Federal subjects of Russia

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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1. Where is Federal subjects of Russia?Stretches across Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, encompassing 11 time zones
2. How big is Federal subjects of Russia?Approximately 17,098,246 square kilometers (6,601,670 sq mi)
3. What language do people speak in Federal subjects of Russia?Russian; numerous minority languages are recognized and spoken within various subjects
4. What is the federal subjects count?83 (as of recent official counts, excluding disputed territories)
5. What is the capital of the federation?Moscow
6. What are the different types of regions in Russia?Russia has 83 federal subjects. They include republics, krais, oblasts, federal cities, an autonomous oblast, and autonomous okrugs.

Federal Subjects: The constituent entities of the Russian Federation, comprising its top-level political divisions.
Federation Treaty: A 1992 agreement that established the principles of power distribution between the federal government and the regions of Russia.
Autonomy: The degree of self-governance and independence a federal subject possesses in relation to the central federal government.
Parade of Sovereignties: A period in the early 1990s when constituent entities of Russia declared greater autonomy or sovereignty following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.