For economic and statistical purposes the federal subjects are grouped into twelve '''[[Economic regions of Russia|economic regions]]'''.<ref name="OkerER">{{lang|ru|"Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов" (ОК 024-95024–95) введённый 1 января 1997 г., в ред. Изменения № 05/2001. Секция II. Экономические районы}} (''Russian Classification of Economic Regions'' (OK 024-95024–95) of January 1, 1997 as amended by the Amendments #1/1998 through #5/2001. Section II. Economic Regions)</ref> Economic regions and their parts sharing common [[Economic history|economic trend]]s are in turn grouped into [[economic zones and macrozones of Russia|economic zones and macrozones]].