republics

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)