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Far Eastern Federal District

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The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: Дальневосточный федеральный округ, IPA: [dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstot͡ɕnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) is the largest and the least populated federal district of Russia, with a population of around 7.9 million and an area of 6,952,555 square kilometres (2,684,396 square miles). The federal district within the North Asia as per the UN geoscheme and it is coextensive with the Russian Far East.

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Far Eastern Federal District
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Far Eastern Federal District in Russia
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Bikin National Park, Primorsky Krai
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History

The Far Eastern Federal District was established on 13 May 2000 by President Vladimir Putin.[5] It is currently governed by presidential envoy Yury Trutnev. In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were added to the federal district.[6] The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.[7]

On 15 July 2022, the first high-speed highway was opened in the Far Eastern Federal District. It united three federal highways  Ussuri (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).[8]

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Demographics

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Population pyramid as of the 2021 Russian Census

Federal subjects

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Lake Pekulney, Chukotka

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.[10]

Populations are given as of the 2021 census:

  1. Khabarovsk: 617,441
  2. Vladivostok: 603,519
  3. Ulan-Ude: 437,565
  4. Yakutsk: 355,443
  5. Chita: 334,427
  6. Blagoveshchensk: 241,437
  7. Komsomolsk-on-Amur: 238,505
  8. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 181,587
  9. Ussuriysk: 180,393
  10. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 164,900
  11. Nakhodka: 139,931
  12. Artyom: 109,556
  13. Magadan: 90,757

Religion

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According to a 2012 survey[11] 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.[11]

Ethnicity

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Ethnic map of the Far Eastern Federal District by urban and rural settlements, 2010 census. This map was from before Zabaykalsky Krai and Buryatia were added to the region.

The ethnic composition, according to the 2021 census (after the integration of Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai in 2018) was:

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Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

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