Ural Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 12,080,523 (79.9% urban) according to the 2010 census.
thumb|Stone Gate on Iset River, Sverdlovsk oblast
The district was established on 13 May 2000 by a decree of the President of Russia. It is located at the border of the European and Asian parts of Russia. The administrative centre of the district is the city of Yekaterinburg.
The district contributes 18% to Russia's Gross Regional Product (GRP), although its population is only 8.5% of the Russian total.
General information and statistics
thumb|Urals Federal District
The district covers an area of ,
The district is governed by the Presidential Envoy, and individual envoys are assigned by the President of Russia to all the Oblasts of the district. Pyotr Latyshev was envoy to the Urals Federal District until his death on 2 December 2008. Nikolay Vinnichenko succeeded him on this post on 8 December 2008. On 6 September 2011 Vinnichenko was appointed the envoy to the Northwestern Federal District, and Yevgeny Kuyvashev became the Presidential Envoy in the Ural Federal District. On 18 May 2012 Vladimir Putin offered the tenure to Igor Kholmanskikh, an engineer without any previous political experience, and Kholmanskikh accepted the offer. On 26 June 2018, Kholmanskikh was replaced by Nikolay Tsukanov.
Federal subjects
The district comprises the Central (part) and West Siberian economic regions and six federal subjects:
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!scope="row"| Kurgan Oblast
| Kurgan
| 71,000
| 776,661
| ₽268 billion
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| 2
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!scope="row"| Sverdlovsk Oblast
| Yekaterinburg
| 194,226
| 4,268,998
| ₽3,038 billion
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| 3
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!scope="row"| Tyumen Oblast
| Tyumen
| 143,520
| 1,601,940
| ₽1,536 billion
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| 4
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!scope="row"| Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (Yugra)
| Khanty-Mansiysk
| 534,800
| 1,711,480
| ₽5,652 billion
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| 5
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!scope="row"| Chelyabinsk Oblast
| Chelyabinsk
| 87,900
| 3,431,224
| ₽2,043 billion
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| 6
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!scope="row"| Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
| Salekhard
| 750,300
| 510,490
| ₽4,162 billion
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thumb|Yekaterinburg
Religion
According to a 2012 survey
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| 18 May 2000
| 2 December 2008
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|Vladimir Putin
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!scope="row"|Vladimir Krupkin<br/><small>(acting)</small>
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| 2 December 2008
| 8 December 2008
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| rowspan=3|Dmitry Medvedev
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|2
!scope="row"|Nikolay Vinnichenko
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|8 December 2008
|6 September 2011
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|3
!scope="row"|Yevgeny Kuyvashev
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| 6 September 2011
| 14 May 2012
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|4
!scope="row"|Igor Kholmanskikh
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|18 May 2012
|26 June 2018
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|rowspan=4|Vladimir Putin
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|5
!scope="row"|Nikolay Tsukanov
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|26 June 2018
|9 November 2020
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|6
!scope="row"|Vladimir Yakushev
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|9 November 2020
|24 September 2024
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|7
!scope="row"|Artem Zhoga
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|2 October 2024
| present
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