Military district (Russian Federation)

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A military district (Russian: вое́нный о́круг, voyenny okrug) in the Russian Federation operates under the command of the district headquarters, headed by the district commander, and is subordinated to the Ground Forces Headquarters. It is a territorial association of military units, formations, military schools, and various local military establishments. This territorial division type was historically adopted, originally by Imperial Russia, to provide a more efficient management of army units, their training and other operations activities related to combat readiness.

In today's Russia, there are 6 military districts:

• Moscow Military District (Моско́вский, Moskovsky) —Moscow region
• Leningrad Military District (Ленингра́дский, Leningradsky) —St. Petersburg region
• North Caucasus Military District (Се́веро-Кавка́зский, Severo-Kavkazsky) —Northern Caucasus region
• Volga-Ural Military District (Приво́лжско-Ура́льский, Privolzhsko-Uralsky) —Volga region and the Urals
• Siberian Military District (Сиби́рский, Sibirsky) —Siberia region
• Far East Military District (Дальневосто́чный, Dalnevostochny) —Russian Far East

In this classification, Kaliningrad and the surrounding Kaliningrad Oblast are considered to be a special region.

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