Northwestern Federal District

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This article is about the political group of regions. For the geographical region, see Northwest Russia.

Northwestern Federal District Северо-Западный федеральный округ
Federal district of Russia
Location of the Northwestern Federal District
Established	13 May 2000[1]
Administrative centre	Saint Petersburg
Government
• Presidential Envoy	Aleksandr Gutsan
Area [2]
• Total	1,686,972 km2 (651,344 sq mi)
• Rank	4th
Population  (2021)
• Total	13,917,197
• Rank	5th
• Density	8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
GDP (Nominal, 2022) [3]
• Total	₽18.93 trillion (US$257.01 billion)
• Per capita	₽1.36 million (US$18,505.19)
Federal subjects	11 contained
Economic regions	3 contained
HDI (2022)	0.822[4] very high · 1st
Website	szfo.gov.ru

Northwestern Federal District

Northwestern Federal District in Russia

Northwestern Federal District (Russian: Северо-Западный федеральный округ, IPA: [ˌsʲevʲɪrə ˈzapədnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) 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 1,687,000 square kilometers (651,000 sq mi),^[2] according to the 2010 Census.^[5] The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is Aleksandr Gutsan, who was appointed to the post after previously serving as Deputy Prosecutor General.^[6] He replaced former Envoy Alexander Beglov, who was removed from the position and made acting Governor of Saint Petersburg.

Demographics

Population pyramid as of the 2021 Russian Census

Baltiysk Beach, Kaliningrad Oblast

Federal subjects

The district comprises the Northern, Northwestern and Kaliningrad economic regions and eleven federal subjects:^[7]

#	Flag	Coat of Arms	Federal subject	Area in km2[2]	Population (2021)	GDP[8]	Capital/Administrative center	Map of Administrative Division
1			Arkhangelsk Oblast	589,900[a]	978,873	₽649 billion	Arkhangelsk
2			Vologda Oblast	144,500	1,142,827	₽1,010 billion	Vologda
3			Kaliningrad Oblast	15,100	1,029,966	₽675 billion	Kaliningrad
4			Republic of Karelia	180,500	533,121	₽447 billion	Petrozavodsk
5			Komi Republic	416,800	737,853	₽857 billion	Syktyvkar
6			Leningrad Oblast	83,900	2,000,997	₽1,481 billion	Gatchina
7			Murmansk Oblast	144,900	667,744	₽1,084 billion	Murmansk
8			Nenets Autonomous Okrug	176,800	41,434	₽407 billion	Naryan-Mar
9			Novgorod Oblast	54,500	583,387	₽342 billion	Veliky Novgorod
10			Pskov Oblast	55,400	599,084	₽220 billion	Pskov
11			Saint Petersburg	1,400	5,601,911	₽9,440 billion	Saint Petersburg

According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the Northwestern Federal District is as follows:^[9]

Ethnicity	Population	Percentage
Russians	10,884,244	91.30%
Komi	132,823	1.11%
Ukrainians	100,030	0.84%
Belarusians	58,577	0.49%
Tatars	42,421	0.36%
Armenians	38,211	0.32%
Azerbaijanis	34,532	0.29%
Karelians	28,257	0.24%
Uzbeks	28,241	0.24%
Tajiks	21,577	0.18%
Jews	11,960	0.10%
Others	540,773	4.54%
Ethnicity not stated	1,995,551	–

Vital statistics for 2022:^[10][11]

• Births: 113,637 (8.2 per 1,000)
• Deaths: 186,074 (13.4 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2022):^[12]

1.26 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021):^[13]

70.37 years

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

№	Name (envoy)	Photo	Term of office			Appointed by
			Start of term	End of term	Length of service
1	Viktor Cherkesov		18 May 2000	11 March 2003	2 years, 297 days (1,027 days)	Vladimir Putin
2	Valentina Matviyenko		11 March 2003	15 October 2003	220 days
3	Ilya Klebanov		1 November 2003	6 September 2011	7 years, 309 days (2,866 days)
4	Nikolay Vinnichenko		6 September 2011	11 March 2014	2 years, 186 days (917 days)	Dmitry Medvedev
5	Vladimir Bulavin[14]		11 March 2014	28 July 2016	2 years, 139 days (870 days)	Vladimir Putin
6	Nikolay Tsukanov		28 July 2016	25 December 2017	1 year, 150 days (515 days)
7	Alexander Beglov[15]		25 December 2017	3 October 2018	282 days
8	Aleksandr Gutsan		7 November 2018	present	6 years, 283 days (2,475 days)

See also

• List of largest cities in Northwestern Federal District (in Russian)
• Novgorod Republic which contained most of the current federal district

Notes

1. Includes the area of Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The area of Arkhangelsk Oblast proper is 413,100 square kilometres (159,500 sq mi).