Editing District (section)

===Russia===
{{Main|Raion|Okrug}}

In [[Russia]], districts are administrative and municipal divisions of the [[federal subjects of Russia|federal subjects]], as well as administrative divisions of larger cities ("city districts") which are commonly referenced as {{transliteration|ru|[[raion]]}} ({{langx|ru|links=no|Районы}}) and {{transliteration|ru|[[okrug]]}} ({{langx|ru|links=no|Округа}}) respectively.
The term "district" is also used to refer to the type of administrative division of the [[Sakha Republic]]—{{transliteration|ru|ulus}} ({{langx|ru|links=no|улус}}; {{langx|sah|улуус}}).  The Sakha Republic is administratively divided into five cities under the Republic's jurisdiction and 33&nbsp;''uluses''. The law of the Sakha Republic establishes that the terms {{transliteration|ru|ulus}} and "district" are equivalent.<ref name="SakhaATS">Law Z#77-I of 6 July 1995 "On Administrative and Territorial Structure of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic", with amendments</ref>

In historical context (for the [[Russian Empire]]), the term "district" is often used to refer to {{transliteration|ru|[[uyezd]]}}.