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Moscow School Of Painting, Sculpture And Architecture Alumni
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in Moscow metropolitan area, its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's List of largest cities, largest cities, being the List of European cities by population within city limits, most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest List of urban areas in Europe, urban and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of the Grand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblast
An oblast ( or ) is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Historically, it was used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. The term ''oblast'' is often translated into English language, English as 'region' or 'province'. In some countries, oblasts are also known by cognates of the Russian term. Etymology The term ''oblast'' is Loanword, borrowed from Russian language, Russian область (), where it is inherited from Old East Slavic, in turn borrowed from Church Slavonic область ''oblastĭ'' 'power, empire', formed from the prefix (cognate with Classical Latin ''ob'' 'towards, against' and Ancient Greek ἐπί/ἔπι ''epi'' 'in power, in charge') and the stem ''vlastǐ'' 'power, rule'. In Old East Slavic, it was used alongside ''obolostǐ''—the equivalent of 'against' and 'territory, state, power' (cognate with English 'wield'; see volost). History Russian Empire In the Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Economic Regions Of Russia
Russia is divided into twelve economic regions — groups of federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects sharing the following characteristics: *Common economic and social goals and participation in development programs; *Relatively similar economic conditions and potential; *Similar climate, climatic, ecology, ecological, and geology, geological conditions; *Similar methods of technical inspection of new construction; *Similar methods of conducting customs oversight; *Overall similar living conditions of the population. No federal subject can belong to more than one economic region. Economic regions are also grouped into list of economic zones and macrozones of Russia, economic zones (also called "macrozones"). An economic region or its parts can belong to more than one economic zone. Establishment and abolition of economic regions and economic zones or any changes in their composition are decided upon by the federal government of Russia. This division into economic regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OKTMO
Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal FormationsThe English name of the document is given per the English title included on the document's first page. (), or OKTMO (), is one of several Russian national registers. OKTMO organizes information about the structure of the municipal divisions of Russia The municipal divisions in Russia, also called municipal formations (), are Subdivisions of Russia, territorial divisions of the Russian Federation which are formally granted the authority to manage local affairs through local self-government. .... The document assigns numeric codes to each municipal division of the country. OKTMO is used for statistical and tax purposes. It was adopted on 14 December 2005 and went into effect on 1 January 2014, replacing OKATO (''Russian Classification on Objects of Administrative Division''). See also * OKATO, Russian Classification on Objects of Administrative Division Notes External links {{Wikidata property, P764OKTMOon Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
