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Northwestern Federal District

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
St. Petersburg

Federal subjects
  
11 contained

Area
  
1.687 million km²

Established
  
May 18, 2000

Area rank
  
4th

Economic regions
  
3 contained

Population
  
13.62 million (2010)

Northwestern Federal District

Destinations
  
Saint Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Murmansk

Clubs and Teams
  
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Points of interest
  
Peter and Paul Fortress, Petergof, Winter Palace, Church of the Savior on Blood, Hermitage Museum

Colleges and Universities
  
Alexander Mozhaysky Military S, Saint Petersburg State Uni, European University at Saint P, Herzen University, Baltic State Technical University

Northwestern Federal District (Russian: Се́веро-За́падный федера́льный о́круг, Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug [ˈsʲevʲɪrə ˈzapədnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It consists of the northern part of European Russia. Its population was 13,616,057 (83.5% urban) according to the 2010 Census, living in an area of 1,687,000 square kilometers (651,000 sq mi). The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is Vladimir Bulavin.

Contents

Map of Northwestern Federal District, Russia

Federal subjects

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

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

  1. Viktor Cherkesov (May 18, 2000 – March 11, 2003)
  2. Valentina Matviyenko (March 11, 2003 – October 15, 2003)
  3. Ilya Klebanov (November 1, 2003 – September 6, 2011)
  4. Nikolay Vinnichenko (September 6, 2011 - March 11, 2014)
  5. Vladimir Bulavin (March 11, 2014 - July 28, 2016)
  6. Nikolay Tsukanov (July 28, 2016 - present)

References

Northwestern Federal District Wikipedia