ADYGEA
ALTAI
BASHKORTOSTAN
BURYATIA
CHECHNYA
CHUVASHIA
CRIMEA
DAGESTAN
INGUSHETIA
KABARDINO-BALKARIA
KALMYKIA
KARACHAY-CHERKESSIA
KARELIA
KHAKASSIA
KOMI
MARI EL
MORDOVIA
NORTH OSSETIA-ALANIA
SAKHA REPUBLIC
TATARSTAN
TUVA
UDMURTIA
(22 republics)
(nominally autonomous, each has its own constitution and legislature; is represented by the federal government in international affairs; is meant to be home to a specific ethnic minority)