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OFFICIAL · PRESS RELEASE #22 RDA

Procedure for Crediting RDA Numbers for the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions

Effective from January 1, 2026

Dear radio amateurs!

Starting January 1, 2026, the RDA (Russian Districts Award) diploma program officially includes four new subjects of the Russian Federation. The decision was made based on the OKATO directory (revision dated July 14, 2025) and is formalized in RDA Committee Press Release No. 22 (with additions dated December 31, 2025).

Main Changes

The following codes have been assigned to the new regions:

Subject of the Russian FederationRegion CodeRDA Prefix
DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLICUA6ODO
LUGANSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLICUA6ZLU
ZAPOROZHYE REGIONUA6SZP
KHERSON REGIONUA1VHE

Crediting Rules as of 01/01/2026

✅ Accepted

  • QSOs conducted from 00:00 UTC on January 1, 2026.
  • Only with radio amateurs using official Russian call signs issued by the GRFC of the Russian Federation.
  • Exclusively based on logs uploaded to the auto-credit system at rdaward.ru.

❌ Not accepted

  • Radio communications conducted before January 1, 2026.
  • QSOs from district boundaries (conditional boundaries).
  • Scans of QSL cards and HQSL.
  • Contacts with call signs not officially issued by the GRFC of the Russian Federation.

⚠️ Important restrictions: The release of maps showing the boundaries of the new districts and crediting operation from conditional boundaries are not planned in the near future. Please refrain from large-scale field activations until further notice from the committee. The list of RDA numbers is compiled strictly according to the actual availability of administrative-territorial units in the OKATO directory.

Complete List of RDA Numbers for the New Subjects of the Russian Federation

🇷🇺 DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (DO, Region UA6O)

Cities of Republican Significance

CodeName
DO-01Budyonnovsky District, Donetsk
DO-02Voroshilovsky District, Donetsk
DO-03Kalininsky District, Donetsk
DO-04Kievsky District, Donetsk
DO-05Kirovsky District, Donetsk
DO-06Kuibyshevsky District, Donetsk
DO-07Leninsky District, Donetsk
DO-08Petrovsky District, Donetsk
DO-09Proletarsky District, Donetsk
DO-10Cities and towns within Donetsk (Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Mospino, etc.)
DO-11Kalininsky District, Gorlovka
DO-12Nikitovsky District, Gorlovka
DO-13Tsentralno-Gorodskoy District, Gorlovka
DO-14Cities and towns within Gorlovka (Dzerzhinsk, Artemovo, etc.)
DO-15Gornyatsky District, Makeyevka
DO-16Kirovsky District, Makeyevka
DO-17Sovetsky District, Makeyevka
DO-18Tsentralno-Gorodskoy District, Makeyevka
DO-19Chervonogvardeysky District, Makeyevka
DO-20Zhovtnevy District, Mariupol
DO-21Ilyichevsky District, Mariupol
DO-22Ordzhonikidzevsky District, Mariupol
DO-23Primorsky District, Mariupol
DO-24Debaltsevo (incl. Svetlodarsk)
DO-25Dokuchayevsk
DO-26Yenakievo (incl. Yunokommunarsk, Uglegorsk)
DO-27Ilovaisk
DO-28Kramatorsk
DO-29Snezhnoe
DO-30Torez
DO-31Khartsyzsk (incl. Zugres)

Districts

CodeName
DO-32Aleksandrovsky District
DO-33Amvrosievsky District (incl. Amvrosievka)
DO-34Artemovsky District (incl. Artemovsk, Soledar, Seversk, Chasov Yar)
DO-35Velikonovoselkovsky District
DO-36Volnovakhsky District (incl. Volnovakha, Ugledar)
DO-37Volodarsky District
DO-38Dobropolsky District (incl. Dobropolye, Belitskoye, Belozerskoye)
DO-39Konstantinovsky District (incl. Konstantinovka, Druzhkovka)
DO-40Krasnoarmeysky District (incl. Krasnoarmeysk, Rodinskoye, Dimitrov, Novogrodovka, Selidovo, Ukrainsk)
DO-41Krasnolimansky District (incl. Krasny Liman)
DO-42Kurakhovsky District (incl. Kurakhovo, Gornyak)
DO-43Mangushsky District
DO-44Novoazovsky District (incl. Novoazovsk)
DO-45Slavyansky District (incl. Slavyansk, Nikolayevka, Svyatogorsk)
DO-46Starobeshevsky District (incl. Komsomolskoye)
DO-47Telmanovsky District
DO-48Shakhtyorsky District (incl. Shakhtyorsk, Kirovskoye, Zhdanovka)
DO-49Yasinovatsky District (incl. Yasinovataya, Avdeyevka)

🇷🇺 LUGANSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (LU, Region UA6Z)

Cities of Regional Significance

CodeName
LU-01Artemovsky District, Lugansk
LU-02Zhovtnevy District, Lugansk
LU-03Kamennobrodsky District, Lugansk
LU-04Leninsky District, Lugansk
LU-05Cities and towns within Lugansk (Aleksandrovsk, Schastie, etc.)
LU-06Alchevsk
LU-07Antratsit
LU-08Bryanka
LU-09Kirovsk
LU-10Krasnodon (incl. Molodogvardeysk, Sukhodolsk)
LU-11Krasny Luch (incl. Vakhrushevo, Miussinsk, Petrovskoye)
LU-12Lisichansk (incl. Novodruzhesk, Privolye)
LU-13Pervomaisk (incl. Gorskoye, Zolotoye, Popasnaya)
LU-14Rovenky
LU-15Rubezhnoye
LU-16Sverdlovsk (incl. Chervonopartizansk)
LU-17Severodonetsk
LU-18Stakhanov (incl. Almaznaya, Irmino)

Districts

CodeName
LU-19Antratsitovsky District
LU-20Belovodsky District
LU-21Belokurakinsky District
LU-22Krasnodonsky District
LU-23Kremensky District (incl. Kremennaya)
LU-24Lutuginsky District (incl. Lutugino)
LU-25Markovsky District
LU-26Milovsky District
LU-27Novoaydarsky District
LU-28Novopskovsky District
LU-29Perevalsky District (incl. Artemovsk, Zorinsk, Perevalsk)
LU-30Svatovsky District (incl. Svatovo)
LU-31Sverdlovsky District
LU-32Slavyanoserbsky District (incl. Zimogorye)
LU-33Stanichno-Lugansky District
LU-34Starobelsky District (incl. Starobelsk)
LU-35Troitsky District

🇷🇺 ZAPOROZHYE REGION (ZP, Region UA6S)

Cities of Regional Significance

CodeName
ZP-01Melitopol
ZP-02Berdyansk
ZP-03Energodar

Districts

CodeName
ZP-04Akimovsky District
ZP-05Berdyansky District
ZP-06Vasilyevsky District (incl. Vasilyevka, Dneprorudnoye)
ZP-07Veselovsky District
ZP-08Kamensko-Dneprovsky District (incl. Kamenka-Dneprovskaya)
ZP-09Kuibyshevsky District
ZP-10Melitopolsky District
ZP-11Mikhailovsky District
ZP-12Pologovsky District (incl. Pologi)
ZP-13Priazovsky District
ZP-14Primorsky District (incl. Primorsk)
ZP-15Tokmaksky District (incl. Tokmak, Molochansk)
ZP-16Chernigovsky District

🇷🇺 KHERSON REGION (HE, Region UA1V)

Cities of Regional Significance

CodeName
HE-01Dneprovsky District, Kherson
HE-02Korabelny District, Kherson
HE-03Suvorovsky District, Kherson
HE-04Novaya Kakhovka (incl. Tavriysk)

Districts

CodeName
HE-05Aleksandrovsky District
HE-06Alyoshkinsky District (incl. Alyoshki)
HE-07Belozersky District
HE-08Berislavsky District (incl. Berislav)
HE-09Velikoaleksandrovsky District
HE-10Velikolepetikhsky District
HE-11Verkhnorogachiksky District
HE-12Vysokopolsky District
HE-13Genichesky District (incl. Genichesk)
HE-14Golopristansky District (incl. Golaya Pristan)
HE-15Gornostayevsky District
HE-16Ivanovsky District
HE-17Kalanchaksky District
HE-18Kakhovsky District (incl. Kakhovka)
HE-19Nizhneserogozsky District
HE-20Novovorontsovsky District
HE-21Novotroitsky District
HE-22Skadovsky District (incl. Skadovsk)
HE-23Snigiryovsky District (incl. Snigiryovka)
HE-24Chaplynsky District

* The list is compiled according to the OKATO directory (rev. 14.07.2025). Full version — on the official website rdaward.ru.