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The Names Of Geographic Objects

Original Language Title: О наименованиях географических объектов

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION

FEDERAL LAW

About geographical object names

Accepted by the State Duma style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 17 October 1997

Approved by the Federation Council style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 3 December 1997

(  The Federal Law of July 23, 2008. N 160-FZ

Russian Law Assembly, 2008, N st.

3616; Federal Act of 27 October 2008 N 191-FZ-Assembly

Russian federation legislation,  2008, N 44, 4997;

Federal Law style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 10 July 2012 N  99-FZ To Collection

legislation Russian  The Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979;

Federal Law style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 30 Dec 2015 N 431-FZ-Assembly

Russian legislation, 2016, N 1, article 51)

This federal  set the legal legal basis

in style="mso-spacerun:yes"> Naming Geographical

objects and renaming

normalization, usage,   registration, accounting , and

names of geographic   parts

Historical and Cultural Heritage of Peoples of the Russian Federation.

Article 1: Concepts

For the of this

Key Concepts:

geographic objects - or existing

relative to resilient,     characterized by

integral  Earth's education: Mainland, oceans,

seas, gulfs, straits, islands, mountains, rivers, lakes, glaciers, deserts

and other natural objects; of the republic,  edge, pane, Standalone

domain, autonomous regions; cities, including federal cities

values, , and other settlements; districts, administrative

areas, imaka, crooks, national districts, ulus, counties,

Village Councils, Blindness, Village Councils, National Rural

tips, rural districts, class="SpellE " > salons, counties and others

administrative-territorial                         Education

(administrative-territorial units); railway stations,

seaports and river ports, airports Federal Law

from 27 October 2008 N 191-FZ -  Collection   legislation

Russian Federation, 2008, N 44, st. 4997);

geographic    -

names, assigned to geographical objects style="mso-spacerun:yes"> and

for difference and recognition;

naming of geographic objects- assignment

names of geographic    objects and rename

places (in the red. Federal Act of 10 July 2012

g. N 99-FZ-Legislative Assembly of the Russian Federation, 2012,

N 29, article 3979);

Name normalization    object's geographical

spelling out name   The geographic of the object

public    The Russian c

public   The Russian

Peoples of the Russian Federation style="mso-spacerun:yes"> Russian

orthography of and spelling of other languages of the peoples of the Russian Federation Federation

and in matches

geographic objects of in specified languages (in the Fed

law of July 10, 2012 N 99-FZ - Legislation

Russian Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979);

(Paragraph was entered by the Federal Act style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 27 October 2008

191-FZ -Collection of Russian legislation, 2008, N

44, Art. 4997; has no effect on under the Federal Act of 10

July 2012 g. N 99-FZ - The collection of legislation style="mso-spacerun:yes"> Russian

Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979)

Article 2. Russian legislation

Geographical Names objects

Russian legislation   

geographic of  is based on in the Constitution of the Russian

Federation and consists of this Federal Law, class="GrameE " > incoming

in matches with laws and other  Normative

legal acts of the Russian Federation  of the Federal Law of

July 10, 2012 N 99-FZ - Assembly Russian

Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979).

Article 3: Scope of this Federal Law

This Federal  The law extends to

in the { \b } { \b }  normalization, of consumption

registering, accounting and geographical names

objects, specified in 1 of this Federal Law

geographic objects of the continental shelf of the shelf style="mso-spacerun:yes"> and Exclusive

Economic Russian federations, and geographic

objects, of public or dedicated  Russian explorersin

limits seas and Antarctica, unless otherwise provided

International treaties to the Russian Federation (to the Russian Federation) Federal

Act of 27 October 2008 N 191-FZ- legislation

Russian Federation, 2008, N 44, st. 4997).

Article 4: OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

setting, normalization, consumption,

registration, accounting, and naming

geographic objects

In the Russian scopes

normalization, usage,  registration, accounting , and

geographic objects ( in ) style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: ">

geographical object names) are:

defines a state  in in the naming area

objects;

naming      geographic and

renaming geographic objects  in order, installed

true Federal Law;

definition of single  requirements, rules and in in

names of geographic  objects, and creating and maintaining

State Geographical Names Directory;

Development and adoption of the federal programs in

geographical object names;

Definition of authorized federal bodies style="mso-spacerun:yes"> executive

authorities, implementing  

objects, , and (in )

law of 10 style="mso-spacerun:yes"> July 2012 N 99-FZ-Legislative Assembly

Russian Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979);

definition of order    in

geographical object names;

International cooperation of the Russian Federation style="mso-spacerun:yes"> Federation in

geographical object names;

Other issues in geographical object naming.

Article 5: Authorized federal authorities

executive authority, noun

naming control

geographic objects

Federal   The executive of power,

 

objects, in order, Russian legislation

Federation, implement    in in the pane

sites with other federal organs

executive authority style="mso-spacerun:yes"> (in 

Federal Law style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 10 July 2012 N  99-FZ To Collection

Russian legislation, 2012, N 29, article 3979).

Article 6: Unified requirements, rules and regulations

geographic object names

1. Uniform requirements, rules and rules in the area of names

is set to   Federal

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}   with other normative

legal acts of the Russian Federation (ed.) style="mso-spacerun:yes"> Federal Law

, July 10, 2012 N 99-FZ-Legislative Assembly style="mso-spacerun:yes"> Russian

Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979).

2. (Part 2 is lost due to Federal Law

10 July 2012 g. N 99-FZ-Legislative Assembly

Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979)

Article 6-1. Identify Existing Names

geographic objects

1. Existing object names

exposed on style="mso-spacerun:yes"> legal pieces

Russian

Federation, regulatory   Legal of the acts of the Russian

Federation, Statistical     data, data

cartographic and reference editions, other sources, and

through a population poll  territories, of the survey

local lore and other experts.

2. How to identify existing geographic names

is set to   by the Federal body

executive branch

(Article 6-1 introduced by Federal Act of July 10 2012 N

99-FZ-Russian legislation collection, 2012, N 29,

3979)

Article 7. Naming of geographical objects

1. (Part of 1 has become invalid under the Federal Act

July 10, 2012 N 99-FZ - Assembly Russian

Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979)

2. Name assigned to the geographical object

reflect the most specific  Object's object's symptoms,

the location in which this object is located, or features life

and activities of the appropriate territory,

more than three words, naturally fits in already class="Gramee " > existing

Geographic Object Name System.

Geographic objects   can give names

directly participating in the opening,  learning, learning

or base objects outstanding

public and public figures, 

cultures and other services to the State posthumously

can be set to  geographical objects that do not have

names.

Assign the same name to multiple items uniform

geographical objects within an administrative-territorial

education (Administrator's style="mso-spacerun:yes"> units)

(in  The Federal Act of October 27, 2008

191-FZ- Collection of Russian legislation, 2008, N

44, article 4997).

3. Renaming of object is validin

casesif:

two or more style="mso-spacerun:yes"> homogeneous object types within

have one and style="mso-spacerun:yes">

business or            Other Activities

                        Education

(administrative-territorial unit) style="mso-spacerun:yes"> (in Federal

Act of 27 October 2008 N 191-FZ- legislation

Russian Federation, 2008, N 44, st. 4997);

  is indicated by the abbreviation, number or

phrase, executing style="mso-spacerun:yes"> geographical names functions

objects, but are not in reality;

existing spelling of the name of the geographic object class="GrameE " > on

State Language of the Russian Federation  or in other languages

Peoples of the Russian Federation style="mso-spacerun:yes"> does not match the rules of the Russian

spelling or other people

Federation and Geographical Names

objects in specified languages (paragraph entered by the Federal  by

10 July 2012 g. N 99-FZ-Legislative Assembly

Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979).

Rename Geographic  in

aims to return separate geographic objects  Name,

known in the past and present.

Article 8: Name normalization and naming

geographic objects

1. Normalization

Russian is performed by the federal authority

in  conformance with and traditions

usage of names of geographical objects in Russian Language (s)

(in the Ed. of the Federal Act style="mso-spacerun:yes"> October 2008 N 191-FZ 

Assembly Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2008, N 44, st.

4997; of the Federal Act of 10 July 2012 style="mso-spacerun:yes"> n 99-FZ -

Russian legislation, 2012, N 29, article 3979).

Normalization of geographical names style="mso-spacerun:yes"> objects in

languages of the peoples of the Russian Federation are implemented according to c

rules and custom 

objects in specified languages.

The Federal Act of

10 July 2012 g. N 99-FZ-Legislative Assembly

Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979)

Federal Law

, July 10, 2012 N 99-FZ-Legislative Assembly style="mso-spacerun:yes"> Russian

Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979)

2. In documents, cartographic, other editions of Russian

language or other   Russian   Russian Federation

used installed geographical object names (in

Fred. Federal style="mso-spacerun:yes"> July 10, 2012. N 99-FZ-Assembly

Russian legislation, 2012, N 29, article 3979).

In intended style="mso-spacerun:yes"> usage in Russian

The Federation and its boundaries, cartographic, and other

Editions foreign s Latin  system    graphics

name of geographic   Russian Federation objects

geographic objects of the continental shelf of the shelf style="mso-spacerun:yes"> and Exclusive

Economic Russian federations, and assigned in

Russian geographic objects, open or

allocated by Russian researchers within the high seas style="mso-spacerun:yes"> and

Antarctica, letters style="mso-spacerun:yes"> alphabets. Writing

geographical object names with the letters Latin

is implemented based on the given names geographic

objects in Russian Federal Act of 27 October

2008 N 191-FZ-Legislative Assembly of the Russian Federation Federation,

2008, N 44, , 4997; Federal Law July 10, 2012 N

99-FZ-Russian legislation collection, 2012, N 29,

3979).

3. Names of geographic objects on the and other

pointers in the territory of the Russian Federation is written in Russian

language. If necessary, these items are also written in other

languages people of of the Russian Federation, taking into account the interests of the population

respective territories, and  can duplicate

Latin alphabet.

Article 9: Geographynaming order

objects and renaming geographical

objects

1. Naming Naming Naming Geographical

or renaming objects can

to be contributed by state  Russian Federation

State  Russian authorities

local   self-government, and public

joins, legal    by citizens Russian

Federation.

2. Naming Naming Naming Geographical

objects (excluding railway stations,  sea ports and

river ports, airports, limits

internal waters, geographic territorial seas objects

continental shelf and exclusive zone

Russian Federation,  geographic objects, open or

Russian explorers in the range on the high seas and

Antarctica or of renaming

documents, to support   the sentences, , and calculations

required cost     are sent to Legislative

(representative) organs   State authorities

Russian Federation, on territories style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: ">

objects

Legislative (representative)   State

Subjects of the Russian Federation style="mso-spacerun:yes"> federations see

clauses, inform the population  corresponding territories

required costs and   specified

clauses in order, established by the laws of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation

Federation.

The specified ( legislative

(representative) organs   State authorities

Russian Federation, documents

clauses, , and Calculation of required is directed

legislative (representative)   State

authorities     The Russian

federal executive authority approved.

3. Naming Naming Proposals Rail

stations, sea ports style="mso-spacerun:yes"> and river ports, airports,

geographic objects within internal waters, Geographic

objects of the territorial   The sea, of the continental shelf

Exclusive economic    Russian Federation zones

geographic objects,  open or Russian

researchers in and Antarctica, or

renaming objects, documents,

substantiating specified offerings, , and calculations required cost

in mandated by executive

power, performs expertise for suggestions and

directs to reconcile interested

federal organs  of the executive of the specified clauses c

documents, of supporting  specified clauses, , and

cost calculations.

How to reconcile  naming naming

rail stations,   by sea and river

airport, objects  in inner waters,

geographic objects  the territorial of the continental

shelf and exclusive economic zone  Russian Federation

geographic objects,   open or Russian

researchers within of an open  and Antarctica, , or

renaming objects

Russian Federation Government

4. Forensics of assignments   Name

geographical objects and renaming Geographic  objects

and Issue of the suggestions are implemented in

order, by the body

executive branch

5. Naming republics, edges, regions,

federal cities   values, in the autonomous region, offline

and renaming republics, edges, cities

federal values,  Offline in the Autonomous District

implemented in matches with Russian

Federation.

Assigning Names to Capitals  and administrative centers

Subjects Russian   The Federation and

administrative centers    of the Russian Federation

executed by Federal   

Legislative (Representative) Bodies style="mso-spacerun:yes"> authorities

Subjects of the Russian Federation.

Assignment to Russian cities (for

exception of federal cities values) and renaming such

cities are  federal

} views

legislative (representative)  State authorities

Subjects of the Russian Federation.

6. Assigning names to objects (for

exclude republics, style="mso-spacerun:yes"> areas, federal

value, offline   regions, districts, capitals and

administrative centers of subjects Russian Federation, cities

Russian Federation  and Rename of specified geographic

objects are implemented  Russian Federation o

view of the delegate  of the Executive

authorities.

(Article 9  in the Federal Act of 10 July 2012

99-FZ-Russian legislation collection, 2012, N 29,

3979)

Article 10: Registration and accounting of geographical names

objects. State Catalogue Geographical

titles

1. Names of geographical objects to be registered and

Federal Act of July 10 2012 N 99-FZ

Assembly Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2012, N 29, st.

3979).

Registration and accounting style="mso-spacerun:yes"> object names

Russian Federation,  continental shelf and

Russian Federation and Geographic  objects

open or  Russian

open of the and Antarctica, is trusted

Federal Organ authority or decision

this subordinate state

{ institution

} Federal Act of 10 July 2012 N 99-FZ-

Assembly Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2012, N 29, st.

3979).

2. and { \cs6\f1\cf6\lang1024 }    stable

consuming in Russian  Geographical Names Federation

objects and to save names

State Catalogue of Geographical Names. Authoring Activities

State of the  and { \cs6\f1\cf6\lang1024

executes the authorized federal  

or on the base of the Departmental

  Federal Law

from 27 October 2008 N 191-FZ -  Collection   legislation

Russian Federation, 2008, N 44, st. 4997; Federal Law of

10 July 2012 g. N 99-FZ-Legislative Assembly

Federation, 2012, N 29, st. 3979).

3. Federal executive authorities within their limits

competences implement   preparation and Edition of

geographical object names, as well as maps

atlases of the Russian Federation. authorities

Subjects of the Russian Federation of the can register registration,

counting, preparation and edition of the directories, dictionaries and

names of geographic  objects in the languages of the peoples Russian

Federations, taking into account the interests of the population of the respective territories.

Contents of names dictionaries and reference books geographic

objects before edition consistent with   trusted by the

executive federal law of 27

October 2008 N 191-FZ-  The RussianCollection

Federation, 2008, N 44, 4997; Federal Act of 10 July

2012. N 99-FZ-Assembly of Russian Legislation style="mso-spacerun:yes"> federations,

2012, N 29, st. 3979).

4. registration and of geographical names

objects, of the and names

objects, a 

State of the  and { \cs6\f1\cf6\lang1024

is installed by an authorized federal organ style="mso-spacerun:yes"> Execution

(in  Federal Act of July 23, 2008 N 160-FZ

Russian Law Assembly, 2008, N st.

3616; Federal The July 10, 2012 N 99-FZ-Assembly

Russian legislation, 2012, N 29, article 3979).

Article 11. Liability for violation of the law

Name of the Russian Federation

geographic objects

1. objects as an integral part

Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Peoples Russian Federations

guard by the state.  One-name replacement

geographic of    Other, Consumption of

geographical object names are not allowed.

2. Violation of the requirements of this Federal Law entails

administrative or other responsibility according to c

Russian legislation.

3. Securing Compliance Requirements

Russian Federation style="mso-spacerun:yes"> objects

implemented by Federal   by the executive authority

authorized on   implementation of Federal state

oversight in  Geodesy and maps (part of 3 geodesy style="mso-spacerun:yes">    entered

Federal By Law style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 30 Dec 2015 N 431-FZ-Assembly

Russian legislation, 2016, N 1, article 51, joining

due to 1 January 2017).

Article 12: Financing Work in Names

geographic objects

1. and  

names of geographical objects, preparing and publishing dictionaries

and manuals style="mso-spacerun:yes"> objects in Russian

language account of the Federal budget,

funding for style="mso-spacerun:yes"> authorities

executive power running in

referenced works

2. and   

names of geographical objects, preparing and publishing dictionaries

and manuals style="mso-spacerun:yes">

State Languages in the Russian Federation or

in other languages Russian  The Federation for

account of   for works

Subjects of the Russian Federation.

3. assignment to    Name

geographic object or geographical

object is funded from the budget of the actor class="Gram" "> Russian

Federation, in corresponding

geographical object and public authorities

sent or added to installed real Federal

proposal style="mso-spacerun:yes"> assigning geographical

object or renaming a geographic object

In the case of, if about naming

geographic objects style="mso-spacerun:yes"> (excluding railway stations,

seaports and river ports, airports, geographical locations

within internal waters, geographic objects of territorial

Sea, of the continental shelf and exclusive economic development style="mso-spacerun:yes"> zones

Russian Federation,   geographic objects, open or

allocated by Russian researchers within the high seas style="mso-spacerun:yes"> and

Antarctica or renaming geographic objects

contributing to     legislative (representative)

state of power  Russian bodies

State power of the Russian Federation, financing the work

for naming o

renaming geographic 

federal   budget allocated to

activity of the corresponding   The state authority

Russian Federation.

In the case of,   if naming

rail stations,   by sea and river

Airports or About Renaming referenced Geographic objects

in delegate federal executive body

State    Russian Federation

financing works on Naming Naming

Geographical

or by rename objects

is funded by the federal budget, allocated by the on

financing the activity of the appropriate public authority

Russian Federation

In the case of,   if naming

rail stations,   by sea and river

Airports or About Renaming referenced Geographic objects

in delegate federal executive body

local  Self-governance, public associations,

legal faces,     by citizens of of the Russian Federation,

financing works on Naming Naming

Geographical

or by rename objects

is maintained by of  hence the local budget,

public association, legal person, citizen Russian

Federation.

Naming  geographical objects in

internal waters, geographic territorial objects of the sea

continental shelf and exclusive zone

Russian Federation,  geographic objects, open or

selected Russian researchers within the high seas and

Antarctica, , and Renaming objects

is funded by the federal budget, allocated by the on

Financing Activities  of the Federal authority

executive branch

(Part 3 in the red. Federal Act of 10 July 2012 N 99-FZ

Russian Federation Law Assembly, 2012, n 29, st.

3979)

Article 13. To bring legal acts into conformity

with this Federal Law

1. Recognize invalid force Presidency

Supreme Council RSFSR style="mso-spacerun:yes"> from 21 July 1980   " O   later

upgrading rename and

administrative-territorial units  and populated in

RSFSR (statements by Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, 1980, N 30, sect. 895)

2. Recognize territories   Russian

Federation:

Supreme style="mso-spacerun:yes"> September 11, 1957

" About Ordering Ordering style="mso-spacerun:yes"> Naming

public figures of  administrative-territorial units

items,  to enterprises, to institutions and

other objects  (Statements of Supreme Soviet of the USSR, 1957, N 19,

494);

Decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR September

1964 N 2879-VI " About naming and renaming edges,

areas, areas, style="mso-spacerun:yes"> also

enterprises, of kolkhozes, organizations

Supreme Soviet of the USSR, 1964, N 45, sect. 506);

Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 17 September

1979 N 781-X " About the Practice of Law Enforcement

names and   Rename Administrative-Territorial

units and  Human settlements of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

1979, N 39, article 642);

Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 13 August 1980 a year

N 2674-X " About changes and in the some

USSR's

legislative acts of order names and renaming

administrative-territorial units, settlements, and others

objects and naming public and public

{ President of the USSR Supreme Council of the USSR, 1980, N 34, } } 691).

3. Propose the Russian Federation and  Instruct

Government Russian  The federation to match c

true Federal Law their legal acts.

Article 14. On the entry into force of this Federal Law

This Federal   style="mso-spacerun:yes">

official publication.

Moscow, Kremlin

18 December 1997

N 152-FZ