Federalism in the Russian Democratic Federative Republic

Federalism in the Russian Democratic Federative Republic is the evolving relationship between the Provincial and Federal governments of the Russian Democratic Federative Republic.

Federal competences

 * Internal improvements
 * Subsidies (mainly to shipping)
 * Tariffs
 * Bankruptcy laws
 * Naturalization rules
 * Immigration law
 * Electoral laws, including parties
 * Civil service laws
 * Post offices and post routes
 * Lighthouses, beacons, and ports
 * Railroads
 * Interstate pollution regulations
 * Criminal law (limited to inter-provincial or All-Russia concerns)
 * Marriage and divorce laws
 * Uniform rules for the Militias of the several Provinces
 * Regular land, air, naval, and space forces
 * National defense policy
 * Civil defense laws
 * Homeland security, external orientation
 * Quarantine laws
 * Foreign policy
 * Foreign trade policy
 * Copyrights
 * Patents
 * Currency
 * Guaranteeing the freedom of trade and movement between the respective Provinces
 * Regulating Russian airspace
 * Regulating the radio spectrum
 * Nuclear energy and radioactive materials regulations
 * General advisory framework for conservation and environmental protection
 * Federal capital

Provincial competences

 * Municipal corporations law
 * Public works laws
 * Building codes
 * Property law
 * Estate and inheritance law
 * Family laws
 * Child welfare law
 * Welfare state
 * Education
 * Public health, safety, and morals laws
 * Peace, order, and good government ("POGG")
 * Judiciary and criminal procedure laws
 * Criminal law (generally unlimited in scope)
 * Criminal and civil courts
 * Laws of torts and malfeseance
 * Police power
 * Provincial Militia
 * Homeland security, internal orientation
 * Civil rights
 * Solemnizing marriages, granting divorces
 * Commerce laws of ownership and exchange
 * Corporations law
 * Banking and credit laws
 * Labour law and professional licensure
 * Farming laws
 * Insurance laws
 * Hospitals, healthcare, medicine, pharmacy, and health insurance laws
 * Land use laws
 * Eminent domain laws
 * Disposal of public lands
 * Conservation and environmental protection laws
 * Water, mineral resource and natural resource laws
 * Running national parks, forests, and other protected lands pursuant to general (basic) federal advisory framework on conservation and environmental protection
 * Surface transportation law
 * Any matter of a purely local or private nature
 * Everything not expressly delegated to the Federation

Municipal and local policies

 * Variances (adaptation of provincial law to local conditions)
 * Public works
 * Contracts for public works
 * Licensing of public accommodations
 * Assessable improvements
 * Basic public services