Hi, Mary -
A while back I was looking for such a list for a friend of mine (not a
geographer or map librarian) who needed a subdivisions list. So, Annie
might take a look at wikipedia.org and search on:
Russian administrative subdivisions
which should give up the following URI:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia
There's a map there (with a little larger version when you click on the
teeny map) that showing 83 second order subdivisions, which would match
with the number of objects she's looking for. Curiously, which will
probably drive librarians nuts, these subdivisions, according to the
wikipedia page, are called *subjects.
*HTH.
v
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Mary Larsgaard wrote:
> Annie Platoff, a librarian here who's > working with our Russian materials, > needs a list of the 83 administrative > subdivisions of Russia (current), > and does not want to use the LC transliterations > because she has noticed in her reading/research > that this form of transliteration does not > seem to be what is commonly used > outside the library world. > > She has already looked at several > different reference tools (e.g., NMA's > online gazetteer; Columbia gaz; Admin subdivisions; etc.) and so far > the only solution she's coming up > with is to look up the name of each > of these divisions in the most current > Merriam-Webster's geographical > dictionary and compile her own > list, and in the work she's doing > note that the forms of names for these > divisions are all taken from MWGD. > > Does anyone know of any other reference source > that would list these administrative divisions > of Russia as they currently are? > Any assistance is much appreciated. > > Mary >
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