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About Russia

Special Callsigns

Oblast Identification by Combination of a Figure and 1st letter in a suffix.

 
Russia, Region 1: North-West Russia
Suffix Area Symbol Central City
A, B, D, F, G, H, I, J, L, M St.Petersburg SP  
C Leningradskaya oblast (LO) LO St.Petersburg
N (Prefix RN1) Republicarelia KL Petrozavodsk
O Arkhangelskaya oblast   Archangelsk
P Nenetsky Autonomous Okrug NO Nar'yan-Mar
Q, R, S Vologodskaya oblast VO Vologda
T, U Novgorodskaya oblast NV Novgorod
W, X Pskovskaya oblast PS Pskov
Y, Z Murmanskaya oblast MU Murmansk

 
Russia, Region 2: Baltics
Suffix Area Symbol Central City
F Kaliningradskaya oblast KA Kaliningrad

 
Russia, Region 3: Central Russia
Suffix Area Symbol Central City
A, B, C, F, H Moscow ciA    
D Moskovskaya oblast MO Moscow area (Pushkino)
E Orlovskaya oblast OR Oryol
G Lipetskaya oblast LP Lipetsk
I, J Tverskaya oblast TV Tver'
L Smolenskaya oblast SM Smolensk
M Yaroslavskaya oblast JA Yaroslavl
N, O Kostromskaya oblast KS Kostroma
P Tul'skaya oblast TL Tula
Q Voronezhskaya oblast VH Voronezh
R Tambovskaya oblast TB Tambov
S Ryazanskaya oblast RA Ryazan'
T Nizhegorodskaya oblast NN Nizhny Novgorod
U Ivanovskaya oblast IV Ivanovo
V Vladimirskaya oblast VL Vladimir
W Kurskaya oblast KU Kursk
X Kaluzhskaya oblast KG Kaluga
Y Bryanskaya oblast BR Bryansk
Z Belgorodskaya oblast BO Belgorod

 
Russia, Region 4 : Volga River area
Suffix Area Symbol Central City
A, B Volgogradskaya oblast VG Volgograd
C, D Saratovskaya oblast SA Saratov
F Penzenskaya oblast PE Penza
H, I Samarskaya oblast SR Samara
L, M Ul'anovskaya oblast UL Ul'anovsk
N, O Kirovskaya oblast KI Kirov (Vyatka)
P, Q, R Republic of Ta (Tatarstan) TA Kazan'
S, T Republic of Mari (Mari-El) MR Joshkar-Ola
U Republic of Mordovia MD Saransk
W Republic of Udmurtia UD3 Izhevsk
Y, Z Republic of Chuvashia CU Cheboksary

 
Russia, Region 6: Northern Caucusus
Suffix Area Symbol Central City
A, B, C, D Krasnodarsky Kray KR Krasnodar
E Republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia KC Cherkessk
F, G, H Stavropolsky Kray ST Stavropol
I Republic of Kalmykia KM Elista
J Republic of Northern Ossetia SO Vladikavkaz
L, M, N, O Rostovskaya oblast RO Rostov-on-Don
P, Q, R Republics of Ingushetia and Chechnya CN Grozny, Nazran'
U, V Astrakhanskaya oblast AO Astrakhan'
W Republic of Daghestan DA Makhachkala
X Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria KB Nal'chik
Y Republic of Adygeya AD Maykop

 
Russia, Region 8: Far East (Buryatia)
Suffix Area Symbol Central City CQ Zone
T Ust' Ordynsky Buryatsky Autonomous Okrug UO Ust' Ordynsky 18
V Aginsky Buryatsky Autonomous Okrug AB Aginskoe 18

 
Russia, Region 9: Ural mounts. area and Central, Western Siberia
Suffix Area Symbol Central City CQ Zone
A, B Chelyabinskaya oblast CB Cheryabinsk 17
C, D, E Sverdlovskaya oblast SV Yekaterinburg 17
F Permskaya oblast PM Perm' 17
G Komi-Permyatsky Autonomous Okrug KP Kudymkar 17
H, I Tomskaya oblast TO Tomsk 18
J Khanty-Mansyisky Autonomous Okrug HM Khanty-Mansyisk 17
K Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Okrug JN Salekhard 17
L Tyumenskaya oblast TN Tyumen' 17
M, N Omskaya oblast OM Omsk 17
O, P Novosibirskaya oblast NS Novosibirsk 18
Q, R Kurganskaya oblast KN Kurgan 17
S, T Orenburgskaya oblast OB Orenburg S=16 T=17
U, V Kemerovskaya oblast KE Kemerovo 18
W Republic of Bashkiria (Bashkortostan) BA Ufa 16
X Republic of Komi KO Syktyvkar 17
Y Altaysky Kray AL Barnaul 18
Z Republic of Altay GA Gorno-Altaysk 18

 
Russia, Region 0: Eastern Siberia and Far East
Suffix Area Symbol Central City CQ Zone
A InKrasnoyarsky Kray KK Krasnoyarsk 18
B Taymyrsky Autonomous Okrug TM Dudinka 18
C Khabarovsky Kray HK Khabarovsk 19
D Yevreyskaya (Jewish) Autonomous Oblast EA Birobidzhan 19
E, F, G Sakhalinskaya Oblast SL Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 19
H Evenkiysky Autonomous Okrug EW Tura 18
I Magadanskaya oblast MG Magadan 19
J Amurskaya oblast AM Blagoveshensk 19
K Chukotsky Autonomous Okrug CK Anadyr' 19
L, M, N Primorsky Kray PK Vladivostok 19
O, P Republic of Buryatia BU Ulan-Ude 18
Q, R Republic of Yakutia (Saha) YA Yakutsk 19
S, T Irkutskaya oblast IR Irkutsk 18
U, V Chitinskaya oblast CT Chita 18
W Republic of Khakassia HA Abakan 18
X Koryaksky Autonomous Okrug KJ Palana 19
Y Republic of Tuva TU Kyzyl 23
Z Kamchatskaya oblast KT Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 19

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Thanks to W8CNL for the UA8,9,0 Zone info.

Last updated: June 14, 1997
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