The Far Eastern Federal District is the largest and the least populated federal district of Russia, with a population of around 7.9 million and an area of . The federal district is within North Asia as per the UN geoscheme and it is coextensive with the Russian Far East.
History
The Far Eastern Federal District was established on 13 May 2000 by President Vladimir Putin. It is currently governed by presidential envoy Yury Trutnev. In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were added to the federal district. The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.
On 15 July 2022, the first high-speed highway was opened in the Far Eastern Federal District. It united three federal highwaysUssuri (KhabarovskVladivostok), Amur (ChitaKhabarovsk) and Vostok (KhabarovskNakhodka), and connect the regional capital with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as sites of the territory of the advancing socio-economic development (SAD).
Demographics
Federal subjects
# Flag Coat of arms Federal subject Area inkm2 Population(2021 census) GDP Capital/Administrative center Map of Administrative Division 1 Amur Oblast 361,900 766,912 Blagoveshchensk 2 Republic of Buryatia 351,300 978,588 Ulan-Ude 3 Jewish Autonomous Oblast 36,300 150,453 Birobidzhan 4 Zabaykalsky Krai 431,900 1,004,125 Chita 5 Kamchatka Krai 464,300 291,705 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 6 Magadan Oblast 462,500 136,085 Magadan 7 Primorsky Krai 164,700 1,845,165 Vladivostok 8 Sakha Republic 3,083,500 995,686 Yakutsk 9 Sakhalin Oblast 87,100 466,609 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 10 Khabarovsk Krai 787,600 1,292,944 Khabarovsk 11 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 721,500 47,490 Anadyr
Largest cities with a population over 75,000 There are 82 cities in the Far Eastern Federal District, and 13 cities have populations over 75,000.
Only four of these 13 cities (Komsomolsk-on-Amur (7th) in Khabarovsk Krai, Ussuriysk (9th), Nakhodka (11th), Artyom (12th) in Primorsky Krai) are not administrative centres of a federal subject. Anadyr, the centre of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is one of the smallest centres of a federal subject (it has only 13,045 inhabitants). Only Magas, the centre of Ingushetia, is smaller than Anadyr.
Artyom is a large suburb of the Vladivostok metropolitan area.Подписано соглашение о создании Владивостокской агломерации
Populations are given as of the 2021 census: Khabarovsk: 617,441 Vladivostok: 603,519 Ulan-Ude: 437,565 Yakutsk: 355,443 Chita: 334,427 Blagoveshchensk: 241,437 Komsomolsk-on-Amur: 238,505 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 181,587 Ussuriysk: 180,393 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 164,900 Nakhodka: 139,931 Artyom: 109,556 Magadan: 90,757
Religion
According to a 2012 survey 27.4% of the population of the current federal subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District (including Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai) adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 5.0% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1.4% is an Orthodox believer without belonging to any church or adheres to other (non-Russian) Orthodox churches, 3.3% is an adherent of Buddhism, 0.7% is an adherent of Islam, and 2.2% adhere to some native faith such as Rodnovery, Tengrism, Yellow shamanism, or Black shamanism. In addition, 27.0% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 23.5% is atheist, and 9.5% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.
Ethnicity
The ethnic composition, according to the 2021 census (after the integration of Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai in 2018) was: Total6,979,578 people Russians5,674,671 (81.30%) Yakuts472,116 (6.76%) Buryats371,677 (5.33%) Ukrainians47,560 (0.68%) Evenki33,760 (0.48%) Koreans29,855 (0.43%) Tatars24,605 (0.35%) Uzbeks23,477 (0.34%) Armenians20,185 (0.29%) Kyrgyz19,659 (0.28%) Evens (Lamuts)19,561 (0.28%) Tajiks17,812 (0.26%) Chukchi15,686 (0.22%) Azerbaijanis13,011 (0.19%) Nanai11,424 (0.16%) Chinese8,396 (0.12%) Belarusians7,944 (0.11%) Koryaks7,292 (0.10%) Kazakhs4,614 (0.07%) Bashkirs4,391 (0.06%) Nivkh3,758 (0.05%) Germans3,564 (0.05%) Chuvash2,906 (0.04%) Moldovans2,851 (0.04%) Mordva2,675 (0.04%) Jews2,529 (0.04%) Ulchi2,431 (0.03%) Yukaghir1,747 (0.03%) Itelmens1,486 (0.02%) Mari1,230 (0.02%) Individuals who did not indicate nationality996,184 (12.49%)
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys No.Name (envoy)PhotoTerm of officeAppointed byStart of termEnd of termLength of service1Konstantin Pulikovsky 18 May 2000 14 November 2005 ( days)Vladimir Putin 2Kamil Iskhakov 14 November 2005 2 October 2007 ( days)3Oleg Safonov30 November 200730 April 2009 ( days)4Viktor Ishayev 30 April 2009 30 August 2013 ( days)Dmitry Medvedev5Yury Trutnev31 August 2013present ( days)Vladimir Putin
See also Far North (Russia) Far Eastern economic region Eastern Military District Far Eastern Republic Manchuria (Northeast China) Russian Manchuria History of Primorye
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References
External links Meeting of Frontiers: Siberia, Alaska, and the American West (includes materials on the Russian Far East) Unofficial website of the Far Eastern Federal District