Siberian Federal District ( rus, Сибирский федеральный округ, p=sʲɪˈbʲirskʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the
eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 17,178,298 according to the
2010 Census,
living in an area of .
[ The entire federal district lies within the continent of ]Asia
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.
The district was created by presidential decree on 13 May 2000 and covers around 30% of the total land area of Russia. In November 2018, Buryatia
Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia, is a republic of Russia located in the Russian Far East. Formerly part of the Siberian Federal District, it has been administered as part of the Far Eastern Federal District since 2018. To its nort ...
and Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Russian Far East. Its administrative center is Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, the population was ...
were removed from the Siberian Federal District and added to the Far Eastern Federal District
The Far Eastern Federal District ( rus, Дальневосточный федеральный округ, p=dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstot͡ɕnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is the largest and the least populated federal districts of Russia, federa ...
in accordance with a decree issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin
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.
Demographics
Federal subjects
The district comprises the West Siberian (part) and East Siberian economic regions and ten federal subjects:
Religion and ethnicity
According to a 2012 survey, 28.9% of the population of the current federal subjects of the Siberian Federal District (excluding Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai) adhere to the Russian Orthodox Church
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, 5.2% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1.9% are Orthodox believers without belonging to any church or adhere to other (non-Russian) Orthodox churches, 1.4% are Muslim
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, 1.2% are Buddhist
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, and 1.6% adhere to some native faith such as Rodnovery
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, Tengrism
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, or Tuvan Shamanism
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. In addition, 33.2% of the population declare to be "spiritual but not religious", 18.7% are atheist
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, and 7.9% follow other religions or did not give an answer to the question.
Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census:
*Total – 19,256,426
*Russians
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– 16,542,506 (85.91%)
*Buryats
The Buryats are a Mongolic ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia who speak the Buryat language. They are one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the other being the Yakuts. The majority of the Buryats today live in their ti ...
– 442,794 (2.30%)
* Tuvans – 259,971 (1.35%)
*Ukrainians
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– 227,353 (1.18%)
*Tatars
Tatars ( )[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...
– 204,321 (1.06%)
*Germans
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– 198,109 (1.03%)
*Kazakhs
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– 117,507 (0.61%)
* Altaians – 72,841 (0.38%)
* Khakass — 70,859 (0.37%)
*Armenians
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– 63,091 (0.33%)
*Azerbaijanis
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– 54,762 (0.28%)
*Belarusians
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– 47 829 (0.25%)
*Uzbeks
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– 41,799 (0.22%)
* Chuvash – 40,527 (0.21%)
*Tajiks
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– 32,419 (0.17%)
* Kyrgyz — 30,871 (0.16%)
* Mordva – 19,238 (0.10%)
* Roma – 15,162 (0.08%)
*Bashkirs
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– 12 929 (0.07%)
* Shors – 12 397 (0.06%)
*Koreans
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– 11,193 (0.06%)
*Moldovans
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– 11 155 (0.06%)
*Evenks
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– 10,243 (0.05%)
*Jews
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– 9,642 (0.05%)
* Mari – 9,116 (0.05%)
* Chinese — 9,075 (0.05%)
* Udmurts – 8,822 (0.05%)
*Poles
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People
*Poles (people), another term for Polish people, from the country of Poland
* Pole (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Pole (musician) (Stefan Betke, born 1967), German electronic music artist
...
– 8,435 (0.04%)
*Georgians
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– 7,884 (0.04%)
*Estonians
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Estonians primarily speak the Estonian language, a language closely related to other Finni ...
– 7,112 (0.04%)
* Dolgans – 5,854 (0.03%)
*Persons who did not indicate nationality – 561,206 (2.91%)
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys
See also
* Siberia
Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states ...
References
External links
Images of the Siberian Federal District
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Federal districts of Russia
States and territories established in 2000
2000 establishments in Russia