The Southern Federal District reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Southern Federal District

Southern Federal District (Northern Caucasus) is one of the seven federal districts of Russia. It is located in the extreme southwest, between Ukraine and Kazakhstan. It is the Russian part of the Caucasus.

Subdivisions, with republics (that enjoy a high degree of autonomy on most issues and correspond to some of Russia's ethnic minorities) marked by a *, and with their respective capitals or administrative centers:

• Adygeya * : Maikop
• Astrakhan Oblast : Astrakhan
• Chechnya (declared independence in 1991; 2 wars with Russia, 1994-1996 and 1999-present; most countries do not recognize its independence) * : Grozny
• Dagestan * : Makhachkala
• Ingushetia * : Magas
• Kabardino-Balkaria * : Nal'chik
• Kalmykia * : Elista
• Karachay-Cherkessia * : Cherkessk
• Krasnodar Krai : Krasnodar
• North Ossetia-Alania * : Vladikavkaz
• Stavropol Krai : Stavropol
• Rostov Oblast : Rostov on Don
• Volgograd Oblast : Volgograd

External links

• Official site: Federal Cadaster Center of Russia -- Administrative maps of Russia (legends in Russian)
• http://baikaland.tripod.com/russia/yufo.html

Russia | Federal districts of Russia

Central | Southern | Northwestern | Far Eastern | Siberian | Urals | Privolzhsky (Volga)

This is the "Southern Federal District" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.