Russian Cities History Project 1.3: Russia's Federal Structure

This episode continues my series about the history of Russian cities which I have visited. Here I introduce the Russian Federation's territorial structure, including its constituent "subjects" - republics, oblasts, krais, okrugs, and so on. This subject is important because when I discuss Russian cities in this series, I will also talk about the subjects of which they are part. Thus, it will be helpful to understand how these subjects fit into the Russian system.

Update June 13, 2019: I wish to clarify something that I might not had made clear in this episode. This point is about the former Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic's (RSFSR) federal structure during the Soviet era. In the episode I mentioned that the RSFSR contained within it some Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics (ASSRs), such as the Tatar ASSR. I will clarify by adding the fact that this was not the only type of federal subject within the RSFSR. Just like in the modern Russian Federation, the RSFSR also contained oblasts, in addition to the ASSRs.