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Kraya (Regions)
 

Altay

 

Altai krai, coat of arms

 

28 Sep 1937 -             Altaya kray

 

Governors

08 Oct 1991 - 20 Feb 1994 Vladimir Fyodorovich Raifikesht ............. 1951-

20 Feb 1994 -    Dec 1996 Lev Aleksandrovich Korshunov ................ 1946-

   Dec 1996 - 14 Apr 2004 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Surikov ............ 1940-

14 Apr 2004 - 07 Aug 2005 Mikhail Sergeyevich Yevdokimov .............. 1957-2005

07 Aug      - 25 Aug 2005 Mikhail Sergeyevich Kozlov .................. 1951-     UR

25 Aug 2005 -             Aleksandr Bogdanovich Karlin ................ 1951-     UR

 

 

Kamchatka

 

Kamchatka oblast, coat of arms (2004)  Kamchatka krai, coat of arms (2010)

Oblast CoA         Adopted 2010

 

07 Oct 1977 - 30 Jun 2007 Kamchatka oblast

01 Jul 2007 -             Status upgraded to a Krai

 

Governors

16 Nov 1991 - 28 Dec 2000 Vladimir Afanasyevich Biryukov

28 Dec 2000 - 23 May 2007 Mikhail Borisovich Mashkovtsev

23 May 2007 - 25 Feb 2011 Aleksey Aleksandrovich Kuzmitsky

25 Feb 2011 -             Vladimir Ivanovich Ilyukhin

 

 

Khabarovsk

 

Khabarovsky krai, coat of arms (N2) - vector image

 

20 Oct 1938 -             Khabarovsk kray

 

Heads of the Administration

24 Oct 1991 - 30 Apr 2009 Viktor Ivanovich Ishayev .................... 1948-

01 May 2009 -             Vyacheslav Ivanovich Shport ................. 1954-   UR

 

 

Krasnodar

 

 Krasnodar krai, coat of arms

 

13 Sep 1937 -             Krasnodar kray

 

Governors

24 Aug 1991 - 26 Nov 1992 Vasily Nikolayevich Dyakonov ................ 1946-2012

02 Dec 1992 - 02 Aug 1994 Nikolay Dmitriyevich Yegorov ................ 1951-1997

                          (1st Time)

02 Aug 1994 - 15 Jul 1996 Yevgeny Mikhailovich Kharitonov ............. 1946-

15 Jul 1996 - 05 Jan 1997 Nikolay Dmitriyevich Yegorov (2nd Time)

05 Jan 1997 - 05 Jan 2001 Nikolay Ignatyevich Kondratenko ............. 1940-2013

05 Jan 2001 -             Aleksandr Nikolayevich Tkachev .............. 1960-

 

 

Krasnoyarsk

 

Krasnoyarsk krai, coat of arms 

 

07 Dec 1934 -             Krasnoyarsk kray

1992 - 1993               Attempted upgrade to a republic

01 Jan 2007               Evenkia and Taymyr Autonomous oblasts merged into Krasnoyarsk

 

Heads of the Administration

01 Jan 1992 - 27 Jan 1993 Arkady Filimonovich Veprev .................. 1927-2006

27 Jan 1993 - 05 Jun 1998 Valery Mikhailovich Zubov ................... 1953-

05 Jun 1998 - 28 Apr 2002 Aleksandr Ivanovich Lebed ................... 1950-2002

28 Apr      - 03 Oct 2002 Nikolay Ivanovich Ashlapov .................. 1962-

03 Oct 2002 - 19 Jan 2010 Aleksandr Gennadyevich Khloponin ............ 1965-

19 Jan      - 17 Feb 2010 Edkham Shukrievich Akbulatov ................ 1960-     UR

17 Feb 2010 - 12 May 2014 Lev Vladimirovich Kuznetsov ................. 1965-     UR

12 May 2014 -             Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonsky ............ 1953-     UR

 

Perm

 

Perm (Perm oblast), coat of arms

 

1992 - 1993               Unilateral attempt ro upgrade status to a republic

01 Dec 2005 -             Perm oblast and Komi-Permyak merged as Perm kray

 

Heads of the Administration

25 Dec 1991 - 12 Jan 1996 Boris Yuryevich Kuznetsov ................... 1935-2013

12 Jan 1996 - 14 Dec 2000 Gennady Vyacheslavovich Igumnov

14 Dec 2000 - 11 Mar 2004 Yury Petrovich Trutnev

12 Mar 2004 - 28 Apr 2012 Oleg Anatolyevich Chirkunov ................. 1958-

                          (for Perm kray from 01 Dec 2005)

28 Apr 2012 -             Viktor Fyodorovich Basargin ................. 1957-

 

 

Primorsky

 

Primorsky krai, coat of arms

 

1922 - 1938               Part of Far Eastern Oblast

20 Oct 1938 -             Primorsky Krai

1992 - 1993               Attempted ugrade to a republic

 

Governors

15 Oct 1991 - 24 May 1993 Vladimir Sergeyevich Kuznetsov

24 May 1993 - 05 Feb 2001 Yevgeny Ivanovich Nazdratenko

05 Feb      - 25 Feb 2001 Konstantin Borisovich Tolstoshein

25 Jul 2001 - 28 Feb 2012 Sergey Mikhailovich Darkin

28 Feb 2012 -             Vladimir Vladimirovich Miklushevsky

 

 

Stravropol

 

Stavropol krai, coat of arms

 

12 Jan 1943 -             Stavropol kray

 

Governors

24 Oct 1991 - 20 Jul 1995 Yevgeny Semyonovich Kuznetsov .............. 1938-2005

20 Jul 1995 - 27 Oct 1996 Pyotr Petrovich Marchenko .................. 1948-     NDR

27 Oct 1996 - 16 May 2008 Aleksandr Leonidovich Chernogorov .......... 1959-     KPR (UR from 2007)

16 May 2008 - 02 May 2012 Valery Veniaminovich Gayevsky .............. 1958-     UR

02 May 2012 - 27 Sep 2013 Valery Georgeyevich Zerenkov ............... 1948-     UR

27 Sep 2013 -             Vladimir Vladimirovich Vladimirov .......... 1975-

                          (acting)

 

 

Zabaikalsky

 

Zabaikalsky krai, coat of arms

 

       1937 - 29 Feb 2008 Chita Oblast

01 Mar 2008               Zabaikalsky kray formed from Chita oblast and Agin-Buryat okrug

 

Heads of the Administration

01 Dec 1991 - 01 Feb 1996 Boris Petrovich Ivanov

01 Feb 1996 - 29 Feb 2008 Ravil Farit Heniatullin

Governors

01 Mar 2008 - 01 Mar 2013 Ravil Farit Heniatullin .................. 1955-

02 Mar 2013 -             Konstantin Konstantinovich Zerenkov ...... 1964-

                          (acting to 18 Sep 2013)

 

Oblasti (Provinces)

 
Amur

 

Amur oblast, coat of arms (1999) - vector image  Amur oblast, coat of arms (2008)

        1999-2002                 2002-

 

Heads of the Administration

08 Oct 1991 - 25 Apr 1993 Albert Arkadyevich Krivchenko

25 Apr      - 05 Oct 1993 Aleksandr Vladimirovich Surat

05 Oct 1993 - 03 Dec 1994 Vladimir Pavlovich Polevanov

03 Dec 1994 - 03 Jan 1996 Vladimir Nikolayevich Dyachenko

03 Jan 1996 - 20 Apr 1997 Yury Gavrilovich Lyashko

20 Apr 1997 - 21 Apr 2001 Anatoly Nikolayevich Belonogov

21 Apr 2001 - 10 May 2007 Leonid Viktorovich Korotkov

10 May      - 31 May 2007 Aleksandr Vasilyevich Nesterenko

01 Jun 2007 - 16 Oct 2008 Nikolay Aleksandrovich Kolesov

16 Oct 2008 -             Oleg Nikolayevich Kozhemyakov

 

 

Arkhangelsk

 

Файл:Coat of Arms of Arkhangelsk oblast.svg

       2003-

 

Heads of the Administration

01 Oct 1991 - 21 Feb 1996 Pavel Nikolayevich Balakshin

04 Mar 1996 - 14 Apr 2004 Anatoly Antonovich Yefremov ................ 1952-2009

14 Apr 2004 - 18 Apr 2008 Nikolay Ivanovich Kiselyov

18 Apr 2008 - 13 Jan 2012 Ilya Filippovich Mikhalchuk

13 Jan 2012 -             Igor Anatolyevich Orlov

 

 

Astrakhan

 

Astrakhan oblast, coat of arms 

 

Heads of the Administration

28 Aug 1991 - 17 Aug 2004 Anatoly Petrovich Guzhvin .................. 1946-2004 UR

17 Aug      - 02 Nov 2004 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zhilkin (1st Time)  1959-     UR

02 Nov      - 23 Dec 2004 Aleksandr Pavlovich Glazkov ................ 1951-     UR

24 Dec 2004 -             Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zhilkin

                          (2nd Time, acting until 09 Dec 2009)

 

Belgorod

 

Belgorod oblast, coat of arms

 

Governors

01 Dec 1991 - 11 Oct 1993 Viktor Ivanovich Berestovoy ................ 1948-

11 Oct 1993 -             Yevgeny Stepanovich Savchenko .............. 1950-

 

 

Bryansk

 

Bryansk oblast, coat of arms 

 

Heads of the Administration

14 Dec 1991 - 08 Apr 1993 Vladimir Alekseyevich Barabanov

                          (1st Time, acting to 22 Jan 1992)

08 Apr      - 25 Sep 1993 Yury Yegenyevich Lodkin

                          (1st Time)

25 Sep 1993 - 16 Aug 1995 Vladimir Aleksandrovich Karpov

16 Aug 1995 - 29 May 1996 Vladimir Alekseyevich Barabanov

                          (2nd Time)

29 May      - 08 Dec 1996 Aleksandr Mikhailovich Semernev

08 Dec 1996 - 28 Dec 2004 Yury Yegenyevich Lodkin

                          (2nd Time)

28 Dec 2004 - 09 Sep 2014 Nikolay Vasilyevich Denin .................. 1958-

09 Sep 2014 -             Aleksandr Vasilyevich Bogomaz .............. 1961-

 

 

Chelyabinsk

 

Chelyabinsk oblast, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

24 Oct 1991 - 05 Jan 1997 Vadim Pavlovich Solovyev

05 Jan 1997 - 22 Apr 2010 Pyotr Ivanovich Sumin ...................... 1946-2011 UR

22 Apr 2010 - 15 Jan 2014 Mikhail Valerevich Yurevich ................ 1969-     UR

15 Jan 2014 -             Boris Arkardyevich Dubrovsky

 

 

Irkutsk

 

Irkutsk oblast, full coat of arms - vector image

 

Governors

19 Sep 1991 - 25 Apr 1997 Yury Abramovich Nozhikov ................... 1934-2010

21 Aug 1997 - 08 Sep 2005 Boris Aleksandrovich Govorin ............... 1947-

08 Sep 2005 - 15 Apr 2008 Aleksandr Georgiyevich Tishanin ............ 1966-

15 Apr 2008 - 10 May 2009 Igor Eduardovich Yesipovich ................ 1960-2009

08 Jun 2009 - 18 May 2012 Dmitiry Fyodorovich Mezentsev .............. 1959-

18 May 2012 -             Sergey Vladimirovich Eroshchenko ........... 1961-

 

 

Ivanovo

 

Ivanovo oblast, coat of arms 

 

Heads of the Administration

24 Dec 1991 - 23 Jan 1996 Adolf Fyodorovych Laptev .................... 1935-2005

01 Feb 1996 - 17 Dec 2000 Vladislav Nikolayevich Tikhomirov ........... 1939-

17 Dec 2000 - 23 Dec 2005 Vladimir Ilyich Tikhonov .................... 1947-

23 Dec 2005 - 16 Oct 2013 Mikhail Aleksandrovich Men .................. 1960-

16 Oct 2013 -             Pavel Alekseyevich Konkov ................... 1958-

 

 

Kaliningrad

 

Kaliningrad oblast, coat of arms 

 

07 Apr 1946               Kaliningrad oblast

 

Heads of the Administration

25 Sep 1991 -    Oct 1996 Yury Semyonovich Matochkin .................. 1931-2006

   Oct 1996 - 09 Dec 2000 Leonid Petrovich Gorbenko ................... 1939-2010

09 Dec 2000 - 28 Sep 2005 Vladimir Grigoryevich Yegorov ............... 1938-

28 Sep 2005 - 28 Sep 2010 Georgy Valentinovich Boos ................... 1963-

28 Sep 2010 -             Nikolay Nikolayevich Tsukanov ............... 1965-

 

 

Kaluga

 

Kaluga oblast, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

25 Sep 1991 - 22 Jan 1996 Aleksandr Vasilyevich Deragin ............... 1941-2010

22 Jan      - 07 Mar 1996 Viktor Stepanovich Pakhno

                          (acting)

07 Mar      - 09 Nov 1996 Oleg Vitalyevich Savchenko

Governors

09 Nov 1996 - 18 Nov 2000 Valery Vasilyevich Sudarenkov

18 Nov 2000 -             Anatoly Dmitriyevich Artamonov

 

 

Kemerovo

 

Kemerovo oblast, coat of arms (1994) - vector image Kemerovo oblast, coat of arms

      1994-2003            2003-

 

Heads of the Administration

25 Sep 1991 - 22 Jan 1996 Aleksandr Vasilyevich Deragin ............... 1941-2010

22 Jan      - 07 Mar 1996 Viktor Stepanovich Pakhno ................... 1958-

                          (acting)

07 Mar      - 09 Nov 1996 Oleg Vitalyevich Savchenko .................. 1948-

Governors

09 Nov 1996 - 18 Nov 2000 Valery Vasilyevich Sudarenkov ............... 1940-

18 Nov 2000 -             Anatoly Dmitriyevich Artamonov .............. 1952-

 

 
Kirov

Kirov oblast, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

11 Dec 1991 - 20 Oct 1996 Vasily Alekseyevich Desyatnikov ............ 1942-

20 Oct 1996 - 14 Jan 2004 Vladimir Nilovich Sergeyenkov .............. 1938-

14 Jan 2004 - 15 Jan 2009 Nikolay Ivanovich Shaklein ................. 1943-

15 Jan 2009 -             Nikita Yuryevich Belykh .................... 1975-

 

 

Kostroma

 

Kostroma oblast, coat of arms (2006)

      Adopted 2007

 

Governors

14 Dec 1991 - 05 Jan 1997 Valery Petrovich Arbuzov .................... 1939-

05 Jan 1997 - 20 Sep 2007 Viktor Andreyevich Shershunov ............... 1950-2007 UR

20 Sep      - 25 Oct 2007 Yury Fyodorovich Tsikunov ................... 1947-

                          (acting)

25 Oct 2007 - 13 Apr 2012 Igor Nikolayevich Slyunyayev ................ 1966-     UR

13 Apr 2012 -             Sergey Konstantinovich Sitnikov ............. 1963-

 

Kurgan

 

Kurgan oblast, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

24 Dec 1991 - 15 Aug 1995 Valentin Pavlovich Gerasimov ................ 1940-

15 Aug 1995 - 08 Dec 1996 Anatoly Nikolayevich Sobolev ................ 1940-

08 Dec 1996 - 14 Feb 2014 Oleg Alekseyevich Bogomolov ................. 1950-      UR

14 Feb 2014 -             Aleksey Gennardyevich Kokorin ............... 1961-      UR

 

 
Kursk

Kursk oblast, coat of arms 

 

Heads of the Administration

11 Dec 1991 - 23 Oct 1996 Vasily Ivanovich Shuteyev ................... 1942-

23 Oct 1996 - 18 Nov 2000 Aleksandr Vladimirovich Rutskoy ............. 1947-

18 Nov 2000 -             Aleksandr Nikolayevich Mikhailov ............ 1951-

 

 
Leningrad

Leningrad oblast, coat of arms

 

Head of the Administration

20 Oct 1991 - 29 Sep 1996 Aleksandr Semyonovich Belyakov .............. 1945-

29 Sep 1996 - 18 Sep 1998 Vadim Anatolyevich Gustov ................... 1948-

18 Sep 1998 - 28 May 2012 Valery Pavlovich Serdyukov .................. 1945-     UR

28 May 2012 -             Aleksandr Yuryevich Drozdenko ............... 1964-     UR

 

 
Lipetsk

Lipetsk oblast, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

23 Oct 1991 - 23 Dec 1992 Gennady Vasilyevich Kuptsov ................. 1940-

23 Dec 1992 - 11 Apr 1993 Vladimir Vasilyevich Zaitsev ................ 1951-

11 Apr 1993 - 12 Apr 1998 Mikhail Tikhonovich Narolin ................. 1933-2011

12 Apr 1998 -             Oleg Petrovich Korolev ...................... 1952-

 

 
Magadan

Magadan oblast, coat of arms

 

Governors

24 Oct 1991 - 03 Nov 1996 Viktor Grigoryevich Mikhailov ............... 1936-

03 Nov 1996 - 18 Oct 2002 Valenton Ivanovich Tsetkov .................. 1948-2002

18 Oct 2002 - 03 Feb 2013 Nikolay Nikolayevich Dudov .................. 1952-

03 Feb 2013 -             Vladimir Petrovich Pecheny .................. 1949-

 

 
Moskva

Moscow oblast, coat of arms - vector image Moscow Oblast, coat of arms (1992) - vector image  Moscow oblast, large coat of arms (2006 ã.)

Large CoA               1992-2006                2006-

 

Governors

16 Oct 1991 - 06 Jan 2000 Anatoly Stepanovich Tyazhov ................. 1942-2008

09 Jan 2000 - 11 May 2012 Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov .................. 1943-     UR

11 May      - 06 Nov 2012 Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoigu ................. 1955-     UR

06 Nov      - 08 Nov 2012 Ruslan Hajismel fyrt Tsality ................ 1956-

                          (acting)

08 Nov 2012 -             Andrey Yuryevich Vorobyov ................... 1970-     UR

                          (acting to 14 Sep 2013)

 

 

Murmansk

 

Murmansk oblast, coat of arms (2004) Murmansk oblast, proposed coat of arms (2002) - vector image

            Proposed 2002

 

Governors

10 Nov 1991 - 07 Dec 1996 Yevgeny Borisovich Komarov .................. 1942-

07 Dec 1996 - 21 Mar 2009 Yury Alekseyevich Yedokimov ................. 1946-

21 Mar 2009 - 04 Apr 2012 Dmitry Vladimirovich Dmitriyenko ............ 1963-

04 Apr 2012 -             Marina Vasilyevna Kovtun .................... 1962-

 
 
Nizhy Novogord
 

Nizhniy Novgorod Oblast, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

01 Dec 1991 -    Mar 1997 Boris Yefrimovich Nemtsov ................... 1959-

   Mar      -    Jul 1997 Yury Isakovich Lebedev ...................... 1951-

   Jul 1997 - 08 Aug 2001 Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov ..................... 1948-2007

08 Aug 2001 - 08 Aug 2008 Gennady Maksimovich Khodyrev ................ 1942-

08 Aug 2008 -             Valery Pavlinovich Shantsev ................. 1947-

 

 
Novgorod
 
Novgorod oblast, coat of arms
 
Heads of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 - 03 Aug 2007 Mikhail Mikhailovich Prusak ................. 1960-
03 Aug 2007 -             Sergey Gerasimovich Mitin ................... 1951-     UR
 
 
Novosibirsk
 
Novosibirsk oblast, coat of arms
 
Heads of the Administration
26 Nov 1991 - 05 Oct 1993 Vitaly Petrovich Mukha ...................... 1936-2005
                          (1st Time)
05 Oct 1993 - 30 Dec 1995 Ivan Ivanovich Indinok ...................... 1938-
30 Dec 1995 - 17 Jan 2000 Vitaly Petrovich Mukha (2nd Time)
Governors
17 Jan 2000 - 09 Sep 2010 Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonsky ............ 1953-
09 Sep 2010 - 17 Mar 2014 Vasily Alekseyevich Yurchenko ............... 1960-
17 Mar 2014 -             Vladimir Filipovich Gorodetsky .............. 1948-

 

 
Omsk

Omsk oblast, coat of arms

 

 

Governors

11 Nov 1991 - 30 May 2012 Leonid Konstantinovich Polezhayev ........... 1940-

30 May 2012 -             Viktor Ivanovich Nazarov .................... 1962-

 

 
Orenburg

Orenburg oblast, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

24 Oct 1991 - 29 Dec 1999 Vladimir Vasulyevich Yelagin ................ 1955-

29 Dec 1999 - 15 Jun 2010 Aleksey Andreyevich Cherbyshev .............. 1939-

15 Jun 2010 -             Yury Aleksandrovich Berg .................... 1953-

 

 
Oryol
 
Oryol oblast, coat of arms
 
27 Sep 1937 -             Oryol oblast
 
Heads of the Administration
05 Dec 1991 - 11 Apr 1993 Nikolay Pavlovich Yudin ..................... 1938-
11 Apr 1993 - 16 Feb 2009 Yegor Semyonovich Stroyev ................... 1937-     PR
16 Feb 2009 - 26 Feb 2014 Aleksandr Petrovich Kozlov .................. 1949-     PR
26 Feb 2014 -             Vadim Vladimirovich Potomsky ................ 1972-     KPRF
 

 
Penza

Penza oblast, coat of arms (2003) - vector image Penza oblast, coat of arms

     2003-2008              2008-

  

Heads of the Administration

24 Oct 1991 - 11 May 1993 Aleksandr Andreyevich Kondratyev ............ 1947-

11 May 1993 - 02 Jun 1998 Anatoly Fyodorovich Kovlyagin ............... 1938-2009

02 Jun 1998 -             Vasily Kuzmich Bochkarev .................... 1949-

 

 
Pskov

Pskov oblast, coat of arms 

 

Heads of the Administration

24 Dec 1991 - 22 May 1992 Anatoly Alekseyevich Dobryakov .............. 1939-

22 May 1992 - 03 Nov 1996 Vladislav Nikolayevich Tumanov .............. 1958-

03 Nov 1996 - 17 Dec 2004 Yevgeny Eduardovich Mikhailov ............... 1963-

17 Dec 2004 - 16 Feb 2009 Mikhail Varfolomeyevich Kuznetsov ........... 1968-

16 Feb 2009 -             Andrey Anatolyevich Turchak ................. 1975-

 

 
Rostov

Rostov oblast, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

08 Oct 1991 - 14 Jun 2010 Vladimir Fyodorovich Chub ................... 1948-

14 Jun 2010 -             Vasily Yuryevich Golubev .................... 1957-

 

 
Ryazan
 
Ryazan oblast, coat of arms - vector image
 
Heads of the Administration
25 Sep 1991 - 23 Jan 1994 Lev Polyevkovich Bashmakov .................. 1938-
23 Jan 1994 - 15 Oct 1996 Gennady Konstantinovich Merkulov ............ 1940-
15 Oct 1996 - 06 Jan 1997 Igor Aleksandrovich Ivlev ................... 1941-
                          (acting)
06 Jan 1997 - 12 Apr 2004 Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Lyubimov ............ 1947-
12 Apr 2004 - 12 Apr 2008 Georgy Ivanovich Shpak ...................... 1943-
12 Apr 2008 -             Oleg Ivanovich Kovalev ...................... 1948-
 
 
Sakhalin

Sakhalin oblast, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

08 Oct 1991 - 08 Apr 1993 Valentin Petrovich Fyodorov ................. 1939-

08 Apr 1993 - 24 Apr 1995 Yevgeny Aleksandrevich Krasnoyarov .......... 1939-

24 Apr 1995 - 20 Aug 2003 Igor Pavlovich Farkhutdinov ................. 1950-2003

20 Aug 2003 - 07 Aug 2007 Ivan Pavlovich Malakhov ..................... 1953-

07 Aug 2007 -             Aleksandr Vadimovich Khoroshavin ............ 1959-

 

 
Samara

Samara oblast, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

01 Sep 1991 - 27 Aug 2007 Konstantin Alekseyevich Titov ............... 1944-

27 Aug 2007 - 10 May 2012 Vladimir Vladimirovich Artyakov ............. 1959-

10 May 2012 -             Nikolay Ivanovich Merkushkin ................ 1951-

 

 

Saratov

 

Saratov oblast, coat of arms (1996) - vector image Saratov oblast, coat of arms (with ribbon) - vector image

     1996-2001              2001-

 

Heads of the Administration

1989 - 1991               Nikolay Pavlovich Grishin ................... 1936-

25 Feb 1992 - 21 Feb 1996 Yury Vasilyevich Belykh ..................... 1941-

21 Feb      - 15 Apr 1996 Leonid Yefimovich Vashenkov ................. 1933-

                          (acting)

Governors

15 Apr 1996 - 02 Apr 2005 Dmitry Fyodorovich Ayatskov ................. 1950-

02 Apr 2005 - 23 Mar 2012 Pavel Leonidovich Ipatov .................... 1950-

23 Mar 2012 -             Valery Vasilyevich Radayev .................. 1961-

                          (acting to 05 Apr 2012)

 
Smolensk

Smolensk (Smolensk oblast), coat of arms (2001) - vector image  Smolensk oblast, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

01 Nov 1991 - 11 Apr 1993 Valery Petrovich Fateyev .................... 1946-

11 Apr 1993 - 17 May 1998 Anatoly Yegorovich Glushenkov ............... 1942-

17 May 1998 - 07 Jun 2002 Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Prokhorov ............ 1953-

07 Jun 2002 - 19 Dec 2007 Viktor Nikolayevich Maslov .................. 1950-

19 Dec 2007 - 20 Apr 2012 Sergey Vladimirovich Antufyev ............... 1955-

20 Apr 2012 -             Aleksey Vladimirovich Ostrovsky ............. 1976-

 

 
Sverdlovsk

Sverdlovsk oblast, coat of arms (1997)   Sverdlovsk oblast, coat of arms (2005)

      2000-2005                 Adopted 2005

 

Heads of the Administration

16 Oct 1991 - 10 Nov 1993 Eduard Yergartovich Rossel .................. 1937-     UR

                          (1st Time)

10 Nov 1993 - 06 Apr 1994 Valery Georgiyevich Trushnikov .............. 1950-2008

06 Apr 1994 - 23 Aug 1995 Aleksey Leonidovich Strakhov ................ 1942-     NDR

23 Aug 1995 - 23 Nov 2009 Eduard Yergartovich Rossel (2nd Time)

23 Nov 2009 - 14 May 2012 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Misharin .............. 1959-     UR

10 Dec 2011 - 06 Feb 2012 Anatoly Levovich Gredin

                          (acting for Misharin)

14 May 2012 -             Yevgeny Vladimirovich Kuvayshev ............. 1971-     UR

 

 
Tambov
 
Tambov oblast, coat of arms - vector image
 
Heads of Administration
11 Dec 1991 - 24 Mar 1995 Vladimir Dmitryevich Babenko ................ 1931-1996
25 Mar      - 31 Dec 1995 Oleg Ivanovich Betin (1st Time)
01 Jan 1996 - 26 Dec 1999 Aleksandr Ivanovich Ryabov
26 Dec 1999 -             Oleg Ivanovich Betin (2nd Time)                         UR
 
 
Tomsk

Tomsk oblast, coat of arms

 

Governors

20 Oct 1991 - 17 Mar 2012 Viktor Melkhiorovich Kress .................. 1940-      UR

17 Mar 2012 -             Sergey Anatoleyevich Zhvachkin .............. 1962-      UR

 

 
Tula
 
Tula oblast, coat of arms (2000) - vector image Tula oblast, coat of arms
    2000-2005            2005-
 
Heads of the Administration
20 Oct 1991 - 31 Mar 1997 Nikolay Vasilyevch Sevryugin ................ 1939-2002
01 Apr 1997 - 29 Mar 2005 Vasily Aleksandrovich Starodubtsev .......... 1931-2011 UR
29 Apr 2005 - 29 Jul 2011 Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Dudka ............... 1960-     UR
18 Aug 2011 -             Vladimir Segeyevich Gruzden ................. 1967-     UR
                          (acting from 29 Jul 2011)
 
 
Tver

Tver oblast, coat of arms

 

Governors

07 Oct 1991 - 15 Dec 1995 Vladimir Antonovich Suslov ................. 1939-

15 Dec 1995 - 30 Dec 2003 Vladimir Ignatievich Platov ................ 1946-2012

30 Jun 2003 - 16 Jun 2011 Dmitry Vadimovich Zelenin .................. 1962-     UR

16 Jun 2011 -             Andrey Vladimirovich Shevelyov ............. 1970-     UR

 

 
Tyumen
 
 
Tyumen oblast, coat of arms (1996)   Tyumen oblast, coat of arms (2008)
1996-2008                     2008-
 
Heads of the Administration
27 Sep 1991 - 12 Feb 1993 Yury Konstantinovich Shafranik ............. 1952-
12 Feb 1993 - 26 Jan 2001 Leonid Yulianovich Roketsky ................ 1942-
26 Jan 2001 - 14 Nov 2005 Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin ................ 1958-     UR
24 Nov 2005 -             Vladimir Vladimirovich Yakushev ............ 1968-     UR
 
 
Ulyanovsk
 
Ulianovsk oblast, coat of arms
 
Heads of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 - 09 Jan 1992 Valentin Vasilyevich Malafeyev ............. 1938-
09 Jan 1992 - 06 Jan 2001 Yury Frolovich Goryachev ................... 1938-2010
06 Jan 2001 - 22 Nov 2004 Vladimir Anatolyevich Shamanov ............. 1957-      UR
22 Nov 2004 - 14 Jan 2005 Mariya Grigoryevna Bolshakova .............. 1947-
14 Jan 2005 -             Sergey Ivanovich Morozov ................... 1959-      UR
 

 
Vladimir

Vladimir oblast, coat of arms

 

Head of the Administration

19 Sep 1991 - 08 Dec 1996 Yury Vasilyevich Vlasov .................... 1961-

08 Dec 1996 - 24 Mar 2013 Nikolay Vladimirovich Vinogragov ........... 1947-     KPRF

24 Mar 2013 -             Svetlana Yuryevna Orlova ................... 1954-     UR

 

 
Volgograd 

Volgograd oblast, coat of arms (2000)

 

Heads of Administration

19 Sep 1991 - 06 Jan 1997 Ivan Petrovich Shabunin .................... 1935-2006

06 Jan 1997 - 12 Jan 2010 Nikolay Kirillovich Maksytuta .............. 1947-     KPRF

12 Jan 2010 - 17 Jan 2012 Anatoly Grigoriyevich Brovko ............... 1966-     UR

17 Jan 2012 - 02 Apr 2014 Sergey Anatoleyvich Bozhenov ............... 1965-     UR

02 Apr 2014 -             Andrey Ivanovich Bocharov .................. 1969-     UR

                          (acting)

 
Vologda
 
Vologda oblast, coat of arms
 
Governors
24 Oct 1991 - 23 Mar 1996 Nikolay Mikhailovich Podgornov ............. 1949-
23 Mar 1996 - 14 Dec 2011 Vyacheslav Yevgenyevich Pozgalev ........... 1946-
14 Dec 2011 -             Oleg Aleksandrovich Kuvshinnikov ........... 1965-
 
 
Voronezh

Voronezh oblast, coat of arms (1997)   Voronezh oblast, coat of arms (2005) 

    1997-2005                 2005-

 

Head of the Administration

16 Oct 1991 - 18 Mar 1992 Viktor Kirillovich Kalashnikov ............. 1940-

10 Apr 1992 - 24 Sep 1996 Aleksandr Yakovlevich Kovalev .............. 1942-

24 Sep      - 18 Dec 1996 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Tsapin .............. 1949-

18 Dec 1996 - 29 Dec 2000 Ivan Mikhailovich Shabanov ................. 1939-

29 Dec 2000 - 12 Mar 2009 Vladimir Grigorievich Kulakov .............. 1944-

12 Mar 2009 -             Aleksey Vasilyevich Gordeyev ............... 1955-

 

 

Yaroslavl 

 

Yaroslavl, coat of arms (1995)  Yaroslavl oblast, coat of arms

1998-2001           2001-

 

Head of the Administration

03 Dec 1991 - 19 Dec 2007 Anatoly Ivanovich Lisitsyn ................. 1947-

19 Dec 2007 - 28 Apr 2012 Sergey Alekseyevich Vakhrukov .............. 1958-

28 Apr 2012 -             Sergey Nikolayevich Yastrebov .............. 1954-

 

Federal Cities
 

Moskva

 

Moscow (Russia), coat of arms

Adopted  1993-

 

Mayors

12 Jun 1991 - 06 Jun 1992 Gavril Kharitonovich Popov ................ 1936-

06 Jun 1992 - 28 Sep 2010 Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov ................. 1936-    UR

28 Sep      - 21 Oct 2010 Vladimir Iosifovich Resin ................. 1936-

21 Oct 2010 -             Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin ............... 1958-    UR

 

 

Sankt Petersburg

 

St. Petersburg (Russia), coat of arms  St. Petersburg, large coat of arms (2003) - vector image

 

27 May 1703               St. Petersburg founded

       1914 - 26 Jan 1924 Renamed Petrograd

26 Jan 1924               Renamed Leningrad

06 Sep 1991-              Name St. Petersburg restored

 

Mayors

12 Jun 1991 - 05 Jun 1996 Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak ............ 1937-2000

05 Jun 1996 - 16 Jun 2003 Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev ............ 1944-

16 Jun      - 15 Oct 2003 Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Beglov ............. 1956-

15 Oct 2003 - 22 Aug 2011 Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko .............. 1949-     UR

22 Aug 2011 -             Georgy SergeyevichPoltavchenko ........... 1953-

                          (actint)

Sevastopol

 

Sevastopol (Sebastopol), coat of arms (2000)

 

       1783               Sevastopol founded by Russia

16 Feb 1954               Ceded to the Ukrainian SSR

21 Mar 2014 -             Sevastopol annexed by Russia (not recognised by Ukraine)

 

Governors

01 Apr      - 14 Apr 2014 Aleksey Mikhailovich Chaly ............ s.a

                          (acting)

14 Apr 2014 -             Sergey Ivanovich Menyailo ............. 1960-

                          (acting)

Autonomous Oblast
 
Yevreyskaya (Jewish)

Jewish autonomous oblast, coat of arms

 

Head of the Administration

14 Dec 1991 - 25 Feb 2010 Nikolay Mikhailovich Volkov

25 Feb 2010 - 25 Fen 2015 Aleksandr Aranonovich Vinnikov

25 Feb 2015 - Aleksandr Borisovich Levintal (acting)

 

Autonomous okruga (Districts)

 

Chukotia

 

Chukotka, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

11 Nov 1991 - 17 Jan 2001 Aleksandr Viktorovich Nazarov

17 Jan 2001 - 03 Jul 2008 Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich

03 Jul 2008 -             Roman Valentinovich Kopin

 

Khanti-Mansi 

Khanty-Mansia - Yugra, coat of arms

 

Heads of the Administration

18 Dec 1991 - 01 Mar 2010 Aleksandr Vasilyevich Filipenko

01 Mar 2010 -             Natalya Valdimrovna Komarova

 

Nenets  

Nenetsia, coat of arms

 

Governors

01 Dec 1991 - 22 Feb 1996 Yury Vladimirovich Komarovsky .............. 1952-

22 Feb      - 25 Dec 1996 Vladimir Viktorovich Khabarov .............. 1951-2010

25 Dec 1996 - 18 Feb 2005 Vladimir Yakovlevich Butov ................. 1958-

18 Feb 2005 - 21 Jul 2006 Aleksey Viktorovich Barinov ................ 1951-     UR

21 Jul 2006 - 16 Feb 2009 Valery Nikolayevich Potanenko .............. 1958-

16 Feb 2009 - 22 Feb 2014 Igor Gennadyevich Fyodorov ................. 1964-     UR

22 Feb 2014 -             Igor Vladimirovich Koshin .................. 1977-     UR

 

Yamolo-Nenetsia

 

Yamal Nenetsia, coat of arms 

 

Governors

10 Oct 1991 - 12 Feb 1994 Lev Sergeyevich Bayandin

12 Feb 1994 - 16 Mar 2010 Yury Vasilyevich Neyelov

16 Mar 2010 -             Dmitry Nikolayevich Kobylkin

 

Major Cities
 
Kazan (Qazan)
 
Kazan (Tatarstan), coat of arms (1990s) - vector image Kazan (Tatarstan), coat of arms (2004) - vector image
   1990-2004     24 Dec 2004-
 
Mayors
14 Feb 1989 - 14 Nov 2005 Kamil Shamil uli Isxaqov
17 Nov 2005 -             Ilsur Räis uli Metshin
 
 
Novosibirsk
 
Novosibirsk (Novosibirsk oblast), coat of arms (1993) - vector image Novosibirsk (Novosibirsk oblast), coat of arms (2004) - vector image
     1993-2004                2004-
 
Mayors
       1996 - 31 Dec 1999 Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonsky
28 Mar 2000 - 09 Jan 2014 Vladimir Filippovich Gorodetsky
10 Jan 2014 -             Vladimir Mikhailovich Znatkov
 
 
Omsk
 
Omsk (Omsk oblast), coat of arms - vector image
 
Mayors
   Nov 1991 -    Jan 1994 Yury Yakovlevich Shoikhet
1994 - 2000               Valery Pavlovich Roshchupkin
2001 - 2005               Evgeny Ivanovich Belov
2005 - 2011               Viktor Filippovich Schreider
2011 -                    Vyacheslav Viktorovich Dvorakovskiy ........ 1949-
 
 
Samara
 
Samara (Samara oblast), coat of arms - vector image
 
Mayors
11 Jan 1992 - 31 Mar 1997 Oleg Nikolayevich Sysuev ................... 1953-
17 Mar      - 15 Jul 1997 Vladimir Ilich Lumpov
15 Jul 1997 - 22 Oct 2006 Georgy Sergeyevich Limansky ................ 1950-
23 Oct 2006 - 10 Oct 2010 Viktor Aleksandrovich Tarkhov
11 Oct 2010 -             Dmitry Igorevich Azarov .................... 1970-
 
 
Volgograd
 
Volgograd (Volgograd oblast), coat of arms (1999) - vector image
 
Mayors
1991 - 2003               Yury Viktorovich Chekhov
2003                      Aleksandr Vukmorovich Tyurin
14 Sep 2003 - 23 Oct 2006 Evgeny Petrovich Ishchenko ................. 1972-    LDPR
23 Oct 2006 - 20 May 2007 Roland Tamazovich Kheruanov
20 May 2007 - 23 Feb 2011 Roman Georgyevich Grebennikov .............. 1975-    KPRF
24 Feb 2011 - 27 Apr 2012 Sergey Nikolayevich Sokolov ................ 1961-    UR
27 Apr 2012 -             Valery Denisovich Vasilkov
 
 
Yekaterinburg
 
Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk oblast), coat of arms (1998) - vector image
 
Mayors
30 Jan 1992 - 02 Nov 2010 Arkady Mikhailovich Chernetsky ............. 1950-
02 Nov      - 23 Nov 2010 Aleksandr Edmundovich Jakob
                          (acting)
23 Nov 2010 - 09 Sep 2013 Evgeny Nikolayevich Porunov
09 Sep 2013 -             Yevgeny Vadimovich Roizman ................. 1962-     GP
 
Former Admin. divisions

Komi-Permyak Autonomous Oblast

 

Komi-Perm district (Perm krai), coat of arms (1996)

 

07 Dec 1977 - 30 Nov 2005 Komi Permyak autonomous Oblast

01 Dec 2005               Merged with Perm oblast

 

Heads of the Administration

14 Dec 1991 -    Dec 2000 Nikolay Andreyevich Poluyanov

   Dec 2000 - 30 Nov 2005 Gennady Petrovich Savelev

Agin-Buryat Okrug

 

Aghin Buriatia (Aghin Buryatia), coat of arms (1996)

 

01 Mar 2008               Okrug dissolved, becomes part of Zabaikalsky kray

 

Heads of the Administration

26 Dec 1991 - 13 Jan 1996 Gurodarma Tsedashi Tsedashi

13 Jan 1996 -    Feb 1997 Bolot Vandan Ayushi

   Feb 1997 - 29 Feb 2008 Bair Bayaskalan Zhamsu

 

Evenkia

 

Evenkia, coat of arms

 

07 Oct 1977               Evenkia autonomous okrug

01 Jan 2007               Merged into Krasnoyarsk kray

 

Heads of the Administration

18 Dec 1991 - 04 Apr 1997 Anatoly Mikhailovich Yakimov

04 Apr 1997 -    Apr 2001 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bokovikov ........ 1956-2010

   Apr 2001 - 31 Dec 2006 Boris Nikolayevich Zolotarev

Koryak

 

Koryakia district (Kamchatka krai), coat of arms

 

07 Oct 1977 - 30 Jun 2007 Autonomous okrug

01 Jul 2007 -             Merged with Kamchatka

 

Head of the Administration

16 Nov 1991 - 26 Nov 1996 Sergey Gennadyevich Leushkin

Governors

26 Nov 1996 - 16 Dec 2000 Valentina Tadeyevna Bronevich

16 Dec 2000 - 09 Mar 2005 Vladimir Aleksandrovich Loginov

09 Mar 2005 - 30 Jun 2007 Oleg Nikolayevich Kozhemyako

Taymyr Okrug

 

Taimyria, coat of arms

 

07 Oct 1977               Taymyr autonomous okrug

01 Jan 2007               Merged into Krasnoyarsk kray

 

Heads of the Administration

18 Dec 1991 - 21 Feb 2001 Gennady Pavlovich Nedelin

21 Feb 2001 - 10 Oct 2002 Aleksandr Gennadyevich Khloponin

10 Oct 2002 - 17 Feb 2003 Sergey Vladimirovich Naumen

17 Feb 2003 - 31 Dec 2006 Oleg Mikhailovich Budargin

Ust-Orda-Buryatia Okrug

 

Ust-Ord Buriatia (Ust-Ord Buryatia), coat of arms 

 

07 Oct 1977               Autonomous okrug

31 Dec 2007               Dissolved, merged with the Irkutsk oblast

 

Heads of the Administration

26 Dec 1991 - 19 Nov 1996 Aleksey Nikolayevich Batagayev

19 Nov 1996 - 26 Jan 2006 Valery Gennardyevich Maleyev

26 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2007 Aleksandr Georgiyevich Tishanin

KPRF=Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Communist)
GP=Grazhdanskaya Platforma (Civic Platform, liberal)
LDPR=Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (Russian nationalist, far-right)
SR=Spravedlivaya Rossiya (A Just Russia, Social-democratic)
UR=United Russia (Putin personalist, centerist)
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