Far Eastern Federal District

The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг) is the largest of the eight federal districts of Russia but least populated, with a population of around 8 million (73.6% urban) according to the 2021 Census. The federal district lies entirely within the easternmost part of Asia and is coextensive with the Russian Far East.

This article is about the administrative subdivision. For the geographical region, see Russian Far East.

Far Eastern Federal District
Дальневосточный федеральный округ
Federal district
Location of the Far Eastern Federal District
Location of the Far Eastern Federal District
Country Russia
Established18 May 2000
Administrative centerVladivostok
Government
 • Presidential EnvoyYury Trutnev
Area
[1]
 • Total6,952,600 km2 (2,684,400 sq mi)
 • Rank1st of 8 (40.6% of the country)
Population
 (2021[2])
 • Total7,975,762
 • Rank8th of 8 (5.6% of the country)
 • Density1.1/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
 • Urban
73.6%
 • Rural
26.4%
Time zones
BuryatiaUTC+08:00 (Irkutsk Time)
Amur Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai and most of the Sakha Republic (excluding districts in UTC+10:00 and UTC+11:00 time zones)UTC+09:00 (Yakutsk Time)
Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and the Oymyakonsky, Ust-Yansky and Verkhoyansky districts of the Sakha RepublicUTC+10:00 (Vladivostok Time)
Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, and the Abyysky, Allaikhovsky, Momsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Srednekolymsky and Verkhnekolymsky districts of the Sakha RepublicUTC+11:00 (Magadan Time)
Chukotka and Kamchatka KraiUTC+12:00 (Kamchatka Time)
Federal subjects11 contained
Economic regions1 contained
HDI (2021)0.808[3]
very high · 4th
WebsiteDFO.gov.ru
Far Eastern Federal District is located in Far Eastern Federal District
Far Eastern Federal District
Far Eastern Federal District
Far Eastern Federal District in Russia
Bikin National Park, Primorsky Krai

History
See also: History of the Russian Far East

The Far Eastern Federal District was established on 18 May 2000, by President Vladimir Putin and is currently being governed by presidential envoy Yury Trutnev. In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were added to the federal district.[4] The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.[5]

On 15 July 2022, the first high-speed highway was opened in the Far Eastern Federal District. It united three federal highways – Ussuri (Khabarovsk–Vladivostok), Amur (Chita–Khabarovsk) and Vostok (Khabarovsk–Nakhodka), and connect the regional capital with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as sites of the territory of the advancing socio-economic development (SAD).[6]

Demographics
Population pyramid as of the 2021 Russian Census

Federal subjects
Far Eastern Federal District
# Flag Coat of Arms Federal subject Area in
km2[1]		 Population
(2021 census)		 Capital/Administrative center Map of Administrative Division
1 Amur Oblast 361,900 766,912 Blagoveshchensk
2 Republic of Buryatia 351,300 978,588 Ulan-Ude
3 Jewish Autonomous Oblast 36,300 150,453 Birobidzhan
4 Zabaykalsky Krai 431,900 1,004,125 Chita
5 Kamchatka Krai 464,300 291,705 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
6 Magadan Oblast 462,500 136,085 Magadan
7 Primorsky Krai 164,700 1,845,165 Vladivostok
8 Sakha Republic 3,083,500 995,686 Yakutsk
9 Sakhalin Oblast 87,100 466,609 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
10 Khabarovsk Krai 787,600 1,292,944 Khabarovsk
11 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 721,500 47,490 Anadyr
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.[7]

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
Religion in the Far Eastern Federal District as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)[8][9]
Russian Orthodoxy
 
 27.4%
Other Orthodox
 
 1.4%
Other Christians
 
 5.0%
Buddhism
 
 3.3%
Islam
 
 0.7%
Native faiths
 
 2.2%
Spiritual but not religious
 
 27.0%
Atheism and irreligion
 
 23.5%
Other and undeclared
 
 9.5%

According to a 2012 survey[8] 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.[8]

Ethnicity
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:

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys
  1. Konstantin Pulikovsky (18 May 2000 – 14 November 2005)
  2. Kamil Iskhakov (14 November 2005 – 2 October 2007)
  3. Oleg Safonov (30 November 2007 – 30 April 2009)
  4. Viktor Ishayev (30 April 2009 – 30 August 2013)
  5. Yury P. Trutnev (31 August 2013 – present)

See also

References
  1. "1.1. ОСНОВНЫЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ в 2014 г." [MAIN SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS 2014]. Regions of Russia. Socioeconomic indicators – 2015 (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. "Provisional results of the 2020 All-Russian population census" (in Russian). Rosstat. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. "Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  5. "Путин перенес столицу Дальневосточного федерального округа во Владивосток". meduza.io. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. "Доев Дмитрий: "Обход Хабаровска" – флагман дорожных концессий Группы "ВИС"". PRIMPRESS.RU (in Russian). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  7. Подписано соглашение о создании Владивостокской агломерации (in Russian)
  8. "Arena: Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia". Sreda, 2012.
  9. 2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27 August 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2017. Archived.

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