Russia

Note: Russia is divided into one avtonomnaya oblast' (autonomous region); seven avtonomnyy okrug (autonomous province); two gorod ([federal] cities); seven kray (territory); 48 oblast' (region); and 21 respublika (republic).

References:
- Koksharov, N. von (1853) Materialien zur Mineralogie Russlands. 11 volumes with atlas: vol. 1 (1853); vol. 2 (1854-57); vol. 3 (1858); vol. 4 (1862); vol. 5 (1866); vol. 6 (1870); vol. 7 (1875); vol. 8 (1878); vol. 9 (1884); vol. 10 (1888); vol. 11 (1891).
- Davidson, E. (1897): Der Bergbau in Rußland. Zeitschrift für das Berg-, Hütten- und Salinenwesen, Bd. 45, 90-130. (in German)
- Pekov, I. V. (1998): Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures Ltd., Moscow, 369 pp.
- Kolesar, P. & Tvrdý, J. (2006): Zarenschätze – Mineralien & Fundstellen in Russland. Bode Verlag, Haltern, Germany, approx. 700 pp. (in German)

- http://www.statoids.com/uru.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_districts_of_Russia (established in 2000)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_regions_of_Russia