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Northwestern Federal District

59°57′N 30°19′E / 59.950°N 30.317°E / 59.950; 30.317

This article is about the political group of regions. For the geographical region, see Northwest Russia.
Northwestern Federal District
Северо-Западный федеральный округ
Federal district of Russia
Location of the Northwestern Federal District
Location of the Northwestern Federal District
Established13 May 2000[1]
Administrative centreSaint Petersburg
Government
 • Presidential EnvoyAleksandr Gutsan
Area
[2]
 • Total
1,687,000 km2 (651,000 sq mi)
 • Rank4th
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
13,917,197
 • Rank5th
 • Density8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
GDP
[3]
 • Total₽ 18.929 trillion
US$ 271 billion (2022)
 • Per capita₽ 1,362,907
US$ 19,499 (2022)
Federal subjects11 contained
Economic regions3 contained
HDI (2022)0.822[4]
very high · 1st
Websiteszfo.gov.ru
Map
Northwestern Federal District is located in Northwestern Federal District
Northwestern Federal District
Northwestern Federal District
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Northwestern Federal District in Russia

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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Population pyramid as of the 2021 Russian Census
 
Baltiysk Beach, Kaliningrad Oblast

Federal subjects

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The district comprises the Northern, Northwestern and Kaliningrad economic regions and eleven federal subjects:[7]

 
# Flag Coat of Arms Federal subject Area in km2[2] Population (2021) GDP[8] Capital/Administrative center Map of Administrative Division
1     Arkhangelsk Oblast 589,900[a] 978,873 ₽649 billion Arkhangelsk  
2     Vologda Oblast 144,500 1,142,827 ₽1,010 billion Vologda  
3     Kaliningrad Oblast 15,100 1,029,966 ₽675 billion Kaliningrad  
4     Republic of Karelia 180,500 533,121 ₽447 billion Petrozavodsk  
5     Komi Republic 416,800 737,853 ₽857 billion Syktyvkar  
6     Leningrad Oblast 83,900 2,000,997 ₽1,481 billion Gatchina  
7     Murmansk Oblast 144,900 667,744 ₽1,084 billion Murmansk  
8     Nenets Autonomous Okrug 176,800 41,434 ₽407 billion Naryan-Mar  
9     Novgorod Oblast 54,500 583,387 ₽342 billion Veliky Novgorod  
10     Pskov Oblast 55,400 599,084 ₽220 billion Pskov  
11     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
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

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№ Name (envoy) Photo Term of office Appointed by
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 6 years, 14 days (2,206 days)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Includes the area of Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The area of Arkhangelsk Oblast proper is 413,100 square kilometres (159,500 sq mi).

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Валовой региональный продукт по субъектам Российской Федерации в 2016-2022 гг., rosstat.gov.ru
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Putin asks Federation Council to relieve Gutsan of office as deputy prosecutor general (Part 2) - Interfax". www.interfax.com. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Валовой региональный продукт". rosstat.gov.ru.
  9. ^ "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Демографический ежегодник России" [The Demographic Yearbook of Russia] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat). Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  14. ^ Путин сменил полпреда Северо-Западного округа: вместо Винниченко назначен Булавин (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. March 11, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  15. ^ 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.
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