Editing Rostov Veliky (section)

==Administrative and municipal status==
[[File:Kremlin in Rostov Velikiy.jpg|thumb|{{center|Rostov Kremlin at spring}}]]

Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Rostov serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Rostovsky District]], even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="Ref154">Law #12-z</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the '''[[city of federal subject significance|town of oblast significance]] of Rostov'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Yaroslavl Oblast|districts]].<ref name="Ref154" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the town of oblast significance of Rostov is incorporated within Rostovsky Municipal District as '''Rostov Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="Ref269">Law #65-z</ref>