This is a list of the administrative and municipal divisions of
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast (, , informally known as , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). With a population of 8,524,665 (Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census) living in an area of , it is one of the most densely populate ...
, a
federal subject of
Russia
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.
Moscow Oblast is located in the
Central Federal District
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of Russia, and surrounds
Moscow
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 with ...
, 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
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on January 14, 1929, as Central Industrial Oblast () from abolished
Moscow
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,
Ryazan,
Tula, and
Tver Governorates, as well as from parts of
Kaluga
Kaluga (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Its population was 337,058 at the 2021 census.
Kaluga's most famous residen ...
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
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 with ...
on July 1, 2012.
[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
Administrative division structure
In terms of administrative division, the Oblast is divided into:
*cities/towns under the Oblast administration;
*urban-type settlements under the Oblast administration;
*
closed administrative-territorial formations.
Municipal divisions structure
In terms of the local self-government, the Oblast is divided into:
*
urban okrugs.
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
*
Administrative divisions of Moscow
References
Notes
Sources
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Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast (, , informally known as , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). With a population of 8,524,665 (Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census) living in an area of , it is one of the most densely populate ...