| Northwestern Federal District | |||||
| Native Name: | Северо-Западный федеральный округ | ||||
| Native Name Lang: | ru | ||||
| Settlement Type: | Federal district of Russia | ||||
| Established Title: | Established | ||||
| Established Date: | 13 May 2000[1] | ||||
| Seat Type: | Administrative centre | ||||
| Seat: | Saint Petersburg | ||||
| Leader Title: | Presidential Envoy | ||||
| Leader Name: | Aleksandr Gutsan | ||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||
| Area Total Km2: | 1687000 | ||||
| Area Rank: | 4th | ||||
| Area Footnotes: | [2] | ||||
| Population Total: | 13917197 | ||||
| Total Type: | Total | ||||
| Population As Of: | 2021 | ||||
| Population Rank: | 5th | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | Federal subjects | ||||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 11 contained | ||||
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Economic regions | ||||
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 3 contained | ||||
| Demographics Type2: | GDP | ||||
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total | ||||
| Demographics2 Info1: | ₽ 18.929 trillion US$ 271 billion (2022) | ||||
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita | ||||
| Demographics2 Info2: | ₽ 1,362,907 US$ 19,499 (2022) | ||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | HDI (2021) | ||||
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0.833[3] · 3rd | ||||
| Footnotes: |
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Northwestern Federal District (Russian: Северо-Западный федеральный округ|p=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 1687000km2,[2] according to the 2010 Census. The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is Aleksandr Gutsan, who was appointed to the post after previously serving as Deputy Prosecutor General.[4] He replaced former Envoy Alexander Beglov, who was removed from the position and made acting Governor of Saint Petersburg.
The district comprises the Northern, Northwestern and Kaliningrad economic regions and eleven federal subjects:[5]
| Flag | Coat of Arms | Federal subject | Area in km2 | Population (2021) | GDP[6] | Capital/Administrative center | Map of Administrative Division | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkhangelsk Oblast | 589,900 | 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 | ||||
| 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 | – |
Total fertility rate (2022):[10]
1.26 children per woman
Life expectancy (2021):[11]
70.37 years
| № | 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 | (days) | Vladimir Putin | |
| 2 | Valentina Matviyenko | 11 March 2003 | 15 October 2003 | |||
| 3 | Ilya Klebanov | 1 November 2003 | 6 September 2011 | (days) | ||
| 4 | Nikolay Vinnichenko | 6 September 2011 | 11 March 2014 | (days) | Dmitry Medvedev | |
| 5 | Vladimir Bulavin[12] | 11 March 2014 | 28 July 2016 | (days) | Vladimir Putin | |
| 6 | Nikolay Tsukanov | 28 July 2016 | 25 December 2017 | (days) | ||
| 7 | Alexander Beglov[13] | 25 December 2017 | 3 October 2018 | days | ||
| 8 | Aleksandr Gutsan | 7 November 2018 | present | (days) | ||