The Central Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Geographically, the district is situated in the extreme west of present-day Russia, although it can be considered as the central region of European Russia. The district covers an area of , The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is Igor Shchyogolev.
thumb|Lake Visha, Central Federal District
Demographics
thumb|Population pyramid of the Central Federal District at the 2021 Russian Census
Federal subjects
The district comprises the Central and Central Black Earth economic regions and eighteen federal subjects:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="9" | 150px|Central Federal District
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! #
! Flag
! Coat of Arms
! Federal subject
! Area in km<sup>2</sup>
! Administrative center
! Map of Administrative Division
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! 1
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| Belgorod Oblast
| 27,100
| 1,540,486
| ₽1,355 billion
| Belgorod
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! 2
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| Bryansk Oblast
| 34,900
| 1,169,161
| ₽469 billion
| Bryansk
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! 3
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| Vladimir Oblast
| 29,100
| 1,348,134
| ₽737 billion
| Vladimir
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! 4
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| Voronezh Oblast
| 52,200
| 2,308,792
| ₽1,255 billion
| Voronezh
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! 5
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| Ivanovo Oblast
| 21,400
| 927,828
| ₽300 billion
| Ivanovo
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! 6
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| Kaluga Oblast
| 29,800
| 1,069,904
| ₽664 billion
| Kaluga
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! 7
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| Kostroma Oblast
| 60,200
| 580,976
| ₽242 billion
| Kostroma
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! 8
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| Kursk Oblast
| 30,000
| 1,082,458
| ₽684 billion
| Kursk
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|-
! 9
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| Lipetsk Oblast
| 24,000
| 1,143,224
| ₽844 billion
| Lipetsk
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! 10
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| Moscow
| 2,600
| 13,010,112
| ₽24,471 billion
| Moscow
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! 11
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| Moscow Oblast
| 44,300
| 8,524,665
| ₽6,832 billion
| None; most public authorities located in Moscow,<br>subject administration located in Krasnogorsk
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! 12
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| Oryol Oblast
| 24,700
| 713,374
| ₽337 billion
| Oryol
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! 13
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| Ryazan Oblast
| 39,600
| 1,102,810
| ₽532 billion
| Ryazan
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! 14
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| Smolensk Oblast
| 49,800
| 888,421
| ₽422 billion
| Smolensk
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! 15
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| Tambov Oblast
| 34,500
| 982,991
| ₽429 billion
| Tambov
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! 16
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| Tver Oblast
| 84,200
| 1,230,171
| ₽555 billion
| Tver
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! 17
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| Tula Oblast
| 25,700
| 1,501,214
| ₽868 billion
| Tula
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! 18
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| Yaroslavl Oblast
| 36,200
| 1,209,811
| ₽690 billion
| Yaroslavl
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|}
According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the Central Federal District is as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
!Ethnicity
!Population
!Percentage
|-
|Russians
|31,979,405
|93.05%
|-
|Armenians
|227,833
|0.66%
|-
|Ukrainians
|206,100
|0.60%
|-
|Tatars
|164,436
|0.48%
|-
|Tajiks
|120,594
|0.35%
|-
|Uzbeks
|111,206
|0.32%
|-
|Azerbaijanis
|100,665
|0.29%
|-
|Belarusians
|55,673
|0.16%
|-
|Georgians
|44,860
|0.13%
|-
|Kyrgyz
|44,729
|0.13%
|-
|Jews
|37,709
|0.11%
|-
|Moldovans
|36,764
|0.11%
|-
|Others
|1,238,440
|3.60%
|-
|Ethnicity not stated
|5,966,118
|–
|}
Vital statistics for 2022:
- Births: 330,013 (8.5 per 1,000)
- Deaths: 529,175 (13.6 per 1,000)
Total fertility rate (2022):
1.31 children per woman
Life expectancy (2021):
70.85 years
Economy
, the GRP in Central Federal District reached RUB33.6 trillion(€407 billion) and around €10,000 per capita.
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys to the Central Federal District
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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!rowspan="2"|No.
!rowspan="2"|Name (envoy)
!rowspan="2"|Photo
!colspan="3"|Term of office
!rowspan="2"|Appointed by
|-
!Start of term
!End of term
!Length of service
|-
|1
|Georgy Poltavchenko
|70px
| 18 May 2000
| 31 August 2011
| ( days)
!style="font-weight:normal"|Vladimir Putin
|-
| -
|Andrey Popov<br/><small>(acting)</small>
|70px
| 31 August 2011
| 6 September 2011
|
!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan=2|Dmitry Medvedev
|-
|2
|Oleg Govorun
|70px
|6 September 2011
|21 May 2012
| days
|-
|3
|Alexander Beglov
|70px
|23 May 2012
|25 December 2017
| ( days)
!style="font-weight:normal" rowspan=3|Vladimir Putin
|-
|4
|Alexey Gordeyev
|70px
|25 December 2017
|18 May 2018
| days
|-
|5
|Igor Shchyogolev
|70px
|26 June 2018
|present
| ( days)
|-
|}
References
Notes
External links
- Official site: Federal Cadaster Center of Russia
- "After RF Disintegrates, New Russian State Must Arise where Central Federal District is Now and without Moscow as Its Capital, Lazarenko Says" by Paul A. Goble, Window on Eurasia (January 11, 2024)