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Autonomous okrugs (Russian: автономный округ, avtonomnyy okrug; more correctly referred to as "autonomous districts" or "autonomous areas") are a type of federal subject of the Russian Federation and simultaneously an administrative division type of some federal subjects.
It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a border with the Republic of Sakha to the west, Magadan Oblast to the south-west, and Kamchatka Krai to the south, as well as a maritime border on the Bering Strait with the U.S. state of Alaska to the east.
Autonomous okrugs (Russian: автономный округ, avtonomnyy okrug; more correctly called "autonomous districts" or "autonomous areas") are a type of federal subject of Russia. Three of the four autonomous okrugs are legally part of an oblast, but keep some autonomy.
In the present-day Russian Federation, the term okrug is either translated as district or rendered directly as okrug, and is used to describe the following types of divisions: Federal Districts (federalny okrug), such as the Siberian Federal District; Autonomous okrugs (avtonomny okrug), such as Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Mar 11, 2024 · Yamalo-Nenets, autonomous okrug (district), in northwestern Siberia, central Russia. It was established in 1930 as an autonomous okrug for the Nenets, or Samoyed, people, although by the late 20th century they constituted only about one-tenth of the population. The okrug covers the northern part of.
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Khanty-Mansi, autonomous okrug (district), western Siberia, Russia. The Khanty-Mansi national okrug was established in 1930 for the Khanty (Ostyak) and Mansi (Vogul) peoples, although the majority of the present population are Russian settlers; the national okrug became an autonomous okrug in 1977.
Jan 11, 2024 · Autonomous okrugs ( Russian:автономный округ, avtonomnyy okrug; more correctly referred to as " autonomous districts " or " autonomous areas ") are a type of federal subject of the Russian Federation and simultaneously an administrative division type of some federal subjects.
