Административно-территориальное устройство субъектов Российской Федерации: понятие и проблемы правового регулирования

Abstract

The following article is devoted to issues of administrative-territorial structure of Russian Federation's regions which is viewed as one of constituents of territorial division of the country, together with the federative structure, territorial structures of local governments and division of local territories. Notions and issues of legal regulations for administrative-territorial structures are examined through analyses of regional laws. The author comes to conclusion that today regional legislation about administrativeterritorial structures regulates such issues as education, transformation of localities, and in some cases delimitation of territories for territorial bodies. The reason is that there are some gaps in the federal legislation. So, it is necessary to pass a federal law which will regulate common principles of territorial division in Russian Federation.