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The federal districts (russian: федера́льные округа́, ''federalnyye okruga'') are groupings of the federal subjects of
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. Federal districts are not mentioned in the nation's constitution, and do not have competences of their own and do not manage regional affairs. They exist solely to monitor consistency between the federal and regional bodies of law, and ensuring governmental control over the civil service, judiciary, and federal agencies, operating in the regions.


List of federal districts

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History

The federal districts of Russia were established by
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in 2000 to facilitate the federal government's task of controlling the then 89 federal subjects across the country. On 19 January 2010, the new North Caucasian Federal District split from the Southern Federal District. In March 2014, after the annexation of Crimea, the
Crimean Federal District The Crimean Federal District (russian: Кры́мский федера́льный о́круг) was a federal district of Russia. It was established on March 21, 2014 after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. The federal dist ...
was established. The legality of this annexation is disputed by an overwhelming majority of countries. On 28 July 2016 the Crimean Federal District was abolished and merged into the Southern Federal District in order to improve governance. In November 2018,
Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...
and Zabaykalsky Krai were removed from the Siberian Federal District and added to the Far Eastern Federal District in accordance with a decree issued by Putin. The Administrative Centre of the Far Eastern Federal District relocated from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.


Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

* Central Federal District ** Igor Shchyogolev (since 26 June 2018) * Southern Federal District ** Vladimir Ustinov (since 12 May 2008) * Northwestern Federal District ** Aleksandr Gutsan (since 7 November 2018) * Far Eastern Federal District **
Yury Trutnev Yury Petrovich Trutnev (russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Тру́тнев; born 1 March 1956) is a Russian politician who serves as a Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District since 2013. F ...
(since 31 August 2013) * Siberian Federal District **
Anatoly Seryshev Anatoly Anatolyevich Seryshev (russian: Анатолий Анатольевич Серышев; born 19 July 1965) is a Russian politician. He is currently the Plenipotentiary Representative to the Siberian Federal District, incumbent since 12 O ...
(since 12 October 2021) * Ural Federal District ** Nikolay Tsukanov (since 26 June 2018) *
Volga Federal District Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District (russian: Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг, ''Privolzhsky federalny okrug'') is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. ...
** Igor Komarov (since 7 September 2018) *
North Caucasian Federal District North Caucasian Federal District (russian: Се́веро-Кавка́зский федера́льный о́круг, ''Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug'') is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It is located in extreme southern Ru ...
**
Yury Chaika Yury Yakovlevich Chaika (russian: Юрий Яковлевич Чайка; born 21 May 1951) is a Russian jurist and politician, Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District since 2020. Previously he served Prosecutor General of Rus ...
(since 22 January 2020)


See also

* Economic regions of Russia, a similar grouping of the federal subjects of Russia for economic and statistical purposes. * Military districts of Russia, a similar grouping of federal subjects of Russia for military purposes *
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, a similar entity in
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to a Russian federal district *
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References


External links


Wilson Center article on Russia's federal districts
{{Subdivisions of Russia Political divisions of Russia Federalism in Russia Lists of subdivisions of Russia