Federal districts of Russia

File:Map of Russian districts, 2018-11-04 (Crimea disputed).svg

The eight federal districts of Russia

The federal districts (Template:Lang-rus) are groupings of the federal subjects of Russia. Federal districts consist of a group of regions with various autonomy levels as per constitution, but the districts themselves are not mentioned by the constitution and are not autonomous, do not have administrative 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 ensure federal management of the civil service, judiciary, and federal agencies operating in the regions.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The federal district system was established on 13 May 2000.

List of federal districts

Federal district<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>		Date established	Area<ref name=area>Template:Cite web</ref> (km2)	2021 census		HDI (2021)<ref name=hdi>Template:Cite web</ref>	GRDP (2022)<ref name=GDP>Template:Citation</ref>		Federal subjects	Administrative centre	Largest city	Map
				Population	per km2		Total	Per capita
	North Caucasian	19 January 2010	170,400	10,171,000	60	0.793	₽3.111 trillion ($Template:To USD billion)	₽305,334 ($Template:To USD)	7	Pyatigorsk	Makhachkala	File:Outline Map of North Caucasian Federal District.svg
	SouthernTemplate:Efn	13 May 2000	427,800	16,746,000Template:Efn	39	0.799	₽9.816 trillion ($Template:To USD billion)	₽588,461 ($Template:To USD)	8	Rostov-on-Don	Krasnodar	File:Outline Map of Southern Federal District (Crimea disputed).svg
	Central	13 May 2000	650,200	40,342,000	62	0.845	₽47.368 trillion ($Template:To USD billion)	₽1,176,273 ($Template:To USD)	18	Moscow		File:Outline Map of Central Russia.svg
	Northwestern	13 May 2000	1,687,000	13,917,000	8	0.833	₽18.929 trillion ($Template:To USD billion)	₽1,362,907 ($Template:To USD)	11	Saint Petersburg		File:Outline Map of Northwestern Federal District.svg
	Volga	13 May 2000	1,037,000	28,943,000	28	0.804	₽19.664 trillion ($Template:To USD billion)	₽683,355 ($Template:To USD)	14	Nizhny Novgorod	Kazan	File:Outline Map of Volga Federal District.svg
	Ural	13 May 2000	1,818,500	12,301,000	7	0.839	₽20.073 trillion ($Template:To USD billion)	₽1,635,678 ($Template:To USD)	6	Yekaterinburg		File:Outline map of Urals Federal District.svg
	Siberian	13 May 2000	4,361,800	16,793,000	4	0.794	₽13.054 trillion ($Template:To USD billion)	₽781,580 ($Template:To USD)	10	Novosibirsk		File:Outline Map of Siberian Federal District (2018).svg
	Far Eastern	13 May 2000	6,952,600	7,976,000	1	0.808	₽8.656 trillion ($Template:To USD billion)	₽1,090,778 ($Template:To USD)	11	Vladivostok	Khabarovsk	File:Outline Map of Far Eastern Federal District.svg

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History

The federal districts of Russia were established by a decree issued by President Vladimir Putin on 13 May 2000 to facilitate the federal government's control of the then 89 federal subjects across the country.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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, the Crimean Federal District was established.<ref name="rbc">Template:Cite news</ref> The legality of this annexation is disputed by an overwhelming majority of countries.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 28 July 2016 the Crimean Federal District was abolished and merged into the Southern Federal District in order to improve governance.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were moved from the Siberian Federal District to the Far Eastern Federal District in accordance with a decree issued by Putin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Administrative Centre of the Far Eastern Federal District relocated from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

• Central Federal District
  • Igor Shchyogolev (since 26 June 2018)<ref name="Meduza">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Southern Federal District
  • Vladimir Ustinov (since 12 May 2008)
• Northwestern Federal District
  • Igor Rudenya (since 29 September 2025)
• Far Eastern Federal District
  • Yury Trutnev (since 31 August 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Siberian Federal District
  • Anatoly Seryshev (since 12 October 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ural Federal District
  • Artyom Zhoga (since 2 October 2024)
• Volga Federal District
  • Igor Komarov (since 7 September 2018)
• North Caucasian Federal District
  • Yury Chaika (since 22 January 2020)<ref name="Meduza"/>

See also

• Economic regions of Russia, a similar grouping of federal subjects, for economic and statistical purposes
• List of countries and dependencies by area
• Military districts of Russia, a similar grouping of federal subjects, for military purposes
• Zonal Councils of India, similar entities

External links

• Wilson Center article on Russia's federal districts

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