Editing Political divisions of Russia (section)

==Municipal divisions==
{{Main|Municipalities of Russia|Districts of Russia}}

In the course of the Russian municipal reform of 2004–2005, all federal subjects of Russia were to streamline the structures of local self-government, which is guaranteed by the [[Constitution of Russia]]. The reform mandated that each federal subject was to have a unified structure of municipal government bodies by 1 January 2005, and a law enforcing the reform provisions went into effect on 1 January 2006. According to the law, the units of the municipal division (called "'''municipal formations'''") are as follows:<ref name="Mun">{{cite Russian law
|ru_entity=Государственная Дума Российской Федерации
|ru_type=Федеральный Закон
|ru_number=131-ФЗ
|ru_date=6 октября 2003 г.
|ru_title=Об общих принципах организации местного самоуправления в Российской Федерации
|ru_amendment_type=Федерального Закона
|ru_amendment_number=243-ФЗ
|ru_amendment_date=28 сентября 2010 г
|en_entity=[[State Duma]] of the Russian Federation
|en_type=Federal Law
|en_number=131-FZ
|en_date=6 October 2003
|en_title=On the General Principles of Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation
|en_amendment_number=243-FZ
|en_amendment_type=Federal Law
|en_amendment_date=28 September 2010
}}</ref>
*'''Municipal district''', a group of urban and rural settlements, often along with the inter-settlement territories. In practice, municipal districts are usually formed within the boundaries of existing administrative districts (''[[raion#Municipal district|raions]]'').
**'''[[Urban settlement (Russia)]]''', a city/town or an [[urban-type settlement]], possibly together with adjacent rural and/or urban localities
**'''[[Rural settlement (Russia)]]''', one or several [[types of inhabited localities in Russia#Rural localities|rural localities]]
*'''Urban okrug''', an urban settlement not incorporated into a municipal district. In practice, urban okrugs are usually formed within the boundaries of existing [[city of federal subject significance|cities of federal subject significance]].
*'''Intra-urban territory (intra-urban municipal formation) of a federal city''', a part of a [[federal cities of Russia|federal city]]'s territory. In Moscow, these are called '''municipal formations''' (which correspond to districts); in St.&nbsp;Petersburg—''municipal okrugs'', ''towns'', and ''settlements''. In [[Sevastopol]] (located on the [[Crimean Peninsula]], which is a territory disputed between Russia and [[Ukraine]]), they are known as ''municipal okrugs'' and a ''town''.<ref name="FCSevastopol_mun">Law #17-ZS</ref>

Territories not included as a part of municipal formations are known as {{ill|inter-settlement territory|lt='''inter-settlement territories'''|ru|Межселенная территория}}, a concept introduced in 2019.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350179426_The_concept_of_inter-settlement_territory_in_the_Russian_Federation The concept of inter-settlement territory in the Russian Federation]</ref>

The Federal Law was amended on 27 May 2014 to include new types of municipal divisions:<ref name="MunCD">{{Cite Russian law
|ru_entity=
|ru_type=Федеральный Закон
|ru_number=136-ФЗ
|ru_date=27 мая 2014 г.
|ru_title=О внесении изменений в статью&nbsp;26.3 Федерального Закона "Об общих принципах организации законодательных (представительных) и исполнительных органов государственной власти субъектов Российской Федерации" и Федеральный Закон "Об общих принципах организации местного самоуправления в Российской Федерации"
|ru_effective_date=со дня официального опубликования
|ru_published_in=Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации http://www.pravo.gov.ru
|ru_published_date=27 мая 2014 г
|ru_url=
|en_entity=
|en_type=Federal Law
|en_number=136-FZ
|en_date=27 May 2014
|en_title=On Amending Article&nbsp;26.3 of the Federal Law "On the General Principles of Organization of Legislative (Representative) and Executive Bodies of State Power in the Subjects of the Russian Federation" and the Federal Law "On the General Principles of Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation"
|en_effective_date=the day of the official publication
|en_url=
}}</ref>
*'''Urban okrug with intra-urban divisions''', an urban okrug divided into intra-urban districts at the lower level of the municipal hierarchy
**'''Intra-urban district''', a municipal formation within an urban okrug with intra-urban divisions. This municipal formation type would typically be established within the borders of existing city districts (i.e., the administrative divisions in some of the [[city of federal subject significance|cities of federal subject significance]]).

In June 2014, [[Chelyabinsk#Administrative and municipal status|Chelyabinsky Urban Okrug]] became the first urban okrug to implement intra-urban divisions.<ref name="ChelyabinskyUO">{{Cite Russian law
|ru_entity=Законодательное Собрание Челябинской области
|ru_type=Закон
|ru_number=706-ЗО
|ru_date=10 июня 2014 г.
|ru_title=О статусе и границах Челябинского городского округа и внутригородских районов в его составе
|ru_effective_date=со дня официального опубликования
|ru_published_in="Южноуральская панорама", №87 (спецвыпуск №24)
|ru_published_date=14 июня 2014 г
|ru_url=
|en_entity=Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast
|en_type=Law
|en_number=706-ZO
|en_date=10 June 2014
|en_title=On the Status and Borders of Chelyabinsky Urban Okrug and the City Districts It Comprises
|en_effective_date=the day of the official publication
|en_url=
}}</ref>

Federal legislation introduced on May 1, 2019, added an additional territorial unit:<ref>{{cite Russian law
|ru_entity=Государственная Дума Российской Федерации
|ru_type=Федеральный Закон
|ru_number=87-ФЗ
|ru_date=1 мая 2019 г.
|ru_title=О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об общих принципах организации местного самоуправления в Российской Федерации"
|en_entity=[[State Duma]] of the Russian Federation
|en_type=Federal Law
|en_number=87-FZ
|en_date=May&nbsp;1, 2019
|en_title=On Changes to the Federal Law "On General Principles of the Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation"
}}</ref>
*'''Municipal okrug''', a grouping of several settlements without municipal status. Municipal okrugs formally exercise local self-government either through direct means or through electoral and other institutions.