The eight federal districts of Russia

The federal districts (Russian: федера́льные округа́, romanized: federalnyye okruga) are groupings of the federal subjects of Russia. Federal districts are not mentioned in the nation's constitution, and do not have competences of their own and do not manage regional affairs. They exist solely to monitor consistency between the federal and regional bodies of law, and ensuring governmental control over the civil service, judiciary, and federal agencies, operating in the regions.[1]

List of federal districts

Federal district[2][3] Date
established 		Area[4]
(km2) 		2021 census HDI (2021)[5] Gross regional product (2021)[6] Federal
subjects 		Administrative
centre 		Map of Federal District
Population per km2 GRP GRP per capita
North Caucasian 19 January 2010 170,400 10,171,000 60 0.793 ₽2.696 trillion
(€31B) 		₽270,039
(€3098) 		7 Pyatigorsk
Southern[a][citation needed] 18 May 2000 427,800 16,746,000[b] 39 0.799 ₽7.952 trillion
(€91B) 		₽483,150
(€5544) 		8 Rostov-on-Don
Central 18 May 2000 650,200 40,342,000 62 0.845 ₽41.685 trillion
(€478B) 		₽1,064,007
(€12209) 		18 Moscow
Northwestern 18 May 2000 1,687,000 13,917,000 8 0.833 ₽16.612 trillion
(€191B) 		₽1,193,254
(€13692) 		11 Saint Petersburg
Volga 18 May 2000 1,037,000 28,943,000 28 0.804 ₽16.878 trillion
(€194B) 		₽582,867
(€6688) 		14 Nizhny Novgorod
Ural 18 May 2000 1,818,500 12,301,000 7 0.839 ₽16.699 trillion
(€192B 		₽1,356,291
(€15562) 		6 Yekaterinburg
Siberian 18 May 2000 4,361,800 16,793,000 4 0.794 ₽11.287 trillion
(€130B) 		₽666,041
(€7642) 		10 Novosibirsk
Far Eastern 18 May 2000 6,952,600 7,976,000 1 0.808 ₽7.374 trillion
(€85B) 		₽909,459
(€10435) 		11 Vladivostok

Source:[8]

  1. ^ Includes the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, annexed by Russia in 2014, as well as Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhia oblasts annexed in 2022; recognized as parts of Ukraine by most of the international community.
  2. ^ Population figures from the Crimean Census in 2014.[7] Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014, after the 2010 Russian Census.

History

The federal districts of Russia were established by President Vladimir Putin in 2000 to facilitate the federal government's task of controlling the then 89 federal subjects across the country.[9]

On 19 January 2010, the new North Caucasian Federal District split from the Southern Federal District.[8]

In March 2014, after the annexation of Crimea, the Crimean Federal District was established.[10] The legality of this annexation is disputed by an overwhelming majority of countries.[11] On 28 July 2016 the Crimean Federal District was abolished and merged into the Southern Federal District in order to improve governance.[12]

In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were removed from the Siberian Federal District and added to the Far Eastern Federal District in accordance with a decree issued by Putin.[13] The Administrative Centre of the Far Eastern Federal District relocated from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.[14]

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

See also

References

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  8. ^ a b Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
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  14. ^ "Путин перенес столицу Дальневосточного федерального округа во Владивосток".
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  18. ^ "Путин назначил Серышева полпредом в Сибирском Федеральном округе" [Putin appointed Seryshev Plenipotentiary in the Siberian Federal District]. Izvestiya (in Russian). October 12, 2021.

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