Coordinates: 55°N 83°E / 55°N 83°E / 55; 83

Siberian Federal District Сибирский федеральный округ
Federal district of Russia
Location of the Siberian Federal District
Country	Russia
Established	18 May 2000
Administrative centre	Novosibirsk
Government
• Presidential Envoy	Anatoly Seryshev
Area [1]
• Total	4,361,800 km2 (1,684,100 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd
Population  (2010)
• Total	17,178,298[2]
• Rank	3rd
• Density	3.8/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zones
Omsk Oblast	UTC+06:00 (Omsk Time)
most of the district	UTC+07:00 (Krasnoyarsk Time)
Irkutsk Oblast	UTC+08:00 (Irkutsk Time)
Federal subjects	10 contained
Economic regions	2 contained
HDI (2019)	0.796[3] high · 7th
Website	SFO.gov.ru
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Siberian Federal District in Russia

Siberian Federal District (Russian: Сиби́рский федера́льный о́круг, Sibirsky federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 17,178,298 according to the 2010 Census,^[2] living in an area of 4,361,800 square kilometers (1,684,100 sq mi).^[1] The entire federal district lies within the continent of Asia.

Krasnoyarsk Krai

The district was created by presidential decree on 13 May 2000 and covers around 30% of the total land area of Russia.^[4] 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 Russian President Vladimir Putin.^[5]

Demographics

Population pyramid as of the 2021 Russian Census

Federal subjects

The district comprises the West Siberian (part) and East Siberian economic regions and ten federal subjects:

#	Flag	Coat of Arms	Federal subject	Area in km2[1]	Population (2010)	Capital/Adm. center	Map of Administrative Division
1			Altai Republic	92,900	206,168	Gorno-Altaysk
2			Altai Krai	168,000	2,419,755	Barnaul
3			Irkutsk Oblast	774,800	2,248,750	Irkutsk
4			Kemerovo Oblast	95,700	2,763,135	Kemerovo
5			Krasnoyarsk Krai	2,366,800	2,828,187	Krasnoyarsk
6			Novosibirsk Oblast	177,800	2,665,911	Novosibirsk
7			Omsk Oblast	141,100	1,977,665	Omsk
8			Tomsk Oblast	314,400	1,047,394	Tomsk
9			Tuva Republic	168,600	307,930	Kyzyl
10			Republic of Khakassia	61,600	532,403	Abakan

The geographic "center of Asia", Tuva Republic

Religion and ethnicity

According to a 2012 survey,^[6] 28.9% of the population of the current federal subjects of the Siberian Federal District (excluding Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai) adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 5.2% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1.9% is an Orthodox believer without belonging to any church or adheres to other (non-Russian) Orthodox churches, 1.4% is an adherent of Islam, 1.2% is an adherant of Buddhism, and 1.6% adhere to some native faith such as Rodnovery, Tengrism, or Tuvan Shamanism. In addition, 33.2% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 18.7% is atheist, and 7.9% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.^[6]

Ethnic map of the Siberian Federal District by urban and rural settlements, 2010 census

Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census:

• Total – 19,256,426
• Russians – 16,542,506 (85.91%)
• Buryats – 442,794 (2.30%)
• Tuvans – 259,971 (1.35%)
• Ukrainians – 227,353 (1.18%)
• Tatars – 204,321 (1.06%)
• Germans – 198,109 (1.03%)
• Kazakhs – 117,507 (0.61%)
• Altaians – 72,841 (0.38%)
• Khakass — 70,859 (0.37%)
• Armenians – 63,091 (0.33%)
• Azerbaijanis – 54,762 (0.28%)
• Belarusians – 47 829 (0.25%)
• Uzbeks – 41,799 (0.22%)
• Chuvash – 40,527 (0.21%)
• Tajiks – 32,419 (0.17%)
• Kyrgyz — 30,871 (0.16%)
• Mordva – 19,238 (0.10%)
• Roma – 15,162 (0.08%)
• Bashkirs – 12 929 (0.07%)
• Shors – 12 397 (0.06%)
• Koreans – 11,193 (0.06%)
• Moldovans – 11 155 (0.06%)
• Evenks – 10,243 (0.05%)
• Jews – 9,642 (0.05%)
• Mari – 9,116 (0.05%)
• Chinese — 9,075 (0.05%)
• Udmurts – 8,822 (0.05%)
• Poles – 8,435 (0.04%)
• Georgians – 7,884 (0.04%)
• Estonians – 7,112 (0.04%)
• Dolgans – 5,854 (0.03%)
• Persons who did not indicate nationality – 561,206 (2.91%)

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

1. Leonid Drachevsky (18 May 2000 – 9 September 2004)
2. Anatoly Kvashnin (9 September 2004 – 9 September 2010)
3. Viktor Tolokonsky (9 September 2010 – 12 May 2014)
4. Nikolay Rogozhkin (12 May 2014 – 28 July 2016)
5. Sergey Menyaylo (28 July 2016 – 9 April 2021)^[8]
6. Anatoly Seryshev (from 12 October 2021)^[9]