The Northwestern Federal District 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 , 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. He replaced former Envoy Alexander Beglov, who was removed from the position and made acting Governor of Saint Petersburg.
Demographics
Federal subjects The district comprises the Northern, Northwestern and Kaliningrad economic regions and eleven federal subjects:
# Flag Coat of Arms Federal subject Area in km2 Population (2021) GDP Capital/Administrative center Map of Administrative Division 1 Arkhangelsk Oblast 589,900 978,873 Arkhangelsk 2 Vologda Oblast 144,500 1,142,827 Vologda 3 Kaliningrad Oblast 15,100 1,029,966 Kaliningrad 4 Republic of Karelia 180,500 533,121 Petrozavodsk 5 Komi Republic 416,800 737,853 Syktyvkar 6 Leningrad Oblast 83,900 2,000,997 Gatchina 7 Murmansk Oblast 144,900 667,744 Murmansk 8 Nenets Autonomous Okrug 176,800 41,434 Naryan-Mar 9 Novgorod Oblast 54,500 583,387 Veliky Novgorod 10 Pskov Oblast 55,400 599,084 Pskov 11 Saint Petersburg 1,400 5,601,911 Saint Petersburg According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the Northwestern Federal District is as follows: EthnicityPopulationPercentageRussians10,884,24491.30%Komi132,8231.11%Ukrainians100,0300.84%Belarusians58,5770.49%Tatars42,4210.36%Armenians38,2110.32%Azerbaijanis34,5320.29%Karelians28,2570.24%Uzbeks28,2410.24%Tajiks21,5770.18%Jews11,9600.10%Others540,7734.54%Ethnicity not stated1,995,551– Vital statistics for 2022:
Births: 113,637 (8.2 per 1,000) Deaths: 186,074 (13.4 per 1,000)
Total fertility rate (2022):
1.26 children per woman
Life expectancy (2021):
70.37 years
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys No.Name (envoy)PhotoTerm of officeAppointed byStart of termEnd of termLength of service1Viktor Cherkesov 18 May 2000 11 March 2003 ( days)Vladimir Putin 2Valentina Matviyenko 11 March 2003 15 October 20033Ilya Klebanov1 November 20036 September 2011 ( days)4Nikolay Vinnichenko6 September 201111 March 2014 ( days)Dmitry Medvedev5Vladimir Bulavin11 March 201428 July 2016 ( days)Vladimir Putin6Nikolay Tsukanov28 July 201625 December 2017 ( days)7Alexander Beglov25 December 20173 October 2018 days8Aleksandr Gutsan7 November 201824 September 2025 ( days)9Igor Rudenya29 September 2025present days
See also List of largest cities in Northwestern Federal District (in Russian) Novgorod Republic which contained most of the current federal district
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References
External links Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District