a. ^ According to Article 13 of the Charter of Leningrad Oblast, the government bodies of the oblast are located in the city of St. Petersburg. However, St. Petersburg is not officially named to be the administrative center of the oblast. b. ^ According to Article 24 of the Charter of Moscow Oblast, the government bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Moscow and throughout the territory of Moscow Oblast. However, Moscow is not officially named to be the administrative center of the oblast. c. ^ Not recognized internationally as a part of Russia. Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation) (Russian). Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).