Northwestern Federal District
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Northwestern Federal District

Northwestern Federal District (Russian: Се́веро-За́падный федера́льный о́круг; tr.: Severo-zapadny federalny okrug) is one of the seven federal districts of Russia. It consists of the northern part of European Russia. Its population was 13,974,466 in the 2002 Census, living on an area of 1,677,900 km² (647,840.8 mi²). The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is Ilya Klebanov.

Subdivisions, with republics (that enjoy a high degree of autonomy on most issues and correspond to some of Russia's ethnic minorities) marked with an asterisk:

• Arkhangelsk Oblast
  • Nenets Autonomous Okrug
• Kaliningrad Oblast (with no land connection to the rest of Russia)
• Republic of Karelia^*
• Komi Republic^*
• Leningrad Oblast
• Murmansk Oblast
• Novgorod Oblast
• Pskov Oblast
• Federal city of Saint Petersburg
• Vologda Oblast

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

• Viktor Cherkesov (May 18, 2000, – March 11, 2003)
• Valentina Matviyenko (March 11, 2003, – October 15, 2003)
• Ilya Klebanov (since November 1, 2003)

External links

• (English) http://baikaland.tripod.com/russia/szfo.html