Northwestern Federal District
Coordinates: 59°57′N 30°19′E / 59.950°N 30.317°E
Northwestern Federal District
Северо-Западный федеральный округ | |
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Country | Russia |
Established | 18 May 2000 |
Administrative centre | Saint Petersburg |
Government | |
• Presidential Envoy | Aleksandr Gutsan |
Area | |
• Total | 1,687,000 km2 (651,000 sq mi) |
Area rank | 4th |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 13,616,057 |
• Rank | 5th |
• Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
Federal subjects | 11 contained |
Economic regions | 3 contained |
HDI (2019) | 0.835[2] very high · 3rd |
Website | szfo |
Northwestern Federal District,[a] 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[]
Federal subjects[]
The district comprises the Northern, Northwestern and Kaliningrad economic regions and eleven federal subjects:[5]
# | Flag | Federal subject | Area in km2[1] | Population (2010) | Capital/Administrative center |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arkhangelsk Oblast | 589,900[b] | 1,336,539 | Arkhangelsk | |
2 | Vologda Oblast | 144,500 | 1,269,568 | Vologda | |
3 | Kaliningrad Oblast | 15,100 | 955,281 | Kaliningrad | |
4 | Republic of Karelia | 180,500 | 716,281 | Petrozavodsk | |
5 | Komi Republic | 416,800 | 1,018,674 | Syktyvkar | |
6 | Leningrad Oblast | 83,900 | 1,669,205 | Saint Petersburg | |
7 | Murmansk Oblast | 144,900 | 892,534 | Murmansk | |
8 | Nenets Autonomous Okrug | 176,800 | 41,546 | Naryan-Mar | |
9 | Novgorod Oblast | 54,500 | 694,355 | Veliky Novgorod | |
10 | Pskov Oblast | 55,400 | 760,810 | Pskov | |
11 | Saint Petersburg | 1,400 | 4,662,547 | Saint Petersburg |
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[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "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 2015.
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(help) - ^ 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
Categories:
- Northwestern Federal District
- Federal districts of Russia
- States and territories established in 2000
- 2000 establishments in Russia