Key Benefits:
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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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
RussianFederation, 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
} viewslegislative (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
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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 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 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
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