Northwestern Federal District
59°57′N 30°19′E / 59.950°N 30.317°E
Northwestern Federal District
Северо-Западный федеральный округ | |
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![]() Location of the Northwestern Federal District | |
Established | 13 May 2000[1] |
Administrative centre | Saint Petersburg |
Government | |
• Presidential Envoy | Aleksandr Gutsan |
Area | |
• Total | 1,687,000 km2 (651,000 sq mi) |
• Rank | 4th |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 13,917,197 |
• Rank | 5th |
• Density | 8.2/km2 (21/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | ₽ 18.929 trillion US$ 271 billion (2022) |
• Per capita | ₽ 1,362,907 US$ 19,499 (2022) |
Federal subjects | 11 contained |
Economic regions | 3 contained |
HDI (2021) | 0.833[4] very high · 3rd |
Website | szfo |
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Northwestern Federal District (Russian: Северо-Западный федеральный округ, IPA: [ˌsʲevʲɪrə ˈzapədnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) 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),[2] according to the 2010 Census.[5] The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is Aleksandr Gutsan, who was appointed to the post after previously serving as Deputy Prosecutor General.[6] 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
[edit]The district comprises the Northern, Northwestern and Kaliningrad economic regions and eleven federal subjects:[7]
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# | Flag | Coat of Arms | Federal subject | Area in km2[2] | Population (2021) | GDP[8] | Capital/Administrative center | Map of Administrative Division |
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Arkhangelsk Oblast | 589,900[a] | 978,873 | ₽649 billion | Arkhangelsk | ![]() |
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Vologda Oblast | 144,500 | 1,142,827 | ₽1,010 billion | Vologda | ![]() |
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Kaliningrad Oblast | 15,100 | 1,029,966 | ₽675 billion | Kaliningrad | ![]() |
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Republic of Karelia | 180,500 | 533,121 | ₽447 billion | Petrozavodsk | ![]() |
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Komi Republic | 416,800 | 737,853 | ₽857 billion | Syktyvkar | ![]() |
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Leningrad Oblast | 83,900 | 2,000,997 | ₽1,481 billion | Gatchina | ![]() |
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Murmansk Oblast | 144,900 | 667,744 | ₽1,084 billion | Murmansk | ![]() |
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Nenets Autonomous Okrug | 176,800 | 41,434 | ₽407 billion | Naryan-Mar | ![]() |
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Novgorod Oblast | 54,500 | 583,387 | ₽342 billion | Veliky Novgorod | ![]() |
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Pskov Oblast | 55,400 | 599,084 | ₽220 billion | Pskov | ![]() |
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Saint Petersburg | 1,400 | 5,601,911 | ₽9,440 billion | Saint Petersburg | ![]() |
According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the Northwestern Federal District is as follows:[9]
Ethnicity | Population | Percentage |
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Russians | 10,884,244 | 91.30% |
Komi | 132,823 | 1.11% |
Ukrainians | 100,030 | 0.84% |
Belarusians | 58,577 | 0.49% |
Tatars | 42,421 | 0.36% |
Armenians | 38,211 | 0.32% |
Azerbaijanis | 34,532 | 0.29% |
Karelians | 28,257 | 0.24% |
Uzbeks | 28,241 | 0.24% |
Tajiks | 21,577 | 0.18% |
Jews | 11,960 | 0.10% |
Others | 540,773 | 4.54% |
Ethnicity not stated | 1,995,551 | – |
Vital statistics for 2022:[10][11]
- Births: 113,637 (8.2 per 1,000)
- Deaths: 186,074 (13.4 per 1,000)
Total fertility rate (2022):[12]
1.26 children per woman
Life expectancy (2021):[13]
70.37 years
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys
[edit]№ | Name (envoy) | Photo | Term of office | Appointed by | ||
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Start of term | End of term | Length of service | ||||
1 | Viktor Cherkesov | ![]() |
18 May 2000 | 11 March 2003 | 2 years, 297 days (1,027 days) | Vladimir Putin |
2 | Valentina Matviyenko | ![]() |
11 March 2003 | 15 October 2003 | 220 days | |
3 | Ilya Klebanov | ![]() |
1 November 2003 | 6 September 2011 | 7 years, 309 days (2,866 days) | |
4 | Nikolay Vinnichenko | ![]() |
6 September 2011 | 11 March 2014 | 2 years, 186 days (917 days) | Dmitry Medvedev |
5 | Vladimir Bulavin[14] | ![]() |
11 March 2014 | 28 July 2016 | 2 years, 139 days (870 days) | Vladimir Putin |
6 | Nikolay Tsukanov | ![]() |
28 July 2016 | 25 December 2017 | 1 year, 150 days (515 days) | |
7 | Alexander Beglov[15] | ![]() |
25 December 2017 | 3 October 2018 | 282 days | |
8 | Aleksandr Gutsan | ![]() |
7 November 2018 | present | 5 years, 295 days (2,121 days) |
See also
[edit]- List of largest cities in Northwestern Federal District (in Russian)
- Novgorod Republic which contained most of the current federal district
Notes
[edit]- ^ Includes the area of Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The area of Arkhangelsk Oblast proper is 413,100 square kilometres (159,500 sq mi).
References
[edit]- ^ Putin, V. (May 13, 2000). "Указ Президента Российской Федерации о полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе" [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District] (in Russian). Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via Wikisource.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Валовой региональный продукт по субъектам Российской Федерации в 2016-2022 гг., rosstat.gov.ru
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Валовой региональный продукт". rosstat.gov.ru.
- ^ "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ "Information on the number of registered births, deaths, marriages and divorces for January to December 2022". ROSSTAT. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ "Birth rate, mortality rate, natural increase, marriage rate, divorce rate for January to December 2022". ROSSTAT. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ Суммарный коэффициент рождаемости [Total fertility rate]. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (in Russian). Archived from the original (XLSX) on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "Демографический ежегодник России" [The Demographic Yearbook of Russia] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat). Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ 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
[edit]- (in Russian) Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District
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