Siberian Federal District

This article is about the political group of regions by a presidential decree. For the geographical region, see Siberia.

Siberian Federal District (Russian: Сибирский федеральный округ, IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirskʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 17,178,298 according to the 2010 Census,^[2] living in an area of 4,361,800 square kilometers (1,684,100 sq mi).^[1] The entire federal district lies within the continent of Asia.

Krasnoyarsk Krai

Siberian Federal District Сибирский федеральный округ
Federal district
Location of the Siberian Federal District
Country	Russia
Established	13 May 2000
Administrative centre	Novosibirsk
Government
• Presidential Envoy	Anatoly Seryshev
Area [1]
• Total	4,361,800 km2 (1,684,100 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd
Population  (2010)
• Total	17,178,298[2]
• Rank	3rd
• Density	3.8/km2 (10/sq mi)
GDP [3]
• Total	₽ 13.054 trillion US$ 187 billion (2022)
• Per capita	₽ 781,580 US$ 11,182 (2022)
Time zones
Omsk Oblast	UTC+06:00 (Omsk Time)
Krasnoyarsk Oblast and others	UTC+07:00 (Krasnoyarsk Time)
Irkutsk Oblast	UTC+08:00 (Irkutsk Time)
Federal subjects	10 contained
Economic regions	2 contained
HDI (2022)	0.768[4] high · 6th
Website	SFO.gov.ru
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Siberian Federal District in Russia

The district was created by presidential decree on 13 May 2000^[5] and covers around 30% of the total land area of Russia.^[6] In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were removed from the Siberian Federal District and added to the Far Eastern Federal District in accordance with a decree issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin.^[7]

Demographics

Population pyramid as of the 2021 Russian Census

Federal subjects

The district comprises the West Siberian (part) and East Siberian economic regions and ten federal subjects:

#	Flag	Coat of arms	Federal subject	Area in km2[1]	Population (2021)	GDP[8]	Capital/adm. center	Map of administrative division
1			Altai Republic	92,900	210,924	₽71 billion	Gorno-Altaysk
2			Altai Krai	168,000	2,163,693	₽845 billion	Barnaul
3			Irkutsk Oblast	774,800	2,370,102	₽1,924 billion	Irkutsk
4			Kemerovo Oblast	95,700	2,600,923	₽1,807 billion	Kemerovo
5			Krasnoyarsk Krai	2,366,800	2,856,971	₽3,065 billion	Krasnoyarsk
6			Novosibirsk Oblast	177,800	2,797,176	₽1,617 billion	Novosibirsk
7			Omsk Oblast	141,100	1,858,798	₽854 billion	Omsk
8			Tomsk Oblast	314,400	1,062,666	₽706 billion	Tomsk
9			Tuva Republic	168,600	336,651	₽89 billion	Kyzyl
10			Republic of Khakassia	61,600	534,795	₽308 billion	Abakan

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1959	15,102,916	—
1970	16,209,665	+7.3%
1979	17,094,856	+5.5%
1989	18,658,624	+9.1%
2002	17,926,354	−3.9%
2010	17,178,298	−4.2%
2021	16,800,947	−2.2%
Source: Census data

The geographic "center of Asia", Tuva Republic

Religion and ethnicity

Religion in the Siberian Federal District as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)[9][10][better source needed]
Russian Orthodoxy			28.9%
Other Orthodox			1.9%
Other Christians			5.2%
Islam			1.4%
Buddhism			1.2%
Native faiths			1.6%
Spiritual but not religious			33.2%
Atheism and irreligion			18.7%
Other and undeclared			7.9%

According to a 2012 survey,^[9] 28.9% of the population of the current federal subjects of the Siberian Federal District (excluding Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai) adhere to the Russian Orthodox Church, 5.2% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1.9% are Orthodox believers without belonging to any church or adhere to other (non-Russian) Orthodox churches, 1.4% are Muslim, 1.2% are Buddhist, and 1.6% adhere to some native faith such as Rodnovery, Tengrism, or Tuvan Shamanism. In addition, 33.2% of the population declare to be "spiritual but not religious", 18.7% are atheist, and 7.9% follow other religions or did not give an answer to the question.^[9]

Ethnic map of the Siberian Federal District by urban and rural settlements, 2010 census

Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census:

• Total – 19,256,426
• Russians – 16,542,506 (85.91%)
• Buryats – 442,794 (2.30%)
• Tuvans – 259,971 (1.35%)
• Ukrainians – 227,353 (1.18%)
• Tatars – 204,321 (1.06%)
• Germans – 198,109 (1.03%)
• Kazakhs – 117,507 (0.61%)
• Altaians – 72,841 (0.38%)
• Khakass — 70,859 (0.37%)
• Armenians – 63,091 (0.33%)
• Azerbaijanis – 54,762 (0.28%)
• Belarusians – 47 829 (0.25%)
• Uzbeks – 41,799 (0.22%)
• Chuvash – 40,527 (0.21%)
• Tajiks – 32,419 (0.17%)
• Kyrgyz — 30,871 (0.16%)
• Mordva – 19,238 (0.10%)
• Roma – 15,162 (0.08%)
• Bashkirs – 12 929 (0.07%)
• Shors – 12 397 (0.06%)
• Koreans – 11,193 (0.06%)
• Moldovans – 11 155 (0.06%)
• Evenks – 10,243 (0.05%)
• Jews – 9,642 (0.05%)
• Mari – 9,116 (0.05%)
• Chinese — 9,075 (0.05%)
• Udmurts – 8,822 (0.05%)
• Poles – 8,435 (0.04%)
• Georgians – 7,884 (0.04%)
• Estonians – 7,112 (0.04%)
• Dolgans – 5,854 (0.03%)
• Persons who did not indicate nationality – 561,206 (2.91%)

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

No.	Name (envoy)	Photo	Term of office			Appointed by
			Start of term	End of term	Length of service
1	Leonid Drachevsky		18 May 2000	9 September 2004	4 years, 114 days (1,575 days)	Vladimir Putin
2	Anatoly Kvashnin		9 September 2004	9 September 2010	6 years, 0 days
3	Viktor Tolokonsky		9 September 2010	12 May 2014	3 years, 245 days (1,341 days)	Dmitry Medvedev
4	Nikolay Rogozhkin		12 May 2014	28 July 2016	2 years, 77 days (808 days)	Vladimir Putin
5	Sergey Menyaylo[11]		28 July 2016	9 April 2021	4 years, 255 days (1,716 days)
6	Anatoly Seryshev		12 October 2021	present	3 years, 159 days (1,255 days)

See also

• Siberia