The Russian Federation consists of various subjects, which include republics, regions and autonomous territories. The republics, in fact, are often separate small countries that have become part of Russia. They have their own cultural traditions and languages.
Instructions
Step 1
According to the Constitution, all subjects of Russia have equal rights. And no one can have more rights than the other. But, according to the same Constitution, the republic is described as a “state” that is part of another country and has some additional state powers, for example, the republic has the right to establish its own state language on a par with Russian. Also, the Constitution does not allow any other sovereignty other than the sovereignty of the multinational people of Russia, and therefore the Russian Federation.
Step 2
The description of the republic as a state presupposes a certain additional sovereignty for it, and this contradicts the provisions on the equality of all regions. This moment still sometimes causes some difficulties, because if to some extent additional sovereignty were granted to the republics, then other regions of Russia would be infringed on their rights. Therefore, it was accepted that the concept of "republic" does not include the recognition of its sovereignty, but reflects its historical, national and cultural status.
Step 3
There are 22 republics in the Russian Federation in total. List of republics in alphabetical order:
- Republic of Adygea. Capital: the city of Maykop.
- Altai Republic. Capital: the city of Gorno-Altaysk.
- Republic of Bashkortostan. Capital: the city of Ufa.
- The Republic of Buryatia. Capital: Ulan-Ude city.
- The Republic of Dagestan. Capital: the city of Makhachkala.
- The Republic of Ingushetia. Capital: the city of Magas.
- Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Capital: the city of Nalchik.
- Republic of Kalmykia. Capital: city of Elista.
- Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Capital: the city of Cherkessk.
- Republic of Karelia. Capital: the city of Petrozavodsk.
- Komi Republic. Capital: the city of Syktyvkar.
- Republic of Crimea. Capital: the city of Simferopol.
- Mari El Republic. Capital: the city of Yoshkar-Ola.
- The Republic of Mordovia. Capital: the city of Saransk.
- The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Capital: the city of Yakutsk.
- Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. Capital: the city of Vladikavkaz.
- Republic of Tatarstan. Capital: the city of Kazan.
- Tyva Republic. Capital: Kyzyl city, - Udmurtia. Capital: the city of Izhevsk.
- The Republic of Khakassia. Capital: the city of Abakan.
- Chechen Republic. Capital: the city of Grozny.
- Chuvash Republic. Capital: the city of Cheboksary.
Step 4
In 2014, the Republic of Crimea became part of the Russian Federation, which became the most subsidized region. Subsidized are those regions that require significant financial support from the country's budget. It is planned to allocate more than 50 billion rubles annually to support Crimea until 2017 inclusive.
