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.

Federal district of Russia

Northwestern Federal District

Северо-Западный федеральный округ

Federal district of Russia

Location of the Northwestern Federal District

Established| 18 May 2000
Administrative centre| Saint Petersburg
Government

• Presidential Envoy| Aleksandr Gutsan
Area

[1]

• 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

[2]

• 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[3]
very high · 3rd
Website| szfo.gov.ru

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),[1] according to the 2010 Census.[4] The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is Alexander Gutsan, who was appointed to the post after previously serving as Deputy Prosecutor General.[5] He replaced former Envoy Alexander Beglov, who was removed from the position and made acting Governor of Saint Petersburg.

## Demographics[edit]

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

### Federal subjects[edit]

The district comprises the Northern, Northwestern and Kaliningrad economic regions and eleven federal subjects:[6]

#  | Flag  | Coat of Arms  | Federal subject  | Area in km2[1] | Population (2021)  | GDP[7] | 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:[8]

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:[9][10]

* Births: 113,637 (8.2 per 1,000)
* Deaths: 186,074 (13.4 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2022):[11]

1.26 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021):[12]

70.37 years

## Presidential plenipotentiary envoys[edit]

* 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)[13]

* Nikolay Tsukanov
(28 July 2016 – 25 December 2017)

* Alexander Beglov
(25 December 2017 – 3 October 2018)[14]

* Aleksandr Gutsan
(since 7 November 2018)

## 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]

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

## References[edit]

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