The Southern Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its territory lies mostly on the Pontic–Caspian steppe of Southern Russia. The Southern Federal District shares borders with Ukraine, the Azov Sea, and the Black Sea in the west, and Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea in the east.
History The Southern Federal District was originally called the "North Caucasian Federal District" when it was founded on 13 May 2000, but was renamed for political reasons on 21 June 2000. On 19 January 2010, the Southern Federal District was split in two, with its former southern territories forming a new North Caucasian Federal District.
On 28 July 2016, Crimean Federal District (which contains the Republic of Crimea and the Federal city of Sevastopol) was abolished and merged into Southern Federal District in order to "improve the governance". Crimean Federal District was established on 21 March 2014 after the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. The federal district includes both the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol, both recognized as part of Ukraine by most of the international community.Law about occupied territories of Ukraine. Mirror Weekly. 15 May 2014Higher educational institutions at the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine will not work – the minister of education. Newsru. 1 October 2014 Its population was 13,854,334 (62.4% urban) according to the 2010 Census, living in an area of .
Demographics
Federal constituent entities
An official government translation of the constitution of Russia from Russian to English uses the term "constituent entities of the Russian Federation". For example, Article 5 reads: "The Russian Federation shall consist of republics, krays, oblasts, cities of federal significance, an autonomous oblast and autonomous okrugs, which shall have equal rights as constituent entities of the Russian Federation." A translation provided by Garant-Internet instead uses the term "subjects of the Russian Federation".
Tom Fennell, a translator, told the 2008 American Translators Association conference that "constituent entity of the Russian Federation" is a better translation than "subject". This was supported by Tamara Nekrasova, Head of Translation Department at Goltsblat BLP, saying in a 2011 presentation at a translators conference that "constituent entity of the Russian Federation is more appropriate than subject of the Russian Federation (subject would be OK for a monarchy)".
# Flag Coat of Arms Constituent entities Area in km2 Population Capital/administrative center Map of Administrative Division 1 Republic of Adygea 7,800 496,934 Maykop 2 Astrakhan Oblast 49,000 960,142 Astrakhan 3 Republic of Kalmykia 74,700 267,133 Elista 4 Krasnodar Krai 75,500 5,838,273 Krasnodar 5 Rostov Oblast 101,000 4,200,729 Rostov-on-Don 6 Volgograd Oblast 112,900 2,500,781 Volgograd Disputed territories A Republic of Crimea 26,100 1,934,630 Simferopol B Sevastopol 900 547,820 Sevastopol
Ethnic groups Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census: Total - 13,854,334 people. Russians - 11,602,452 (83.75%) Armenians - 442,505 (3.19%) Ukrainians - 212,674 (1.54%) Kazakhs - 205,364 (1.48%) Kalmyks - 172,242 (1.24%) Tatars - 127,455 (0.92%) Circassians - 121,391 (0.88%) Azerbaijanis - 52,871 (0.38%) Turks - 51,367 (0.37%) Roma - 46,067 (0.33%) Belarusians - 44,723 (0.32%) Chechens - 34,593 (0.25%) Georgians - 31,018 (0.22%) Germans - 29,312 (0.21%) Koreans - 27,640 (0.20%) Greeks - 27,313 (0.20%) Dargins - 24,815 (0.18%) Uzbeks - 16,361 (0.12%) Avars - 16,061 (0.12%) Moldovans - 15,888 (0.11%) Lezgins - 15,241 (0.11%) Chuvash - 12,329 (0.09%) Kurds - 12,056 (0.09%) Bashkirs - 4,942 (0.06%) Persons who did not indicate their nationality: 240,609 people. (1.74%) Representatives of other nationalities: 729,572 people. (5.26%)
Life expectancy
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys No.Name (envoy)PhotoTerm of officeAppointed byStart of termEnd of termLength of service1Viktor Kazantsev 18 May 2000 9 March 2004 ( days)Vladimir Putin 2Vladimir Yakovlev 9 March 2004 13 September 20043Dmitry Kozak13 September 200424 September 2007 ( days)4Grigory Rapota24 September 200714 May 2008 days5Vladimir Ustinov14 May 2008present ( days)Dmitry Medvedev
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