return {
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"}},