Administrative divisions of Moscow Oblast

This is a list of the administrative and municipal divisions of Moscow Oblast, a federal subject of Russia.

Moscow Oblast is located in the Central Federal District of Russia, and surrounds Moscow, the capital of Russia. While Moscow hosts the majority of the government bodies of the oblast, it does not officially serve as the oblast's administrative center and is not otherwise associated with the oblast either administratively or municipally.

The oblast is, like other Russian federal subjects, subdivided for the purposes of the state administration and for the purposes of the local self-government, the rights to which are guaranteed by the Constitution of Russia. While the administrative and municipal divisions are not required by law to be identical, the system of municipal divisions in Moscow Oblast, having been created on the basis of existing administrative divisions, has only minor differences from the system of administrative divisions.

History
The oblast was established within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on January 14, 1929, as Central Industrial Oblast (Центральнопромышленная область) from abolished Moscow, Ryazan, Tula, and Tver Governorates, as well as from parts of Kaluga and Vladimir Governorates. On June 3, 1929, the oblast was given its present name.

In September 1937, the oblast was split into Moscow, Ryazan, and Tula Oblasts, thus establishing itself in its present borders.

A part of Moscow Oblast's territory, including the towns of Troitsk, Shcherbinka, and Moskovsky, urban-type settlements of Kokoshkino and Kiyevsky, as well as parts of territories of Leninsky, Naro-Fominsky, and Podolsky Districts, was transferred to the federal city of Moscow on July 1, 2012.

Administrative division structure
In terms of administrative division, the Oblast is divided into:
 * cities/towns under the Oblast administration;
 * urban-type settlements under the Oblast administration;
 * closed administrative-territorial formations.

Municipal divisions structure
In terms of the local self-government, the Oblast is divided into:
 * urban okrugs.


 * Closed administrative-territorial formations:
 * Towns:
 * Krasnoznamensk (Краснознаменск)
 * Urban-type settlements:
 * Molodyozhny (Молодёжный)
 * Voskhod (Восход)
 * Settlements:
 * Vlasikha (Власиха)
 * Zvyozdny gorodok (Звёздный городок)
 * Cities and towns under the oblast's jurisdiction:
 * Bronnitsy (Бронницы)
 * Chernogolovka (Черноголовка)
 * Dolgoprudny (Долгопрудный)
 * Dubna (Дубна)
 * Dzerzhinsky (Дзержинский)
 * Elektrogorsk (Электрогорск)
 * Elektrostal (Электросталь)
 * Fryazino (Фрязино)
 * Ivanteyevka (Ивантеевка)
 * Khimki (Химки)
 * Klimovsk (Климовск)
 * Kolomna (Коломна)
 * Korolyov (Королёв)
 * Kotelniki (Котельники)
 * Krasnoarmeysk (Красноармейск)
 * Lobnya (Лобня)
 * Losino-Petrovsky (Лосино-Петровский)
 * Lytkarino (Лыткарино)
 * Orekhovo-Zuyevo (Орехово-Зуево)
 * Podolsk (Подольск)
 * Protvino (Протвино)
 * Pushchino (Пущино)
 * Reutov (Реутов)
 * Roshal (Рошаль)
 * Serpukhov (Серпухов)
 * Zheleznodorozhny (Железнодорожный)
 * Zhukovsky (Жуковский)
 * Zvenigorod (Звенигород)
 * Administrative districts:
 * Balashikhinsky (Балашихинский)
 * Cities under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Balashikha (Балашиха)
 * Chekhovsky (Чеховский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Chekhov (Чехов)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Stolbovaya (Столбовая)
 * Dmitrovsky (Дмитровский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Dmitrov (Дмитров)
 * Yakhroma (Яхрома)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Dedenevo (Деденево)
 * Iksha (Икша)
 * Nekrasovsky (Некрасовский)
 * Domodedovsky (Домодедовский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Domodedovo (Домодедово)
 * Istrinsky (Истринский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Dedovsk (Дедовск)
 * Istra (Истра)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Snegiri suburban (dacha) settlement (Снегири)
 * Kashirsky (Каширский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Kashira (Кашира)
 * Ozherelye (Ожерелье)
 * Klinsky (Клинский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Klin (Клин)
 * Vysokovsk (Высоковск)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Reshetnikovo (Решетниково)
 * Kolomensky (Коломенский)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Peski (Пески)
 * Krasnogorsky (Красногорский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Krasnogorsk (Красногорск)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Nakhabino (Нахабино)
 * Leninsky (Ленинский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Vidnoye (Видное)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Gorki Leninskiye (Горки Ленинские)
 * Lotoshinsky (Лотошинский)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Lotoshino (Лотошино)
 * Lukhovitsky (Луховицкий)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Lukhovitsy (Луховицы)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Beloomut (Белоомут)
 * Lyuberetsky (Люберецкий)
 * Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Lyubertsy (Люберцы)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Kraskovo suburban (dacha) settlement (Красково)
 * Malakhovka (Малаховка)
 * Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский)
 * Tomilino (Томилино)
 * Mozhaysky (Можайский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Mozhaysk (Можайск)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Uvarovka (Уваровка)
 * Mytishchinsky (Мытищинский)
 * Cities under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Mytishchi (Мытищи)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Pirogovsky (Пироговский)
 * Naro-Fominsky (Наро-Фоминский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Aprelevka (Апрелевка)
 * Naro-Fominsk (Наро-Фоминск)
 * Vereya (Верея)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Kalininets (Калининец)
 * Selyatino (Селятино)
 * Noginsky (Ногинский)
 * Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Elektrougli (Электроугли)
 * Noginsk (Ногинск)
 * Staraya Kupavna (Старая Купавна)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * imeni Vorovskogo (имени Воровского)
 * Obukhovo (Обухово)
 * Odintsovsky (Одинцовский)
 * Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Golitsyno (Голицыно)
 * Kubinka (Кубинка)
 * Odintsovo (Одинцово)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Bolshiye Vyazyomy (Большие Вязёмы)
 * Lesnoy Gorodok suburban (dacha) settlement (Лесной Городок)
 * Novoivanovskoye (Новоивановское)
 * Zarechye (Заречье)
 * Orekhovo-Zuyevsky (Орехово-Зуевский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Drezna (Дрезна)
 * Kurovskoye (Куровское)
 * Likino-Dulyovo (Ликино-Дулёво)
 * Ozyorsky (Озёрский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Ozyory (Озёры)
 * Pavlovo-Posadsky (Павлово-Посадский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Pavlovsky Posad (Павловский Посад)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Bolshiye Dvory (Большие Дворы)
 * Podolsky (Подольский)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Lvovsky (Львовский)
 * Pushkinsky (Пушкинский)
 * Cities under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Pushkino (Пушкино)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Ashukino suburban (dacha) settlement (Ашукино)
 * Cherkizovo suburban (dacha) settlement (Черкизово)
 * Lesnoy (Лесной)
 * Pravdinsky (Правдинский)
 * Sofrino (Софрино)
 * Zelenogradsky suburban (dacha) settlement (Зеленоградский)
 * Ramensky (Раменский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Ramenskoye (Раменское)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Bykovo (Быково)
 * Ilyinsky (Ильинский)
 * Kratovo suburban (dacha) settlement (Кратово)
 * Rodniki suburban (dacha) settlement (Родники)
 * Udelnaya suburban (dacha) settlement (Удельная)
 * Ruzsky (Рузский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Ruza (Руза)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Tuchkovo (Тучково)
 * Serebryano-Prudsky (Серебряно-Прудский)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Serebryanye Prudy (Серебряные Пруды)
 * Sergiyevo-Posadsky (Сергиево-Посадский)
 * Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Khotkovo (Хотьково)
 * Krasnozavodsk (Краснозаводск)
 * Peresvet (Пересвет)
 * Sergiyev Posad (Сергиев Посад)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Bogorodskoye (Богородское)
 * Skoropuskovsky (Скоропусковский)
 * Serpukhovsky (Серпуховский)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Obolensk (Оболенск)
 * Proletarsky (Пролетарский)
 * Shakhovskoy (Шаховской)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Shakhovskaya (Шаховская)
 * Shatursky (Шатурский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Shatura (Шатура)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Cherusti (Черусти)
 * Misheronsky (Мишеронский)
 * Shchyolkovsky (Щёлковский)
 * Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Shchyolkovo (Щёлково)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Fryanovo (Фряново)
 * Monino (Монино)
 * Sverdlovsky (Свердловский)
 * Zagoryansky suburban (dacha) settlement (Загорянский)
 * Solnechnogorsky (Солнечногорский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Solnechnogorsk (Солнечногорск)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Andreyevka (Андреевка)
 * Mendeleyevo (Менделеево)
 * Povarovo suburban (dacha) settlement (Поварово)
 * Rzhavki (Ржавки)
 * Stupinsky (Ступинский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Stupino (Ступино)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Malino (Малино)
 * Mikhnevo (Михнево)
 * Zhilyovo (Жилёво)
 * Taldomsky (Талдомский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Taldom (Талдом)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Severny (Северный)
 * Verbilki (Вербилки)
 * Zaprudnya (Запрудня)
 * Volokolamsky (Волоколамский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Volokolamsk (Волоколамск)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Sychyovo (Сычёво)
 * Voskresensky (Воскресенский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Voskresensk (Воскресенск)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Beloozyorsky (Белоозёрский)
 * imeni Tsyurupy (имени Цюрупы)
 * Khorlovo (Хорлово)
 * Yegoryevsky (Егорьевский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Yegoryevsk (Егорьевск)
 * Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Ryazanovsky (Рязановский)
 * Zaraysky (Зарайский)
 * Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
 * Zaraysk (Зарайск)

Differences in municipal and administrative divisions
In terms of administrative division,
 * Krasnoznamensk, Molodyozhny, and Voskhod Urban Okrugs correspond to closed administrative-territorial formations.
 * The closed administrative-territorial formations of Vlasikha and Zvyozdny gorodok have not yet been municipally incorporated as urban okrugs (as of January 2009).
 * All other urban okrugs correspond to the cities/towns under the oblast jurisdiction.