Federal districts of Russia: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Federal subjects of Russia}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}}

 

== List of federal districts ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"

|-

! rowspan="2" | [[Federal subjects of Russia|Federal<br />subjects]]

! rowspan="2" | [[Administrative centre|Administrative<br />centre]]

|-

! data-sort-type="number"| Population

! per km²

|-

| style="background:#ffff80; width:3em;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Central Federal District|Central]]

| 650,200

| 18

| style="text-align: left;" | [[Moscow]]

| [[File:Outline Map of Central Russia.svg|100px|border]]

|-

| style="background:#62d2c5;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Northwestern Federal District|Northwestern]]

| 1,687,000

| 11

| style="text-align: left;" | [[Saint Petersburg]]

| [[File:Outline Map of Northwestern Federal District.svg|100px|border]]

|-

| style="background:#37ce04;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Volga Federal District|Volga]]

| 1,037,000

| 14

| style="text-align: left;" | [[Nizhny Novgorod]]

| [[File:Outline Map of Volga Federal District.svg|100px|border]]

|-

| style="background:#c7cb8f;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Ural Federal District|Ural]]

| 1,818,500

| 6

| style="text-align: left;" | [[Yekaterinburg]]

| [[File:Outline map of Urals Federal District.svg|100px|border]]

|-

| style="background:#01bee7;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Siberian Federal District|Siberian]]

|4,361,800

| 10

| style="text-align: left;" | [[Novosibirsk]]

| [[File:Outline Map of Siberian Federal District (2018).svg|100px|border]]

|-

| style="background:#fece2c;"| || style="text-align: left;" | [[Far Eastern Federal District|Far Eastern]]

| 6,952,600

| 11

| style="text-align: left;" | [[Vladivostok]]

| [[File:Outline Map of Far Eastern Federal District.svg|100px|border]]

|}

 

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{{Cite Russian law

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==History==

 

On 19 January 2010, the new North Caucasian Federal District split from the Southern Federal District.<ref name="FD"/>

In March 2014, after the [[annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea]], the [[Crimean Federal District]] was established.<ref name="rbc">{{cite news|url=http://top.rbc.ru/politics/21/03/2014/912755.shtml|title=В России создан Крымский федеральный округ|publisher=RBC|date=March 21, 2014|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322220946/http://top.rbc.ru/politics/21/03/2014/912755.shtml|archive-date=March 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The legality of this annexation is disputed by an overwhelming majority of countries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2014/03/nato-secretary-general-russia-annexation-crimea-illegal-illegitimate|title=NATO Secretary-General: Russia's Annexation of Crimea Is Illegal and Illegitimate|date=March 19, 2014<!-- 02:49pm-->|access-date=September 29, 2014|publisher=[[Brookings Institution|Brookings]]}}</ref> On 28 July 2016 the Crimean Federal District was abolished and merged into the [[Southern Federal District]] in order to improve governance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.interfax.ru/russia/520930|title=Крымский федеральный округ включен в состав Южного федерального округа|date=28 July 2016|publisher=[[Interfax]]|language=ru|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref>

 

 

==Presidential plenipotentiary envoys==

*[[Central Federal District]]

**[[Igor Shchyogolev]] (since 26 June 2018)<ref name="Meduza">{{cite web|url=https://meduza.io/news/2018/06/26/igor-holmanskih-uvolen-s-posta-polpreda-prezidenta-v-uralskom-federalnom-okruge|title=Игорь Холманских уволен с поста полпреда президента в Уральском федеральном округе|date=26 June 2018|publisher=[[Meduza]]|language=ru|access-date=27 June 2018}}</ref>

**[[Vladimir Ustinov]] (since 12 May 2008)

*[[Northwestern Federal District]]

*[[Far Eastern Federal District]]

**[[Yury Trutnev]] (since 31 August 2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2013/08/31_a_5617873.shtml|script-title=ru:Дальнему Востоку подобрали нового управленца|last=Ульянова|first=Жанна|author2=Яна Милюкова|date=August 31, 2013|publisher=[[Gazeta.ru]]|language=ru|access-date=21 April 2014}}</ref>

**[[Anatoly Seryshev]] (since 12 October 2021)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://iz.ru/1234583/2021-10-12/putin-naznachil-serysheva-polpredom-v-sibirskom-federalnom-okruge|title=Путин назначил Серышева полпредом в Сибирском Федеральном округе|lang=ru|trans-title=Putin appointed Seryshev Plenipotentiary in the Siberian Federal District|date=2021-10-12|website=[[Izvestiya]]}}</ref>

*[[Ural Federal District]]

*[[Volga Federal District]]

**[[Igor Komarov]] (since 7 September 2018)

 

==See also==

*[[List of countries and dependencies by area]]

 

==References==

 

==External links==

 

{{Subdivisions of Russia}}