constituent entity of Russia

generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"

Class: constituent entity of Russia

A constituent entity of Russia is a primary administrative-territorial unit of the Russian Federation, such as a republic, krai, oblast, city of federal significance, autonomous okrug, or autonomous oblast, that possesses a defined degree of political and administrative autonomy under federal law.