In the Orel region, the registry office changed its status and name

The Civil Registry Service of the Oryol region changed its status and name. Now the department is officially called the Department of Civil Status Recording, abbreviated as follows: “Department of the Registry Office of the Orel region”. The changes came into force on November 2, 2026.

As told in the regional Department of the Ministry of justice of Russia, the renaming took place in accordance with the Decree of the Governor of the Orel region of July 1, 2026. In addition, the regional government, by its resolution of July 6, approved the regulation on the new Department.

The Department is officially an executive body of special competence. He is responsible for the development of regional policy, normative legal regulation and law enforcement functions in the field of state registration of civil status acts. It is responsible for registration of birth, conclusion and dissolution of marriage, adoption, establishment of paternity, change of name and death. In addition, the department will be engaged in the production and accounting of forms of stamp certificates, stamp "Apostille" on documents for export abroad, make corrections to records, as well as keep statistics and participate in the implementation of state family policy. The department is headed by a head appointed by the governor of the Orel region, and he is directly subordinate to the deputy head of the region for social policy. We add that the head of the department is currently Tatiana Ikonnikova.

As for ordinary residents of Orel region, for them visually little will change. All documents issued earlier by the Registry Office are still valid, and appeals and requests will now be addressed to the department.