Administrative divisions of Moscow Oblast explained
| Moscow Oblast |
| Flag: | Flag of Moscow oblast.svg |
| Admin Center Type: | Administrative center |
| Admin Center Name: | None[1] |
| Admin Structure Date: | 2014[2] |
| Num Adm District-Type Divs: | 38 |
| Num Cities Towns: | 79 |
| Num Urban-Type Settlements: | 70 |
| Num Rural Locality Divs: | 6,122[3] |
| Num Zato: | 5 |
| Municipal Structure Date: | 2009 |
| Num Mun Districts: | 36 |
| Num Urban Okrugs: | 36 |
| Num Urban Settlements: | 114 |
| Num Rural Settlements: | 192 |
This is a list of the administrative and municipal divisions of Moscow Oblast, a federal subject of Russia.
Moscow Oblast is located in the Central Federal District of Russia, and surrounds Moscow, the capital of Russia. While Moscow hosts the majority of the government bodies of the oblast, it does not officially serve as the oblast's administrative center and is not otherwise associated with the oblast either administratively or municipally.
The oblast is, like other Russian federal subjects, subdivided for the purposes of the state administration and for the purposes of the local self-government, the rights to which are guaranteed by the Constitution of Russia. While the administrative and municipal divisions are not required by law to be identical, the system of municipal divisions in Moscow Oblast, having been created on the basis of existing administrative divisions, has only minor differences from the system of administrative divisions.
History
The oblast was established within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on January 14, 1929, as Central Industrial Oblast (Russian: Центральнопромышленная область) from abolished Moscow, Ryazan, Tula, and Tver Governorates, as well as from parts of Kaluga and Vladimir Governorates. On June 3, 1929, the oblast was given its present name.
In September 1937, the oblast was split into Moscow, Ryazan, and Tula Oblasts, thus establishing itself in its present borders.
A part of Moscow Oblast's territory, including the towns of Troitsk, Shcherbinka, and Moskovsky, urban-type settlements of Kokoshkino and Kiyevsky, as well as parts of territories of Leninsky, Naro-Fominsky, and Podolsky Districts, was transferred to the federal city of Moscow on July 1, 2012.[4] [5]
Administrative division structure
In terms of administrative division, the Oblast is divided into:
Municipal divisions structure
In terms of the local self-government, the Oblast is divided into:
List of administrative and municipal divisions
Differences in municipal and administrative divisions
In terms of administrative division,
- Krasnoznamensk, Molodyozhny, and Voskhod Urban Okrugs correspond to closed administrative-territorial formations.
- The closed administrative-territorial formations of Vlasikha and Zvyozdny gorodok have not yet been municipally incorporated as urban okrugs (as of January 2009).
- All other urban okrugs correspond to the cities/towns under the oblast jurisdiction.
See also
References
Sources
- Московская областная Дума. 55/96-ОЗ. 11 декабря 1996 г.. Устав Московской области. Закона. 217/2007-ОЗ. 24 декабря 2007 г. Moscow Oblast Duma. 55/96-OZ. December 11, 1996. Charter of Moscow Oblast. Law. 217/2007-OZ. December 24, 2007.
Notes and References
- According to Article 24 of the Charter of Moscow Oblast, the government bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Moscow and throughout the territory of Moscow Oblast. However, Moscow is not officially named to be the administrative center of the oblast.
- Московская областная Дума . Закон . 12/2001-ОЗ . 17 января 2001 г. . Об административно-территориальном устройстве Московской области . Закона . 26/2009-ОЗ . 27 марта 2009 г . Moscow Oblast Duma . Law . 12/2001-OZ . January 17, 2001 . On the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Moscow Oblast . Law . 26/2009-OZ . March 27, 2009.
- The numbers were calculated based on the data available in the laws of Moscow Oblast dealing with districts' composition. Sources used in calculations are listed in the composition tables for each district.
- Official website of the Government of Moscow. Draft of adopted measures of the capital and oblast governments with regards to the expansion of the borders of Moscow
- Web site: http://www.rg.ru/2012/07/01/sobanin-site.html. ru:С 00 часов – Москва. Проценко. Любовь. July 2, 2012. Rossiyskaya Gazeta. ru. 4 July 2012.
- Московская областная Дума. Закон. 26/2009-ОЗ. 27 марта 2009 г.. О преобразовании города Лосино-Петровского Щёлковского района Московской области и города Электрогорска Павлово-Посадского района Московской области и внесении изменений в закон Московской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Московской области". Moscow Oblast Duma. Law. 26/2009-OZ. March 27, 2009. On Transformation of the City of Losino-Petrovsky of Shchyolkovsky District of Moscow Oblast and of the City of Elektrogorsk of Pavlovo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast and on Amending the Law of Moscow Oblast 'On the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Moscow Oblast'.
- As of February 2009, Vlasikha has not yet been municipally incorporated as an urban okrug
- As of February 2009, Zvyozdny gorodok has not yet been municipally incorporated as an urban okrug
