4.1.6. Rules for additing attributes to places (organizations)

Follow these rules when entering names of places (organizations):

4.1.6.1. Rules for entering names of administrations

For various types of administrations (subcategory State → government authorities, administration), there are multiple ways to write their names.

In accordance with the hierarchy of administrative division in Russia (see 3.2.2.3. Administrative subdivision), a number of administrative management structures are distinguished (a dash in the cell indicates that this type of name has not been assigned for this level of administrative division):

Administrative division level	Official name	Name for caption	Also known as
State (1)	The Administration Of The President Of The Russian Federation	Administration of the President of Russia	—
	Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia	Council of the Russian Federation	—
	State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia	State Duma of Russia	—
	Government of the Russian Federation	Government of Russia	—
Federal Area (2)	Administration of the Siberian Federal Area	Administration of the Siberian FA	—
Region (2)	Administration of the President of the Republic jf Tatarstan	Administration of the President of Tatarstan or Administration of President of the Republic	—
	Public Office of Moscow Regional Governor	Public Office of Moscow Region Governor or Public Office of Regional Governor	—
	Council of Deputies for the Lipetsk region	Council of Regional Deputies	Regional Council of Deputies
	Moscow Regional Duma	Regional Duma	Reg. Duma
	Legislative Assembly of Vladimir Region	Regional Leg. Assembly	—
	Administration of Vladimir Region	Regional Administration	Reg. Administration
	Government of [name] region/province/republic	Government of [name] region/province/republic	—
District, city region (3)	Administration of the Domodedovo City Area	District administration	—
[city region]	Administration of the Alapaevskoe Municipality	District administration	—
	Administration of the Baksansky Municipal District	District administration^ 1)^	—
	Administration of the Sergievo-Posadsky Municipal District	District administration^ 2)^	—
	Council of Deputies for the Pushkinsky Municipal District	Council of Deputies for Region	Regional Council of Deputies
	Council of Deputies of Elektrostal City District	Council of Deputies for Region	Regional Council of Deputies
	Gorodishchensky Regional Duma	Regional Duma	—
	Duma of Arsenevsky City Region	Regional Duma or City Duma	—
	Legislative Assembly of Vologda Municipal District	Regional Leg. Assembly	—
	Assembly of Deputies of Yoshkar-Ola City District	City Assembly of Deputies	—
Settlement — municipal, village (3)	Administration of Khotkovo Municipal Settlement	Settlement Administration	—
	Administration of Sergeiv Posad Municipal Settlement	Settlement Administration²⁾	—
[municipal settlement]	Administration of the Urdomskoe Municipality	Settlement Administration	—
	Assembly of Deputies of Neftegorsk City District	Assembly of Settlement Representatives	—
	Administration of Glebovsky Village Settlement	Village administration	—
[village settlement]	Administration of the Soyginskoe Municipality	Village administration	—
	Administration of the Selo Nedelnoe Village Settlement	Village administration	—
	Village Assembly of the Volokonovsky Settlement	Village Assembly	—
Locality (4)	Korolyov City Administration	City Administration	City Admin.
	Territorial Office of the Village of Raguli	Territorial Office	Village Administration
[city with the surrounding area]	Administration of the Municipal City of Alapaevskoe	City Administration³⁾	City Admin.
	City of Arkhangelsk Mayor's Office	Mayor's Office	—
	Lyubertsy City Administration	City Administration	Administration of Lyubertsy Municipal Settlement
	Council of Deputies for the City of Belgorod	City Council of Deputies	—
	Municipal Duma of City of Nizhniy Novgorod	City Duma	Duma of City
	Legislative Assembly for City of Sochi	Municipal Leg. Assembly	—
City district (5), block (7), subdistrict (7)	Administration of the Zaeltsovsky District of the City of Novosibirsk	Administration of the Zaeltsovsky District	—
	Village Assembly⁴⁾	—	—
	Territorial Management of the Lesnaya Polyana Residential District	Management of the Lesnaya Polyana District	—
	Board of the Zapadnoe Degunino District of Moscow	Board of the Zapadnoe Degunino District	—
	Prefecture of the NE District of Moscow	Prefecture of the NE District	—
	Administration of the Yuryevets Subdistrict	Subdistrict Administration Yuryevets	—
gardening plots, summer cottages, and so on (4)	Board of Rucheyek	Board of Farmers' Co-op	—

Note

¹⁾ In the caption field for an administrative district, you can write out the proper name of the region if one locality contains different administrations of the same type (district administration and city administration).

Administration of Permsky District и Administration of Motovilikhinsky District

²⁾In this example, two separate state administrative organs are located in the same building: the district administration and the settlement administration. In these cases, you must draw each administration as a separate item.

³⁾In this example, the municipal administration (city district) and the city are united in one structure. You should create one Location item and have its For caption on map name refer to the city administration, while the Also known as name should refer to the municipal administration.

⁴⁾___ Does not apply

4.1.6.1.1

Names of administrative bodies in other countries should likewise be translated (transliterated) in accordance with accepted English grammar norms. For example:

Ukraine

Official (English) — Supreme Council of Ukraine, Druzhelyubovsky Village Council.

For caption (English) — Supreme Council, Druzhelyubovsky Village.

Official (Ukrainian) — Дружелюбівська сільська рада.

For caption on map (Ukrainian) — Дружелюбівська сільрада.
Belorus:

Official (English) — Ivanovsky Village Council.

For caption (English) — Ivanovsky Village Council.
Kazakhstan:

Official (English) — City of Rudniy Local Council.

For caption (English) — City Council.
USA:

English — Texas State Legislature.

For caption (English) — State Legislature.

Also known as (English) — Texas Legislative Assembly.

4.1.6.2. Rules for entering names of monuments

Item type (such as monument, memorial tablet, and bas-relief) is only specified for general memorials or if it isn't mentioned in the category name.

In all cases, the official name of the memorial indicates:

Who or what the item is dedicated to (including a person's last name and initials, the name of an organization or event, and so on).
Brief comment explaining what the memorial pays tribute to (such as "Hero of War A.I. Ivanov" or "First power plant").

The name for the caption should be as short as possible (without loss of meaning).

For example:

Type of memorial	Official name	Name for caption
a) Monument, memorial	В.И. Lenin	В.И. Lenin
	Bust of Karl Marx	Karl Marx
b) Monument to technology	Passenger Airplane YK-42	YK-42
	M-30 Howitzer	M-30 Howitzer
c) Generalized monument or memorial	Memorial Complex Dedicated to Burnt Villages	Memorial Complex Dedicated to Burnt Villages
	Alley Commemorating Dmitrievsky Chemical Plant Workers Who Lost Their Lives in World War II	Alley of Heroic Workers Who Died in WWII
d) Memorial to a group of people	Monument to Komsomol Members Who Were Executed During the German Occupation	Monument to Komsomol Members
	Monument to Those Who Lost Their Lives in the Local Wars of the 20th Century	Monument to the Fallen in the Local Wars
e) Monuments to individual objects, animals, or fairytale characters	Time is Money	Time is Money
	Emelya on the Wood Stove	Emelya on the Wood Stove
f) Monuments constructed at the site of an event	Site of Alexander Pushkin's Duel at Chyornaya Rechka	Site of Alexander Pushkin's Duel
g) Memorial plaques and commemorative signs in honor of those who lost their lives	Memorial Stone to Dmitry Onika, Honorary Citizen of Novomoskovsk	Dmitry Onika
	Memorial Plaque to Alexander Semyonov, Honorary Power Engineer of the USSR	Alexander Semyonov
h) Obelisks at the entrance to cities, city districts, regions, etc.	Myasnikovsky District / Aksaysky District	Myasnikovsky District / Aksaysky District
	Vladimirskaya Region	Vladimirskaya Region
	City of Pokrov	Pokrov
i) Graves of famous people	Artist Arkhip Kuindzhi	Arkhip Kuindzhi
j) Graffiti	Graffiti Borodino	Borodino
k) Mural	Yuri Gagarin Mural	Yuri Gagarin

Note

Monuments to technology dedicated to widely known items shouldn't have the item type in their name.

4.1.6.3. Rules for naming housing and utility items

Enter names for housing and utilities services following this format:

Official name ─ item type with no abbreviation, number (identification) and/or proper name (if applicable).
Name for caption ─ abbreviation of an item type (if required), a number (identification) or a proper name (if applicable).

Enter the item's number (identification) using the # symbol. Don't use a hyphen with it:

True: TP NO. 310A
Incorrectly: TP-310A

Here is a list of item types and organization branches that can be abbreviated in proper names of the For caption on map type:

HPS	Hydraulic power station
MSDS	Main Step-down Station
GDP	Gas Control Unit
GDP	Gas Distribution Station
DPS	Drainage Pumping Station
SPS	Sewage Pumping Station
RPS	Rainwater Pumping Station
SP	Switching Point
ES	Electrical Substation
DP	Distribution Point
HPS	Heat Pumping Station
TS	Transformer Substation
DTS	Distribution Transformer Substation
TsHP	Central Heat Point

Note

You can use other abbreviations for the same items if they are commonly used locally or in official sources (HPS — HS).

For example:

Official name	Name for caption
Strelka Electrical Substation	Strelka
Transformer Substation #8904	TS #8904
Central Heat Point #21	TsHP #21
Leninskaya Hydraulic Power Station	Leninskaya HPS
Zapadno-Strelochnaya Rain Pumping Station No. 4	Zapadno-Strelochnaya RPS #4
Dzerzhinsk 1 Gas Distribution Station	Dzerzhinsk 1
If you only know the item type:
Sewage Pumping Station	SPS
Cell phone tower	Telecom tower
Boiler house
Pumping Station

Note

In official item names, it is preferable to use a hyphen.

You can use the name that contains a dash as a synonym.

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