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Siberian Federal District

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
Novosibirsk

Federal subjects
  
12 contained

Population
  
19.26 million (2010)

Established
  
May 18, 2000

Area rank
  
2nd

Economic regions
  
2 contained

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Destinations
  
Lake Baikal, Irkutsk, Manzhouli, Novosibirsk

Clubs and Teams
  
HC Sibir Novosibirsk, Avangard Omsk

Points of interest
  
Lake Baikal, Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel, Novosibirsk Zoo, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Lake Teletskoye

Colleges and Universities
  
Siberian Federal University, Tomsk State University, Novosibirsk State University, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Novosibirsk State Technical

Siberian Federal District (Russian: Сиби́рский федера́льный о́круг, Sibirsky federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 19,256,426 (72.0% urban) according to the 2010 Census, living in an area of 5,145,000 square kilometers (1,986,500 sq mi). The entire federal district lies within the continent of Asia.

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Map of Siberian Federal District, Russia

The district was created by presidential decree on May 13, 2000 and covers around 30% of the total land area of Russia.

Federal subjects

The district comprises the West Siberian (part) and East Siberian economic regions and twelve federal subjects:

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

  1. Leonid Drachevsky (May 18, 2000 - September 9, 2004)
  2. Anatoly Kvashnin (September 9, 2004 - September 9, 2010)
  3. Viktor Tolokonsky (September 9, 2010 - May 12, 2014)
  4. Nikolay Rogozhkin (May 12, 2014 - July 28, 2016)
  5. Sergey Menyaylo (since July 28, 2016)

References

Siberian Federal District Wikipedia