kherson, from which the energy went to the peninsula). And there should be fan, hourly and tripping. In fact, the opposite is true: 12 hours a day (at least) people sit without electricity. But the process is in progress: a cable is already being laid through the Kerch Strait, which will provide electricity to the Crimeans; A bridge is under construction; There are new stores. In general, it remains only to wait, believe and tolerate.

On the potential expansion of the territory of the Russian Federation

Well, it's worth to digress from the topic of the Crimea and tell a little about the fact that the territory of our vast country can become even larger. This is realistic at the expense of inclusion in its composition of independent states by mutual agreement with the Russian Federation. But so far, Abkhazia and Belarus, (adjacent) do not plan to join the Russian Federation.

Each subject of our state is special. The Republics can establish their own languages and adopt their own constitutions, appoint capitals, days off in honor of special holidays (religious, for example). Edges and areas can constitute internal treaties that distinguish between subjects of reference, as well as powers (such is in the Irkutsk region, Khanty-Mansiysk and the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region, for example).

In general, our country is powerful, unique and immense. About her and her subjects you can talk endlessly. Our territory extends from the sunny Krasnodar Territory to the distant Kamchatka. The state is washed by the Black and Barents seas, on the shore of one of which tourists are always resting, and sometimes rare risky extreme people visit it. In general, it remains only to wish our state to develop and become better, so that we continue to remain a great power.