Russia address format & examples
How to write a Russian address
It’s time to learn how to address a letter that’s headed to Russia. Pick up a samovar and get cozy. It’s time to dig into Russian address formats and examples. Writing a letter to your clients, friends, and family in Russia couldn’t be easier. All you have to do is look at Russian address examples here and try our suite of address validation tools for Russia’s address formats below. Just enter an address, and we'll format, standardize, and validate it faster than you can say “Vodka.”
Now, let's get into the basics of Russia’s address format. Russian address formatting for shipping or mailing addresses should be written as follows:
- Addressee line - The recipient's full name, using appropriate titles.
- Postal code - The postal code gets its own, special line right at the top!
- Administrative area - The administrative area also gets a special line dedicated to it. Neat.
- Street name and building or house number - This line should include the street name and building number without any separating commas or punctuation.
- Building - The building also gets its own line. YAY.
- Country - Write "RUS" in all caps on the last line. Ta-da! You’re done.

Russia address examples
Transliterating Russian addresses to English characters
Before we get started, here’s a note on transliteration: Address transliteration is the process of converting address characters in one alphabet (in this case Cyrillic characters) to another (English or Latin characters) while still preserving the intended tone and representation of the words. In other words, we’re using Latin characters to represent the phonetics of Cryillic script for Russia's address transliteration. It’s important to understand that transliteration isn’t the same as translation. (That’s why translating tools don’t always get the message right). Transliteration is a mechanism that we use to bridge language barriers while maintaining mailability and accuracy to the phonics of those words, and this is one of the countries where Smarty offers transliteration services.
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Republic of Adygea - AD
Republic of Altai - AL
Altai Krai - ALT
Amur Oblast - AMU
Arkhangelsk Oblast - ARK
Astrakhan Oblast - AST
Republic of Bashkortostan - BA
Belgorod Oblast - BEL
Bryansk Oblast - BRY
Republic of Buryatia - BU
Chechen Republic - CE
Chelyabinsk Oblast - CHE
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - CHU
Chuvash Republic - CU
Republic of Crimea - CR
Federal City of Moscow - MOW
Federal City of Saint Petersburg - SPE
Irkutsk Oblast - IRK
Ivanovo Oblast - IVA
Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria - KB
Kaliningrad Oblast - KGD
Republic of Kalmykia - KL
Kaluga Oblast - KLU
Kamchatka Krai - KAM
Karachay-Cherkess Republic - KC
Republic of Karelia - KR
Kemerovo Oblast - KEM
Khabarovsk Krai - KHA
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - KHM
Kirov Oblast - KIR
Komi Republic - KO
Kostroma Oblast - KOS
Krasnodar Krai - KDA
Krasnoyarsk Krai - KYA
Kurgan Oblast - KGN
Kursk Oblast - KRS
Leningrad Oblast - LEN
Lipetsk Oblast - LIP
Magadan Oblast - MAG
Mari El Republic - ME
Republic of Mordovia - MO
Moscow Oblast - MOS
Murmansk Oblast - MUR
Nenets Autonomous Okrug - NEN
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast - NIZ
Novgorod Oblast - NGR
Novosibirsk Oblast - NVS
Omsk Oblast - OMS
Orenburg Oblast - ORE
Oryol Oblast - ORL
Penza Oblast - PNZ
Perm Krai - PER
Primorsky Krai - PRI
Pskov Oblast - PSK
Republic of Adygea - AD
Republic of Bashkortostan - BA
Republic of Buryatia - BU
Republic of Crimea - CR
Republic of Dagestan - DA
Republic of Ingushetia - IN
Republic of Kalmykia - KL
Republic of Karelia - KR
Republic of Khakassia - KK
Republic of Mordovia - MO
Republic of North Ossetia-Alania - SE
Republic of Sakha - Yakutia - SA
Republic of Tatarstan - TA
Republic of Tyva - TU
Republic of Udmurtia - UD
Republic of Crimea - CR
Rostov Oblast - ROS
Ryazan Oblast - RYA
Sakhalin Oblast - SAK
Samara Oblast - SAM
Saratov Oblast - SAR
Smolensk Oblast - SMO
Stavropol Krai - STA
Sverdlovsk Oblast - SVE
Tambov Oblast - TAM
Tomsk Oblast - TOM
Transbaikal Krai - ZAB
Tula Oblast - TUL
Tuva Republic - TU
Tver Oblast - TVE
Tyumen Oblast - TYU
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