ISO 3166-2:RU explained

ISO 3166-2:RU is the entry for Russia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for some of the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. ISO 3166-2:RU contains no codes for the Russian-administered Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Sevastopol, and Zaporizhzhia, which are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine and do have codes in Ukraine's entry in ISO 3166-2.

Currently for Russia, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for the following federal subjects:

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Russia. The second part is either of the following:

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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CodeSubdivision
name (ru)
(BGN/PCGN 1947)
Subdivision
name (ru)
(GOST 1983 =
UN V/18 1987)
Subdivision Subdivision Subdivision category
Adygeja, RespublikaРеспублика АдыгеяAdygearepublic
Altaj, RespublikaРеспублика АлтайGorno-Altairepublic
Altajskij krajАлтайский крайAltaiadministrative territory
Amurskaja oblast'Амурская областьAmuradministrative region
Arhangel'skaja
oblast'
Архангельская областьArkhangelskadministrative region
Astrahanskaja oblast'Астраханская областьAstrakhanadministrative region
Baškortostan, RespublikaРеспублика БашкортостанBashkortostanrepublic
Belgorodskaja oblast'Белгородская областьBelgorodadministrative region
Brjanskaja oblast'Брянская областьBryanskadministrative region
Burjatija, RespublikaРеспублика БурятияBuryatiarepublic
Чеченская
Республика
Chechnyarepublic
Челябинская областьChelyabinskadministrative region
Чукотский
автономный округ
Chukotkaautonomous district
Чувашская РеспубликаChuvashiarepublic
Dagestan, RespublikaРеспублика ДагестанDagestanrepublic
Ingušetija,
Respublika
Республика
Ингушетия
Ingushetiarepublic
Irkutskaja oblast'Иркутская областьIrkutskadministrative region
Ivanovskaja oblast'Ивановская областьIvanovoadministrative region
Kabardino-
Balkarskaja
Respublika
Кабардино-Балкарская РеспубликаKabardino-
Balkaria
republic
Kaliningradskaja
oblast'
Калининградская областьKaliningradadministrative region
Kalmykija, RespublikaРеспублика КалмыкияKalmykiarepublic
Kalužskaja oblast'Калужская областьKalugaadministrative region
Kamčatskij krajКамчатский крайKamchatkaadministrative territory
Karačaevo-
Čerkesskaja
Respublika
Карачаево-
Черкесская Республика
Karachay-Cherkessiarepublic
Karelija, RespublikaРеспублика КарелияKareliarepublic
Kemerovskaja oblast'Кемеровская областьKemerovoadministrative region
Habarovskij krajХабаровский крайKhabarovskadministrative territory
Hakasija, RespublikaРеспублика ХакасияKhakassiarepublic

(local variant: Yugra)
Hanty-
Mansijskij
avtonomnyj okrug
(local variant: Jugra)
Ханты-
Мансийский автономный округ
Yugoriaautonomous district
Kirovskaja oblast'Кировская областьKirovadministrative region
Komi, RespublikaРеспублика КомиKomirepublic
Kostromskaja oblast'Костромская областьKostromaadministrative region
Krasnodarskij krajКраснодарский крайKrasnodaradministrative territory
Krasnojarskij krajКрасноярский крайKrasnoyarskadministrative territory
Kurganskaja oblast'Курганскаяа областьKurganadministrative region
Kurskaja oblast'Курская областьKurskadministrative region
Leningradskaja
oblast'
Ленинградская областьLeningradadministrative region
Lipeckaja oblast'Липецкая областьLipetskadministrative region
Magadanskaja oblast'Магаданская областьMagadanadministrative region
Marij Èl, RespublikaРеспублика Марий ЭлMari Elrepublic
Mordovija, RespublikaРеспублика МордовияMordoviarepublic
Moskovskaja oblast'Московская областьMoscowadministrative region
MoskvaМоскваMoscow Cityautonomous city
Murmanskaja oblast'Мурманская областьMurmanskadministrative region
Neneckij
avtonomnyj okrug
Ненецкий
автономный округ
Nenetsiaautonomous district
Nižegorodskaja
oblast'
Нижегородская областьNizhny Novgorodadministrative region
Novgorodskaja oblast'Новгородская областьNovgorodadministrative region
Novosibirskaja
oblast'
Новосибирская областьNovosibirskadministrative region
Omskaja oblast'Омская областьOmskadministrative region
Orenburgskaja oblast'Оренбургская областьOrenburgadministrative region
Orlovskaja oblast'Орловская областьOryoladministrative region
Penzenskaja oblast'Пензенская областьPenzaadministrative region
Permskij krajПермский крайPermadministrative territory
Primorskij krajПриморский крайPrimoryeadministrative territory
Pskovskaja oblast'Псковская областьPskovadministrative region
Rostovskaja oblast'Ростовская областьRostovadministrative region
Rjazanskaja oblast'Рязанская областьRyazanadministrative region

(local variant: Jakutija)
Sakha, Respublika
(local variant: Yakutiya)
Республика СахаYakutiarepublic
Sahalinskaja oblast'Сахалинская областьSakhalinadministrative region
Samarskaja oblast'Самарская областьSamaraadministrative region
Sankt-PeterburgСанкт-ПетербургSaint Petersburgautonomous city
Saratovskaja oblast'Саратовская областьSaratovadministrative region

(local variant: Alaniya [Respublika Severnaya Osetiya – Alaniya])
Severnaja Osetija, Respublika
(local variant: Alanija [Respublika Severnaja Osetija – Alanija])
Республика
Северная Осетия
North Ossetiarepublic
Smolenskaja oblast'Смоленская областьSmolenskadministrative region
Stavropol'skij krajСтавропольский крайStavropoladministrative territory
Sverdlovskaja oblast'Свердловская областьSverdlovskadministrative region
Tambovskaja oblast'Тамбовская областьTambovadministrative region
Tatarstan, RespublikaРеспублика ТатарстанTatarstanrepublic
Tomskaja oblast'Томская областьTomskadministrative region
Tul'skaja oblast'Тульская областьTulaadministrative region
Tverskaja oblast'Тверская областьTveradministrative region
Tjumenskaja oblast'Тюменская областьTyumenadministrative region

(local variant: Tuva)
Tyva, Respublika
(local variant: Tuva)
Республика ТываTuvarepublic
Udmurtskaja
Respublika
Удмуртская РеспубликаUdmurtiarepublic
Ul'janovskaja oblast'Ульяновская областьUlyanovskadministrative region
Vladimirskaja
oblast'
Владимирская областьVladimiradministrative region
Volgogradskaja
oblast'
Волгоградская областьVolgogradadministrative region
Vologodskaja oblast'Вологодская областьVologdaadministrative region
Voronežskaja oblast'Воронежская областьVoronezhadministrative region
Jamalo-
Neneckij
avtonomnyj okrug
Ямало-
Ненецкий
автономный округ
Yamaliaautonomous district
Jaroslavskaja oblast'Ярославская областьYaroslavladministrative region
Evrejskaja
avtonomnaja oblast'
Еврейская Jewish Autonomous Oblastautonomous region
Zabajkal'skij krajЗабайкальский крайTransbaikaliaadministrative territory
Notes

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Introduction of alternative name forms for 2 republics. Correction of a spelling mistake in the name of 1 autonomous district
Add local language name to the title Khanty-Mansiyskiy avtonomnyy okrug. Update of list source
Modification of the administrative structurestyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivisions added:
Permskiy kray
Subdivisions deleted:
Permskaya oblast'
Komi-Permyatskiy avtonomnyy okrug
Update and use of long forms of country names as given in Draft NL I-8 538, 22-02-2007 and formation of Permskiy kray after amalgamationstyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivisions added:
Kamchatskiy kray
Subdivisions deleted:
Kamchatskaya oblast'
Evenkiyskiy avtonomnyy okrug
Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug
Taymyrskiy avtonomnyy okrug
Update of the administrative structure and of the list sourcestyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivisions added:
Zabaykal'skiy kray
Subdivisions deleted:
Chitinskaya oblast'
Aginskiy Buryatskiy avtonomnyy okrug
Ust'-Ordynskiy Buryatskiy avtonomnyy okrug
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2018-11-26Correction of the romanization system label
2021-11-25Correction of language from 'urd' to 'rus' for RU-PSK, RU-ROS, RU-PRI

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