Geographical Object
Geographical object — existing or previously existed relatively stable, characterized by a specific location integral formations of the Earth: continents, oceans, seas, bays, straits, islands, mountains, rivers, lakes, glaciers, deserts and other natural objects; republics, regions, areas, autonomous area, autonomous okrugs; cities, including cities of federal significance, and other populated places; districts, administrative districts, aimaks, khozhuns, national districts, ulus, volosts, village councils, naslegs, rural councils, national rural councils, rural districts, somons, stanichnye districts and other administrative-territorial formations (administrative-territorial units); railway stations, sea ports and river ports, airports1;
Federal Law of December 18, 1997 No. 152-FZ "On the Names of Geographical Objects", as amended on December 30, 2021, Article 1 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 1997. No. 51. Article 5718. ↩