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which comprises a group of urban or rural settlements, as well as inter-settlement territories, sharing a common territory. The concept of the municipal districts was introduced in the early 2000s and codified on the federal level during the 2004 municipal reform.
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Municipal districts are commonly formed within the boundaries of existing administrative districts, although in practice there are some exceptions to this rule—Sortavalsky Municipal District in the
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also continues to use the same districts albeit Donetsk and Luhansk using the pre-2020 districts while Kherson and Zaporozhye uses the districts after the 2020 reform by the Ukrainian government.
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is also located on the peninsula, with its districts having a status similar to that of the districts of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Along with Crimea, the federal subjects of the
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occupied by Russia) and 1,823 municipal districts (also including the 14 in the Republic of Crimea) in Russia. All these districts have an
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As of 2023, excluding Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Sevastopol, there are 1,893 administrative districts (including the 20 in the
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In two federal subjects, however, the terminology was changed to reflect national specifics: in
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Has part of its territory outside Europe. Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the
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is a federal subject of Russia formed on the territory of the
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Constitution of the Tyva Republic, Article 138.2a
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Urban-type settlement of a federal subject importance
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raion
federal subject
Russia
Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine
administrative center
Russia
dissolution of the Soviet Union
federal subject
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Tuva
framework of administrative divisions
cities of federal subject significance
towns of district significance
urban-type settlements of district significance
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framework of municipal divisions
Municipal divisions of Russia
municipal formation

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