lang = "ru", -- some names (mistakenly?) have language code "ur" (Urdu) in the standard
-- Administrative regions and autonomous region (oblasts and autonomous oblast)
 ["AMU"] = {name="Amur Oblast",isonames={ru="Amurskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Amurskaya oblast'"}},
 ["ARK"] = {name="Arkhangelsk Oblast",isonames={ru="Arhangel'skaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Arkhangel'skaya oblast'"}},
 ["AST"] = {name="Astrakhan Oblast",isonames={ru="Astrahanskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Astrakhanskaya oblast'"}},
 ["BEL"] = {name="Belgorod Oblast",isonames={ru="Belgorodskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Belgorodskaya oblast'"}},
 ["BRY"] = {name="Bryansk Oblast",isonames={ru="Brjanskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Bryanskaya oblast'"}},
 ["CHE"] = {name="Chelyabinsk Oblast",isonames={ru="Čeljabinskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Chelyabinskaya oblast'"}},
 ["IRK"] = {name="Irkutsk Oblast",isonames={ru="Irkutskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Irkutskaya oblast'"}},
 ["IVA"] = {name="Ivanovo Oblast",isonames={ru="Ivanovskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Ivanovskaya oblast'"}},
 ["KEM"] = {name="Kemerovo Oblast",isonames={ru="Kemerovskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Kemerovskaya oblast'"}},
 ["KGD"] = {name="Kaliningrad Oblast",isonames={ru="Kaliningradskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Kaliningradskaya oblast'"}},
 ["KGN"] = {name="Kurgan Oblast",isonames={ru="Kurganskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Kurganskaya oblast'"}},
 ["KIR"] = {name="Kirov Oblast",isonames={ru="Kirovskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Kirovskaya oblast'"}},
 ["KLU"] = {name="Kaluga Oblast",isonames={ru="Kalužskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Kaluzhskaya oblast'"}},
 ["KOS"] = {name="Kostroma Oblast",isonames={ru="Kostromskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Kostromskaya oblast'"}},
 ["KRS"] = {name="Kursk Oblast",isonames={ru="Kurskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Kurskaya oblast'"}},
 ["LEN"] = {name="Leningrad Oblast",isonames={ru="Leningradskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Leningradskaya oblast'"}},
 ["LIP"] = {name="Lipetsk Oblast",isonames={ru="Lipeckaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Lipetskaya oblast'"}},
 ["MAG"] = {name="Magadan Oblast",isonames={ru="Magadanskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Magadanskaya oblast'"}},
 ["MOS"] = {name="Moscow Oblast",isonames={ru="Moskovskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Moskovskaya oblast'"}},
 ["MUR"] = {name="Murmansk Oblast",isonames={ru="Murmanskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Murmanskaya oblast'"}},
 ["NGR"] = {name="Novgorod Oblast",isonames={ru="Novgorodskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Novgorodskaya oblast'"}},
 ["NIZ"] = {name="Nizhny Novgorod Oblast",isonames={ru="Nižegorodskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Nizhegorodskaya oblast'"}},
 ["NVS"] = {name="Novosibirsk Oblast",isonames={ru="Novosibirskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Novosibirskaya oblast'"}},
 ["OMS"] = {name="Omsk Oblast",isonames={ru="Omskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Omskaya oblast'"}},
 ["ORE"] = {name="Orenburg Oblast",isonames={ru="Orenburgskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Orenburgskaya oblast'"}},
 ["ORL"] = {name="Oryol Oblast",isonames={ru="Orlovskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Orlovskaya oblast'"}},
 ["PNZ"] = {name="Penza Oblast",isonames={ru="Penzenskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Penzenskaya oblast'"}},
 ["PSK"] = {name="Pskov Oblast",isonames={ru="Pskovskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Pskovskaya oblast'"}},
 ["ROS"] = {name="Rostov Oblast",isonames={ru="Rostovskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Rostovskaya oblast'"}},
 ["RYA"] = {name="Ryazan Oblast",isonames={ru="Rjazanskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Ryazanskaya oblast'"}},
 ["SAK"] = {name="Sakhalin Oblast",isonames={ru="Sahalinskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Sakhalinskaya oblast'"}},
 ["SAM"] = {name="Samara Oblast",isonames={ru="Samarskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Samarskaya oblast'"}},
 ["SAR"] = {name="Saratov Oblast",isonames={ru="Saratovskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Saratovskaya oblast'"}},
 ["SMO"] = {name="Smolensk Oblast",isonames={ru="Smolenskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Smolenskaya oblast'"}},
 ["SVE"] = {name="Sverdlovsk Oblast",isonames={ru="Sverdlovskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Sverdlovskaya oblast'"}},
 ["TAM"] = {name="Tambov Oblast",isonames={ru="Tambovskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Tambovskaya oblast'"}},
 ["TOM"] = {name="Tomsk Oblast",isonames={ru="Tomskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Tomskaya oblast'"}},
 ["TUL"] = {name="Tula Oblast",isonames={ru="Tul'skaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Tul'skaya oblast'"}},
 ["TVE"] = {name="Tver Oblast",isonames={ru="Tverskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Tverskaya oblast'"}},
 ["TYU"] = {name="Tyumen Oblast",isonames={ru="Tjumenskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Tyumenskaya oblast'"}},
 ["ULY"] = {name="Ulyanovsk Oblast",isonames={ru="Ul'janovskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Ul'yanovskaya oblast'"}},
 ["VGG"] = {name="Volgograd Oblast",isonames={ru="Volgogradskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Volgogradskaya oblast'"}},
 ["VLA"] = {name="Vladimir Oblast",isonames={ru="Vladimirskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Vladimirskaya oblast'"}},
 ["VLG"] = {name="Vologda Oblast",isonames={ru="Vologodskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Vologodskaya oblast'"}},
 ["VOR"] = {name="Voronezh Oblast",isonames={ru="Voronežskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Voronezhskaya oblast'"}},
 ["YAR"] = {name="Yaroslavl Oblast",isonames={ru="Jaroslavskaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Yaroslavskaya oblast'"}},
 ["YEV"] = {name="Jewish Autonomous Oblast",isonames={ru="Evrejskaja avtonomnaja oblast'",ru_bgn="Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast'"}},
-- Republics
 ["AD"] = {name="Adygea",isonames={ru="Adygeja, Respublika",ru_bgn="Adygeya, Respublika"},altnames={"Republic of Adygea","Adyghe Republic"}},
 ["AL"] = {name="Altai Republic",isonames={ru="Altaj, Respublika",ru_bgn="Altay, Respublika"}},
 ["BA"] = {name="Bashkortostan",isonames={ru="Baškortostan, Respublika",ru_bgn="Bashkortostan, Respublika"},altnames={"Republic of Bashkortostan","Bashkiria"}},
 ["BU"] = {name="Buryatia",isonames={ru="Burjatija, Respublika",ru_bgn="Buryatiya, Respublika"},altnames={"Republic of Buryatia"}},
 ["CE"] = {name="Chechnya",isonames={ru="Čečenskaja Respublika",ru_bgn="Chechenskaya Respublika"},altnames={"Chechen Republic"}},
 ["CU"] = {name="Chuvashia",isonames={ru="Čuvašskaja Respublika",ru_bgn="Chuvashskaya Respublika"},altnames={"Chuvash Republic"}},
 ["DA"] = {name="Dagestan",isoname="Dagestan, Respublika",altnames={"Republic of Dagestan"}},
 ["IN"] = {name="Ingushetia",isonames={ru="Ingušetija, Respublika",ru_bgn="Ingushetiya, Respublika"},altnames={"Republic of Ingushetia"}},
 ["KB"] = {name="Kabardino-Balkaria",isonames={ru="Kabardino-Balkarskaja Respublika",ru_bgn="Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika"},altnames={"Kabardino-Balkar Republic"}},
 ["KC"] = {name="Karachay-Cherkessia",isonames={ru="Karačaevo-Čerkesskaja Respublika",ru_bgn="Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika"},altnames={"Karachay-Cherkess Republic"}},
 ["KK"] = {name="Khakassia",isonames={ru="Hakasija, Respublika",ru_bgn="Khakasiya, Respublika"},altnames={"Republic of Khakassia"}},
 ["KL"] = {name="Kalmykia",isonames={ru="Kalmykija, Respublika",ru_bgn="Kalmykiya, Respublika"},altnames={"Republic of Kalmykia"}},
 ["KO"] = {name="Komi Republic",isoname="Komi, Respublika",altnames={"Komi"}},
 ["KR"] = {name="Republic of Karelia",isonames={ru="Karelija, Respublika",ru_bgn="Kareliya, Respublika"},altnames={"Karelia"}},
 ["ME"] = {name="Mari El",isonames={ru="Marij Èl, Respublika",ru_bgn="Mariy El, Respublika"},altnames={"Mari El Republic"}},
 ["MO"] = {name="Mordovia",isonames={ru="Mordovija, Respublika",ru_bgn="Mordoviya, Respublika"},altnames={"Republic of Mordovia"}},
 ["SA"] = {name="Sakha Republic",isonames={ru="Sakha, Respublika",ru_bgn="Saha, Respublika"},altnames={"Sakha","Yakutia","Sakha (Yakutia)","Sakha (Yakutia) Republic"}},
 ["SE"] = {name="North Ossetia-Alania",isonames={ru="Severnaja Osetija, Respublika",ru_bgn="Severnaya Osetiya, Respublika"},altnames={"Republic of North Ossetia-Alania","North Ossetia","Republic of North Ossetia"}},
 ["TA"] = {name="Tatarstan",isoname="Tatarstan, Respublika",altnames={"Republic of Tatarstan"}},
 ["TY"] = {name="Tuva",isoname="Tyva, Respublika",altnames={"Tyva","Tuva Republic","Tyva Republic"}},
 ["UD"] = {name="Udmurtia",isonames={ru="Udmurtskaja Respublika",ru_bgn="Udmurtskaya Respublika"},altnames={"Udmurt Republic"}},
-- Administrative territories (krais)
 ["ALT"] = {name="Altai Krai",isonames={ru="Altajskij kraj",ru_bgn="Altayskiy kray"}},
 ["KAM"] = {name="Kamchatka Krai",isonames={ru="Kamčatskij kraj",ru_bgn="Kamchatskiy kray"}},
 ["KDA"] = {name="Krasnodar Krai",isonames={ru="Krasnodarskij kraj",ru_bgn="Krasnodarskiy kray"}},
 ["KHA"] = {name="Khabarovsk Krai",isonames={ru="Habarovskij kraj",ru_bgn="Khabarovskiy kray"}},
 ["KYA"] = {name="Krasnoyarsk Krai",isonames={ru="Krasnojarskij kraj",ru_bgn="Krasnoyarskiy kray"}},
 ["PER"] = {name="Perm Krai",isonames={ru="Permskij kraj",ru_bgn="Permskiy kray"}},
 ["PRI"] = {name="Primorsky Krai",isonames={ru="Primorskij kraj",ru_bgn="Primorskiy kray"}},
 ["STA"] = {name="Stavropol Krai",isonames={ru="Stavropol'skij kraj",ru_bgn="Stavropol'skiy kray"}},
 ["ZAB"] = {name="Zabaykalsky Krai",isonames={ru="Zabajkal'skij kraj",ru_bgn="Zabaykal'skiy kray"}},
-- Autonomous districts (okrugs)
 ["CHU"] = {name="Chukotka Autonomous Okrug",isonames={ru="Čukotskij avtonomnyj okrug",ru_bgn="Chukotskiy avtonomnyy okrug"}},
 ["KHM"] = {name="Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra",isonames={ru="Hanty-Mansijskij avtonomnyj okrug",ru_bgn="Khanty-Mansiyskiy avtonomnyy okrug"},altnames={"Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug","Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra"}},
 ["NEN"] = {name="Nenets Autonomous Okrug",isonames={ru="Neneckij avtonomnyj okrug",ru_bgn="Nenetskiy avtonomnyy okrug"}},
 ["YAN"] = {name="Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug",isonames={ru="Jamalo-Neneckij avtonomnyj okrug",ru_bgn="Yamalo-Nenetskiy avtonomnyy okrug"}},
-- Autonomous cities
 ["MOW"] = {name="Moscow",isoname="Moskva"},
 ["SPE"] = {name="Saint Petersburg",isoname="Sankt-Peterburg",altnames={"St. Petersburg"}}