What letters are used in license plates?

Features of license plates for cars

All vehicles operated by the public or organizations must undergo mandatory registration and receive a license plate consisting of a set of numbers and letters. The number also indicates the region in which the car is registered. The license plate is placed on the front and back of the vehicle.

Regular numbers are printed on a white background, but there are other options for the state vehicle sign:

• blue – issued for police cars;
• red - installed on the vehicles of representatives of diplomatic missions or foreign missions, while the letter on the number indicates the position of the person who is driving this vehicle, and the sign of the represented country is placed in front of it;
• black - are installed on vehicles of military units, although sometimes they are on vehicles of representatives of the FSB or the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and the numeric code on the number indicates the military unit to which the vehicle is assigned.

In all cases, the state sign must have a number and series, and the Russian tricolor is applied. There is no Russian flag on license plates of other countries.

Rules for compiling numbers

Typically, as shown above, three letters make up a series and three numbers make up a number.
It is interesting that the series of numbers consists of only 12 types of letters - these are the letters A, B, E, K, M, N, O, R, S, T, U and X, since only they have similar letters in the Latin alphabet. According to the Vienna Convention of 1968, other letters cannot be used. Thus, through mathematical calculations, it turns out that the possible number of numbers for one region is 1,726,272. The automobile region code is indicated by two or three digits and is indicated in the upper right part of the sign, and below is the abbreviation RUS, denoting Russia, and the national flag.

What to do if the number of cars in the region is greater than the critical number 1726272? The region is given another digital code, for example, for Moscow it was first 77, and then 99.

Famous series

Each Russian region has its own series of license plates, which are issued to specific departments. Since the country's government vehicles are registered in Moscow, the most famous license plate series are issued in the capital and region. The most important ones include:

1. SKR 197 – intended for official vehicles of the Russian Investigative Committee. It is impossible for ordinary people to purchase such state signs, although you can buy SKR 199, but extremely rarely.
2. AMO is also an interesting series, issued to employees of the city government, government agencies or ministries. Such license plates periodically go on sale.
3. EKH - previously they were issued with city code 77, but now they have been supplemented with 177 and 97 region, intended for representatives of the FSB, FSO. People decipher “I Food As I Want” or a more obscene version.
4. AMP 97 and 77 are considered one of the most important series in the country, as they are issued to government officials and employees of the presidential administration. And the eighth hundred of this series was issued to high-ranking representatives of the FSB.
5. XKH 77 - previously, some of the license plates of this series were assigned to FSB employees; today they can be found on ordinary cars.
6. AOO, MOO, SOO or SOO with region 77 in most cases were hung on the cars of the department for managing the affairs of the president. Often found on regular vehicles.
7. VKR and AKR 177 - such license plates were partially replaced on official vehicles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with blue license plates.
8. EPE 177 is a special series created specifically for United Russia. Such a sign is not of particular value; it is easy to acquire.
9. MMR and VMR 77 region - a huge number of cars with similar signs are listed on the balance sheet of various structures of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You can buy such a number, but it is very expensive.
10. RMR 77 – intended for employees of the Ministry of Justice. Such numbers are more affordable than VMR and MMR, but no less popular.

When it is specified that the number can be found on an ordinary car, it is assumed that it was issued for a reason, but for a lot of money and with good connections. As for the advantages that a special state sign provides, they will not be able to use special signals. Even if the number is issued to an employee of a certain department, it does not provide any special advantages on the road.

Series for cars with flashing lights

To get special advantages on the road, you need to have special signals on your car. This privilege is provided by the following license plates:

• AAA - cars for employees of the presidential administration;
• AMM – top officials of the police department;
• AMP – government representatives;
• *OO with the first letter B, A or M – presidential administration;
• AMO – employees of the Moscow city administration;
• HKH, KKH, EKH - FSO and FSB;
• SOO – employees of the Federation Council;
• ERE - Duma deputies:
• RMR - employees of the Ministry of Justice.

Only vehicles with such letter combinations can have a flashing light, provided that the car is listed on the balance sheet of a certain government agency and is not privately owned. Drivers driving cars with flashing lights can ignore signs and markings; other vehicles must let them through, and state traffic inspectors cannot impede their movement when the special signal is active.

Before the introduction of the law on special signals, there were a lot of such cars, and drivers driving such vehicles behaved extremely brazenly, driving into oncoming traffic, speeding or crossing double lines, etc. But by presidential decree in 2012, the number of vehicles with beacons was greatly reduced up to 591 cars.

Federal numbers

In addition to letter combinations, the numeric code of the license plate also matters.

• 001-136 – mainly government cars;
• 137-201 – license plates of vehicles listed on the balance sheet of the Prosecutor General’s Office;
• 202 – for the Central Election Commission;
• 203-369 – numbers for the top of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
• 370-400 – for the leadership of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, important Foreign Ministry officials;
• 401-600 – for the leadership of individual constituent entities of the Russian Federation;
• 601-697 – for representatives of the Federal Drug Control Service and the Ministry of Defense;
• 698-999 – for top officials of Rosstat, FAS, FSB and other departments.

It is almost impossible for ordinary citizens to receive privileged series of state signs, unless there is some kind of cronyism. But for ordinary people, there are simply beautiful license plates that every car owner can get.

Beautiful rooms

In addition to status series, state signs containing 777 with two zeros, or mirror combinations such as 101, 303, etc. are in high demand among motorists. Of the letter preferences, numbers where all three letters are the same are of interest - for example, TTT, XXX, etc.

Features of purchasing a beautiful room

It’s almost impossible to get a status or beautiful number just like that. The minimum prices for them start from 3 thousand rubles. However, in some cases prices reach several hundred thousand rubles. You can find advertisements for the sale of beautiful license plates on specialized Internet resources, which provide information about the license plate and conditions for making a purchase (through the purchase of another car with these plates, or through the sale of your own with the subsequent assignment of beautiful plates by the new owner and the final “sale” of the vehicle back to the buyer ).

The acquisition procedure is quite complex and requires maximum attention, since it will require the purchase and sale of a car with this number. An alternative option is to have good connections in the relevant structures in order to receive a status plaque.

Some motorists receive easily remembered license plates that match the number or letter designation with certain events in their lives, personal information, etc. However, in most cases, getting a “successful” combination is a matter of chance.

Is it possible to get a privileged state sign and how to do it

Those license plates that are issued only to specific government agencies and are not available to a wide range of motorists are valuable. Such license plates increase the prestige of the car and give its owner a certain status.

To get a criminal number, you need to have connections in certain structures. Moreover, you will have to pay a huge amount to purchase a privileged series number. And the car for which a special license plate is purchased must correspond to it.

conclusions

What we have. Automobile state signs, as a rule, do not carry any information about the owner. However, there are limited editions issued to representatives of certain government departments or government structures. Such numbers are issued according to special rules:

1. Each Russian constituent entity independently determines serial combinations for top officials in the region.
2. Special number combinations are issued for government agencies and certain departments.
3. A limited circle of owners of special state signs can use the flashing light. But such a right is ensured by a specific position and official status, and not by a car number.
4. The most privileged series are EKH 77 or 99, AMP 97, SKR 197, etc. But these numbers have weight only in the capital and region. In regions, these number series no longer have such weight, although you will have to pay a certain amount to obtain them.

If you encounter such a car on the road, you need to look for special signals. If there are any, the vehicle must give way. If there are no flashing lights, such numbers do not have an advantage over other road users. Therefore, it is worth following the current traffic rules. Ordinary car owners can only guess whether the car with the FSB serial number is driving a real representative of this government agency or just a well-connected person who had enough money to buy a “thieves” license plate

Letter designations on Russian license plates

In every state The number contains three letters indicating the GRZ series, as well as three letters “RUS”, indicating belonging to Russia. For many people, it is the three letters of the number that are of great importance, as belonging to certain circles. As is known, status can be prescribed and acquired. Prescribed status (given by right of birth), in the context of obtaining state. numbers means that the numbers were obtained during vehicle registration according to the true right of belonging to certain structures. We are talking about cars of the prosecutor's office, the mayor's office, the State. Duma, FSB, FSO and other departments. We can safely say that holders of such numbers have the advantage of preferential travel (travel) in conditions of restrictions when moving around the city due to the nature of their activity. It is also recommended that traffic police officers provide assistance to such vehicles, not stop them or inspect them, based on their working position.

Demonstration of one’s weight in society through purchased license plates only means that the owner of the vehicle with these plates has an acquired status to which he is not related, but would like to belong to it or simply has the “necessary connections.” Statistics say that, as a rule, men are guilty of this. Women, in turn, would like to have “beautiful” numbers with letters that match their full name or have any personal associations.

What letters are used on license plates?

In letter combinations of Russian car license plates, only 12 Russian letters can be used, which have analogues in the Latin alphabet. These are the letters:

This condition is due to the agreements that were reached in the Vienna International Agreement (Convention), adopted back in the late 60s of the last century. According to this international document, it was established that in the state. Vehicle license plates can use Arabic and Latin letters, as well as Arabic numerals. Other symbols are prohibited. This is necessary to develop a uniform appearance and readability of the State Register without translation, if not throughout the world, then certainly in those countries that have become parties to the Vienna Convention.

Letters belonging to government agencies

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