The Local Bodies of Power

• The Administrative-Territorial Division of the Republic of Karelia

The following bodies are attributed to the Local Bodies of Power :

Soviet - a representative body including the deputies elected in accordance with the legislation of Russian Federation and the Republic of Karelia;
The Local Administration - is the permanently acting body of the Local Bodies of Power carrying out the executive functions;
Other bodies of the Local Bodies of Power, created in accordance with the Regulations of the Local Bodies of Power of the territory

The structure of the local power bodies is determined by the Regulations of the local bodies of power of the territory and by the Regulations of the representative body of the local bodies of power.

The Local Bodies of Power the towns of Republican significance, the towns and regions of Republican significance, regions and the Vepsskaya National volost of the Republic of Karelia are presented below :

The towns of the Republican significance

Petrozavodsk
Kostomuksha
Sortavala

The towns and regions of the Republican significance

Kem and the Kemsky district
Kondopoga and the Kondopozhsky district
Pitkyaranta and the Pitkyarantsky district
Segezha and the Segezhsky district

Regions

Byelomorsky district
Kalevalsky district
Lahdenpohsky district
Louhsky district
Medvezhegorsky district
Muezersky district
Olonetsky district
Prionezhsky district
Pryazhinsky district
Pudozhsky district
Souyarvsky district

National volosts

The Vepsskaya National volost