Provinces & states

First-level administrative divisions, their capitals, population and area.

Province / state	Country	Capital	Population	Area
Rep. of Kalmykiya	Russia	Elista	318,500	76,100
Rep. of Karelia	Russia	Petrozavodsk	785,000	172,400
Rep. of Khakassiya	Russia	Abakan	585,800	61,900
Rep. of Komi	Russia	Syktyvkar	1,185,500	415,900
Rep. of Mariy El	Russia	Yoshkar Ola	766,300	23,200
Rep. of Mordovia	Russia	Saransk	955,800	26,200
Rep. of North Ossetiya	Russia	Vladikavkaz	662,600	8,000
Rep. of Sakha	Russia	Yakutsk	1,022,800	3,103,200
Rep. of Tatarstan	Russia	Kazan	3,760,500	68,000
Rep. of Tyva	Russia	Kyzyl	309,700	170,500
Rostovskaya oblast	Russia	Rostov no Donu	4,426,400	100,800
Ryazanskaya oblast	Russia	Ryazan	1,325,300	39,600
Sakhalinskaya oblast	Russia	Yuzhno Sakhalinsk	647,800	87,100
Samarskaya oblast	Russia	Samara	3,311,500	53,600
Sankt Peterburg	Russia	Sankt Peterburg	4,801,500	—
Saratovskaya oblast	Russia	Saratov	2,739,500	100,200
Smolenskaya oblast	Russia	Smolensk	1,172,400	49,800
Stavropolsky kray	Russia	Stavropol	2,667,000	66,500
Sverdlovskaya oblast	Russia	Yekaterinburg	4,686,300	194,300
Tambovskaya oblast	Russia	Tambov	1,310,600	34,300
Tomskaya oblast	Russia	Tomsk	1,077,600	316,900
Tulskaya oblast	Russia	Tula	1,814,500	25,700
Tverskaya oblast	Russia	Tver	1,650,600	84,100
Tyumenskaya oblast	Russia	Tyumen	3,169,900	1,435,200
Udmurt Republic	Russia	Izhevsk	1,639,100	42,100
Ulyanovskaya oblast	Russia	Simbirsk	1,495,200	37,300
Vladimirskaya oblast	Russia	Vladimir	1,644,700	29,000
Volgogradskaya oblast	Russia	Volgograd	2,703,700	113,900
Vologodskaya oblast	Russia	Vologda	1,349,800	145,700
Voronezhskaya oblast	Russia	Voronezh	2,503,800	52,400
Yaroslavskaya oblast	Russia	Yaroslavl	1,451,400	36,400
Yevreyskaya avt. oblast	Russia	Birobidzhan	209,900	36,000