
Far Eastern Federal District
The 'Far Eastern Federal District' (;
tr.: ''Dalnevostochny federalny okrug'') is one of the seven
federal districts of
Russia. With a population of 6,692,865 in the 2002 census, it occupies an area of 6,215,900 km² (2,400,000 square miles), the largest Federal District in Russia. The current Presidential Envoy is
Kamil Iskhakov.
The Far Eastern Federal District covers the territory of the
Russian Far East and is subdivided into republics that enjoy a high degree of autonomy on most issues. Many of these correspond to some of Russia's ethnic minorities. These are:
The major cities of the Far Eastern Federal District include
Vladivostok,
Khabarovsk,
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur,
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk,
Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys
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Konstantin Pulikovsky (
May 182000, –
November 142005)
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Kamil Iskhakov (since
November 142005)
See also
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Far Eastern Republic
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Russian Manchuria
External links
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Information on Far Eastern Federal District
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Meeting of Frontiers: Siberia, Alaska, and the American West (includes materials on Russian Far East)