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Administratively, the country is divided into 49 oblasts (regions), 21 republics, 10 autonomous okrugs (territories), 6 krais, 2 federal cities (Moscow and Sankt Petersburg), and 1 autonomous oblast. These make up a total of 89 equal “federal subjects”. Administrative reforms carried out in 2000 grouped the 89 subjects into 7 federal districts, and attempted to place restrictions on the authority of the heads of the subjects. |