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3 unusual facts about Federal subjects of Russia


1992 Russian Women's Cup

It was contested by 38 teams from eleven federal subjects, and won by Interros Moscow, which also won the national championship.

Federal subjects of Russia

How to translate the Russian term was discussed during the 49th annual American Translators Association conference in Orlando, in which Tom Fennel, a freelance translator, argued that the term "constituent entity of the Russian Federation" should be preferred to "subject".

Red Data Book of the Russian Federation

A federal Red Data Book is complemented and expanded by regional Red Data Books that govern hunting within particular region, although instituting of regional Red Data Books is not compulsory.


Angel of Grozny: Inside Chechnya

Angel of Grozny: Inside Chechnya is a book by Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad published in 2008, which gives an account of everyday life in the war-torn Russian Republic of Chechnya.

Magomed Khashiev

Magomed Khashiev (10 October 1977 – 17 April 2004), also known as "Sokhib" and "Khattab", was the Emir of the Sunzhensky District and a militant in the Russian federal subjects of Ingushetia and Chechnya.


see also

North Ossetia–Alania

There are two official languages in North Ossetia – Russian, which is official for all federal subjects of Russia (North Ossetia being a republic), and Ossetian.