Northwestern Federal District
Federal district of Russia
Northwestern Federal District
Северо-Западный федеральный округ
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Location of the Northwestern Federal District
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Established | 18 May 2000 |
Administrative centre | Saint Petersburg |
Government
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• Presidential Envoy | Aleksandr Gutsan |
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• Total | 1,687,000 km 2 (651,000 sq mi) |
• Rank | 4th |
Population
(2010)
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• Total | 13,616,057 |
• Rank | 5th |
• Density | 8.1/km 2 (21/sq mi) |
Federal subjects | 11 contained |
Economic regions | 3 contained |
HDI (2019) |
0.835
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very high · 3rd |
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59°57′N 30°19′E / 59.950°N 30.317°E / 59.950; 30.317
Northwestern Federal District , [lower-alpha 1] is one of the eight federal districts of Russia . It covers most of Northwest Russia . Its population was 13.6 million, of which 83.5% was urban, living in an area of 1,687,000 square kilometers (651,000 sq mi) , [1] according to the 2010 Census . [3] The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is Alexander Gutsan, who was appointed to the post after previously serving as Deputy Prosecutor General. [4] He replaced former Envoy Alexander Beglov , who was removed from the position and made acting Governor of Saint Petersburg .
Demographics
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Federal subjects
The district comprises the Northern , Northwestern and Kaliningrad economic regions and eleven federal subjects : [5]
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# | Flag | Coat of Arms | Federal subject | Area in km 2 [1] | Population (2010) | Capital/Administrative center | Map of Administrative Division |
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Arkhangelsk Oblast | 589,900 [lower-alpha 2] | 1,336,539 | Arkhangelsk |
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Vologda Oblast | 144,500 | 1,269,568 | Vologda |
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Kaliningrad Oblast | 15,100 | 955,281 | Kaliningrad |
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Republic of Karelia | 180,500 | 716,281 | Petrozavodsk |
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Komi Republic | 416,800 | 1,018,674 | Syktyvkar |
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Leningrad Oblast | 83,900 | 1,669,205 | Gatchina |
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Murmansk Oblast | 144,900 | 892,534 | Murmansk |
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Nenets Autonomous Okrug | 176,800 | 41,546 | Naryan-Mar |
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Novgorod Oblast | 54,500 | 694,355 | Veliky Novgorod |
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Pskov Oblast | 55,400 | 760,810 | Pskov |
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Saint Petersburg | 1,400 | 4,662,547 | Saint Petersburg |
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Presidential plenipotentiary envoys
- Viktor Cherkesov (18 May 2000 – 11 March 2003)
- Valentina Matviyenko (11 March 2003 – 15 October 2003)
- Ilya Klebanov (1 November 2003 – 6 September 2011)
- Nikolay Vinnichenko (6 September 2011 – 11 March 2014)
- Vladimir Bulavin (11 March 2014 – 28 July 2016) [6]
- Nikolay Tsukanov (28 July 2016 – 25 December 2017)
- Alexander Beglov (25 December 2017 – 3 October 2018) [7]
- Aleksandr Gutsan (7 November 2018 – present)
See also
- List of largest cities in Northwestern Federal District (in Russian)
- Novgorod Republic which contained most of the current federal district
Notes
- ↑ Russian : Се́веро-За́падный федера́льный о́круг , Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug [ˈsʲevʲɪrə ˈzapədnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]
- ↑ Includes the area of Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The area of Arkhangelsk Oblast proper is 413,100 square kilometres (159,500 sq mi).
References
- 1 2 3 "1.1. ОСНОВНЫЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ в 2014 г." [ MAIN SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS 2014 ] . Regions of Russia. Socioeconomic indicators - 2015 (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service . Retrieved July 26, 2016 .
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab" . hdi.globaldatalab.org . Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
- ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [ 2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1 ] . Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service .
- ↑ "Putin asks Federation Council to relieve Gutsan of office as deputy prosecutor general (Part 2) - Interfax" . www.interfax.com . Retrieved April 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Северо-Западный федеральный округ [ Northwestern Federal District ] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District , Northwestern Federal District. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 . Retrieved March 24, 2015 .
- ↑ Путин сменил полпреда Северо-Западного округа: вместо Винниченко назначен Булавин (in Russian). Gazeta.ru . March 11, 2014 . Retrieved April 21, 2014 .
- ↑ Владимир Путин назначил калининградского губернатора Николая Цуканова полпредом в Северо-Западном федеральном округе (in Russian). Echo of Moscow . July 28, 2016 . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
External links
- (in Russian) Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District
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