Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey


Regional Identifiers

The RLMS data can be divided into eight regional categories. The table below provides the SITE numbers for Phases I and II as well as the corresponding geographical regions.

Phase I Sites
(Rounds I - IV)
Phase II Sites
(Rounds V - XVI)
Geographical Regions
0, 3 138-141, 238-241 Metropolitan areas:
Moscow and St. Petersburg
1, 2 1-8, 89-91, 105 Northern and North Western
4-6 14-38, 67-69, 72, 135, 136, 142-160, 171, 173, 178, 179 Central and Central Black-Earth
7, 8 39-45, 48-51, 70, 100-104, 116-128 Volga-Vaytski and Volga Basin
9-11 9, 52-57, 77-83, 129-134, 137 North Caucasian
12-15 10-13, 46, 47, 106-115, 168 Ural
16-18 58-65, 71, 84-88, 161-163 Western Siberian
19, 20 66, 73-76, 92-99 Eastern Siberian and Far Eastern