re: "granted, that information is not currently there," - my point exactly. And that's what I wanted from you: "Please write about this somewhere not in talk page". re: "in context of modern Russia (and undoubtedly some other countries as well) the term "administrative divisions" does not refer to federated entities" Therefore the article adminsitrative division must be split in two or more: one for the generic term, per dictionary: "administrative division - noun - a district defined for administrative purposes" and one or more for countries which have precise legal definition of the term. re: "simplifications for the sake of clarity" what exactly was simplified in the phrase I quoted?  There is a big distinction between "simplified" or "sloppified", or "dumbed down". For the latter we have Simple English wikipedia.