Russia, CIS republics
|
Republic
|
Capital
|
| Armenia |
Yerevan |
| Azerbaijan |
Baku |
| Belarus |
Minsk |
| Georgia |
Tbilisi |
| Kazakhstan |
Astana |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
| Moldova |
Kishinev |
| Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
| Turkmenistan |
Ashkhabat |
| Russia |
Moscow |
| Ukraine |
Kiev |
| Uzbekistan |
Tashkent |
Republics within Russia
|
Adygeia |
Maikop |
| Bashkortostan |
Ufa |
| Buryatia |
Ulan-Ude |
| Chechnya |
Grozny |
| Chuvashia |
Cheboksary |
| Dagestan |
Makhachkala |
| Altai |
Gorno-Altaisk |
| Kabardino-Balkaria |
Nalchik |
| Ingushetia |
Nazran |
| Kalmykia |
Elista |
| Karelia |
Petrozavodsk |
| Karachai-Cherkessia |
Cherkessk |
| Khakassia |
Abakan |
| Komi |
Syktyvkar |
| Marii-El |
Yoshkar-Ola |
| Mordova |
Saransk |
| North Ossetia |
Vladikavkaz |
| Sakha (ex Yakutia) |
Yakutsk |
| Tatarstan |
Kazan |
| Tuva |
Kyzyl |
| Udmurtia |
Izhevsk |
Other regions
|
Crimea (Ukraine) |
Simferopol |
| Transnistria (not "Trans-Dniestr", Moldova) |
Tiraspol |
| South Ossetia (Georgia) |
Tskhinvali |
| Abkhazia (Georgia) |
Sukhumi |
| Adzharia (Georgia) |
Batumi |
| Nakhichevan (Azerbaijan) |
|
| Nagorno-Karabakh |
Stepanakert |
Cities
|
St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad, which is still the name
of the military district) |
| Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk) |
|
| Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky) |
|
Russian intelligence agencies
|
Foreign Intelligence Service (Russian initials SVR) |
| Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information
(Russian initials FAPSI) |
| Federal Security Service (Russian initials FSB)
|
Other names
|
rouble: Russian currency (not "ruble") |
|
| OMON: the Russian Interior Ministry's "black beret" troops,
acronym for Special Police Task Force
|
