ISO 3166-2:RU

ISO 3166-2:RU is the entry for Russia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for some of the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. ISO 3166-2:RU contains no codes for the Russian-administered Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Sevastopol, and Zaporizhzhia, which are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine and do have codes in Ukraine's entry in ISO 3166-2.

Currently for Russia, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for the following federal subjects:

• 21 republics
• 9 administrative territories
• 46 administrative regions
• 2 autonomous cities
• 1 autonomous region
• 4 autonomous districts

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is RU, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Russia. The second part is either of the following:

• two letters: republics
• three letters: all other subdivisions

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Code	Subdivision name (ru) (BGN/PCGN 1947)	Subdivision name (ru) (GOST 1983 = UN V/18 1987)	Subdivision name (ru) [1]	Subdivision name (en) [2]	Subdivision category
RU-AD	Adygeya, Respublika	Adygeja, Respublika	Республика Адыгея	Adygea	republic
RU-AL	Altay, Respublika	Altaj, Respublika	Республика Алтай	Gorno-Altai	republic
RU-ALT	Altayskiy kray	Altajskij kraj	Алтайский край	Altai	administrative territory
RU-AMU	Amurskaya oblast'	Amurskaja oblast'	Амурская область	Amur	administrative region
RU-ARK	Arkhangel'skaya oblast'	Arhangel'skaja oblast'	Архангельская область	Arkhangelsk	administrative region
RU-AST	Astrakhanskaya oblast'	Astrahanskaja oblast'	Астраханская область	Astrakhan	administrative region
RU-BA	Bashkortostan, Respublika	Baškortostan, Respublika	Республика Башкортостан	Bashkortostan	republic
RU-BEL	Belgorodskaya oblast'	Belgorodskaja oblast'	Белгородская область	Belgorod	administrative region
RU-BRY	Bryanskaya oblast'	Brjanskaja oblast'	Брянская область	Bryansk	administrative region
RU-BU	Buryatiya, Respublika	Burjatija, Respublika	Республика Бурятия	Buryatia	republic
RU-CE	Chechenskaya Respublika	Čečenskaja Respublika	Чеченская Республика	Chechnya	republic
RU-CHE	Chelyabinskaya oblast'	Čeljabinskaja oblast'	Челябинская область	Chelyabinsk	administrative region
RU-CHU	Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Čukotskij avtonomnyj okrug	Чукотский автономный округ	Chukotka	autonomous district
RU-CU	Chuvashskaya Respublika	Čuvašskaja Respublika	Чувашская Республика	Chuvashia	republic
RU-DA	Dagestan, Respublika	Dagestan, Respublika	Республика Дагестан	Dagestan	republic
RU-IN	Ingushetiya, Respublika	Ingušetija, Respublika	Республика Ингушетия	Ingushetia	republic
RU-IRK	Irkutskaya oblast'	Irkutskaja oblast'	Иркутская область	Irkutsk	administrative region
RU-IVA	Ivanovskaya oblast'	Ivanovskaja oblast'	Ивановская область	Ivanovo	administrative region
RU-KB	Kabardino- Balkarskaya Respublika	Kabardino- Balkarskaja Respublika	Кабардино-Балкарская Республика	Kabardino- Balkaria	republic
RU-KGD	Kaliningradskaya oblast'	Kaliningradskaja oblast'	Калининградская область	Kaliningrad	administrative region
RU-KL	Kalmykiya, Respublika	Kalmykija, Respublika	Республика Калмыкия	Kalmykia	republic
RU-KLU	Kaluzhskaya oblast'	Kalužskaja oblast'	Калужская область	Kaluga	administrative region
RU-KAM	Kamchatskiy kray	Kamčatskij kraj	Камчатский край	Kamchatka	administrative territory
RU-KC	Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika	Karačaevo- Čerkesskaja Respublika	Карачаево- Черкесская Республика	Karachay-Cherkessia	republic
RU-KR	Kareliya, Respublika	Karelija, Respublika	Республика Карелия	Karelia	republic
RU-KEM	Kemerovskaya oblast'	Kemerovskaja oblast'	Кемеровская область	Kemerovo	administrative region
RU-KHA	Khabarovskiy kray	Habarovskij kraj	Хабаровский край	Khabarovsk	administrative territory
RU-KK	Khakasiya, Respublika	Hakasija, Respublika	Республика Хакасия	Khakassia	republic
RU-KHM	Khanty- Mansiyskiy avtonomnyy okrug (local variant: Yugra)	Hanty- Mansijskij avtonomnyj okrug (local variant: Jugra)	Ханты- Мансийский автономный округ	Yugoria	autonomous district
RU-KIR	Kirovskaya oblast'	Kirovskaja oblast'	Кировская область	Kirov	administrative region
RU-KO	Komi, Respublika	Komi, Respublika	Республика Коми	Komi	republic
RU-KOS	Kostromskaya oblast'	Kostromskaja oblast'	Костромская область	Kostroma	administrative region
RU-KDA	Krasnodarskiy kray	Krasnodarskij kraj	Краснодарский край	Krasnodar	administrative territory
RU-KYA	Krasnoyarskiy kray	Krasnojarskij kraj	Красноярский край	Krasnoyarsk	administrative territory
RU-KGN	Kurganskaya oblast'	Kurganskaja oblast'	Курганскаяа область	Kurgan	administrative region
RU-KRS	Kurskaya oblast'	Kurskaja oblast'	Курская область	Kursk	administrative region
RU-LEN	Leningradskaya oblast'	Leningradskaja oblast'	Ленинградская область	Leningrad	administrative region
RU-LIP	Lipetskaya oblast'	Lipeckaja oblast'	Липецкая область	Lipetsk	administrative region
RU-MAG	Magadanskaya oblast'	Magadanskaja oblast'	Магаданская область	Magadan	administrative region
RU-ME	Mariy El, Respublika	Marij Èl, Respublika	Республика Марий Эл	Mari El	republic
RU-MO	Mordoviya, Respublika	Mordovija, Respublika	Республика Мордовия	Mordovia	republic
RU-MOS	Moskovskaya oblast'	Moskovskaja oblast'	Московская область	Moscow	administrative region
RU-MOW	Moskva	Moskva	Москва	Moscow City	autonomous city
RU-MUR	Murmanskaya oblast'	Murmanskaja oblast'	Мурманская область	Murmansk	administrative region
RU-NEN	Nenetskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Neneckij avtonomnyj okrug	Ненецкий автономный округ	Nenetsia	autonomous district
RU-NIZ	Nizhegorodskaya oblast'	Nižegorodskaja oblast'	Нижегородская область	Nizhny Novgorod	administrative region
RU-NGR	Novgorodskaya oblast'	Novgorodskaja oblast'	Новгородская область	Novgorod	administrative region
RU-NVS	Novosibirskaya oblast'	Novosibirskaja oblast'	Новосибирская область	Novosibirsk	administrative region
RU-OMS	Omskaya oblast'	Omskaja oblast'	Омская область	Omsk	administrative region
RU-ORE	Orenburgskaya oblast'	Orenburgskaja oblast'	Оренбургская область	Orenburg	administrative region
RU-ORL	Orlovskaya oblast'	Orlovskaja oblast'	Орловская область	Oryol	administrative region
RU-PNZ	Penzenskaya oblast'	Penzenskaja oblast'	Пензенская область	Penza	administrative region
RU-PER	Permskiy kray	Permskij kraj	Пермский край	Perm	administrative territory
RU-PRI	Primorskiy kray	Primorskij kraj	Приморский край	Primorye	administrative territory
RU-PSK	Pskovskaya oblast'	Pskovskaja oblast'	Псковская область	Pskov	administrative region
RU-ROS	Rostovskaya oblast'	Rostovskaja oblast'	Ростовская область	Rostov	administrative region
RU-RYA	Ryazanskaya oblast'	Rjazanskaja oblast'	Рязанская область	Ryazan	administrative region
RU-SA	Saha, Respublika (local variant: Jakutija)	Sakha, Respublika (local variant: Yakutiya)	Республика Саха	Yakutia	republic
RU-SAK	Sakhalinskaya oblast'	Sahalinskaja oblast'	Сахалинская область	Sakhalin	administrative region
RU-SAM	Samarskaya oblast'	Samarskaja oblast'	Самарская область	Samara	administrative region
RU-SPE	Sankt-Peterburg	Sankt-Peterburg	Санкт-Петербург	Saint Petersburg	autonomous city
RU-SAR	Saratovskaya oblast'	Saratovskaja oblast'	Саратовская область	Saratov	administrative region
RU-SE	Severnaya Osetiya, Respublika (local variant: Alaniya [Respublika Severnaya Osetiya – Alaniya])	Severnaja Osetija, Respublika (local variant: Alanija [Respublika Severnaja Osetija – Alanija])	Республика Северная Осетия	North Ossetia	republic
RU-SMO	Smolenskaya oblast'	Smolenskaja oblast'	Смоленская область	Smolensk	administrative region
RU-STA	Stavropol'skiy kray	Stavropol'skij kraj	Ставропольский край	Stavropol	administrative territory
RU-SVE	Sverdlovskaya oblast'	Sverdlovskaja oblast'	Свердловская область	Sverdlovsk	administrative region
RU-TAM	Tambovskaya oblast'	Tambovskaja oblast'	Тамбовская область	Tambov	administrative region
RU-TA	Tatarstan, Respublika	Tatarstan, Respublika	Республика Татарстан	Tatarstan	republic
RU-TOM	Tomskaya oblast'	Tomskaja oblast'	Томская область	Tomsk	administrative region
RU-TUL	Tul'skaya oblast'	Tul'skaja oblast'	Тульская область	Tula	administrative region
RU-TVE	Tverskaya oblast'	Tverskaja oblast'	Тверская область	Tver	administrative region
RU-TYU	Tyumenskaya oblast'	Tjumenskaja oblast'	Тюменская область	Tyumen	administrative region
RU-TY	Tyva, Respublika (local variant: Tuva)	Tyva, Respublika (local variant: Tuva)	Республика Тыва	Tuva	republic
RU-UD	Udmurtskaya Respublika	Udmurtskaja Respublika	Удмуртская Республика	Udmurtia	republic
RU-ULY	Ul'yanovskaya oblast'	Ul'janovskaja oblast'	Ульяновская область	Ulyanovsk	administrative region
RU-VLA	Vladimirskaya oblast'	Vladimirskaja oblast'	Владимирская область	Vladimir	administrative region
RU-VGG	Volgogradskaya oblast'	Volgogradskaja oblast'	Волгоградская область	Volgograd	administrative region
RU-VLG	Vologodskaya oblast'	Vologodskaja oblast'	Вологодская область	Vologda	administrative region
RU-VOR	Voronezhskaya oblast'	Voronežskaja oblast'	Воронежская область	Voronezh	administrative region
RU-YAN	Yamalo- Nenetskiy avtonomnyy okrug	Jamalo- Neneckij avtonomnyj okrug	Ямало- Ненецкий автономный округ	Yamalia	autonomous district
RU-YAR	Yaroslavskaya oblast'	Jaroslavskaja oblast'	Ярославская область	Yaroslavl	administrative region
RU-YEV	Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast'	Evrejskaja avtonomnaja oblast'	Еврейская автономная область	JAO	autonomous region
RU-ZAB	Zabaykal'skiy kray	Zabajkal'skij kraj	Забайкальский край	Transbaikalia	administrative territory

Notes

1. For reference only, Russian name in Cyrillic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
2. For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

Newsletter	Date issued	Description of change in newsletter	Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-1	2000-06-21	Introduction of alternative name forms for 2 republics. Correction of a spelling mistake in the name of 1 autonomous district
Newsletter I-7	2005-09-13	Add local language name to the title Khanty-Mansiyskiy avtonomnyy okrug. Update of list source
Newsletter I-8	2007-04-17	Modification of the administrative structure	Subdivisions added: RU-PER Permskiy kray Subdivisions deleted: RU-PER Permskaya oblast' RU-KOP Komi-Permyatskiy avtonomnyy okrug
Newsletter I-9	2007-11-28	Update and use of long forms of country names as given in Draft NL I-8 538, 22-02-2007 and formation of Permskiy kray after amalgamation	Subdivisions added: RU-KAM Kamchatskiy kray Subdivisions deleted: RU-KAM Kamchatskaya oblast' RU-EVE Evenkiyskiy avtonomnyy okrug RU-KOR Koryakskiy avtonomnyy okrug RU-TAY Taymyrskiy avtonomnyy okrug
Newsletter II-2	2010-06-30	Update of the administrative structure and of the list source	Subdivisions added: RU-ZAB Zabaykal'skiy kray Subdivisions deleted: RU-CHI Chitinskaya oblast' RU-AGB Aginskiy Buryatskiy avtonomnyy okrug RU-UOB Ust'-Ordynskiy Buryatskiy avtonomnyy okrug
Online Browsing Platform (OBP)	2018-11-26	Correction of the romanization system label
	2021-11-25	Correction of language from 'urd' to 'rus' for RU-PSK, RU-ROS, RU-PRI

See also

• Subdivisions of Russia
• FIPS region codes of Russia
• GOST 7.67 (Russian ISO-based standard for Cyrillic and Latin coding for Russian regions and countries)
• Neighbouring countries: AZ, BY, CN, EE, FI, GE, KP, KZ, LT, LV, MN, NO, PL, UA

External links

• ISO Online Browsing Platform: RU
• Subjects of Russia, Statoids.com