Central Federal District Explained

The Central Federal District (Russian: Центральный федеральный округ|p=tsɨnˈtralʲnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Geographically, the district is situated in the extreme west of present-day Russia; although it can be considered as the central region of European Russia. The district covers an area of 650200km2,^[2] and recorded a population of 40,334,532 (82.1% urban) in the 2021 Census. The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is Igor Shchyogolev.

Demographics

Federal subjects

The district comprises the Central and Central Black Earth economic regions and eighteen federal subjects:

	Flag	Coat of Arms	Federal subject	Area in km2	Population	GDP[5]	Administrative center	Map of Administrative Division
1			Belgorod Oblast	27,100	1,540,486	₽1,355 billion	Belgorod
2			Bryansk Oblast	34,900	1,169,161	₽469 billion	Bryansk
3			Vladimir Oblast	29,100	1,348,134	₽737 billion	Vladimir
4			Voronezh Oblast	52,200	2,308,792	₽1,255 billion	Voronezh
5			Ivanovo Oblast	21,400	927,828	₽300 billion	Ivanovo
6			Kaluga Oblast	29,800	1,069,904	₽664 billion	Kaluga
7			Kostroma Oblast	60,200	580,976	₽242 billion	Kostroma
8			Kursk Oblast	30,000	1,082,458	₽684 billion	Kursk
9			Lipetsk Oblast	24,000	1,143,224	₽844 billion	Lipetsk
10			Moscow	2,600	13,010,112	₽24,471 billion	Moscow
11			Moscow Oblast	44,300	8,524,665	₽6,832 billion	None; most public authorities located in Moscow, subject administration located in Krasnogorsk
12			Oryol Oblast	24,700	713,374	₽337 billion	Oryol
13			Ryazan Oblast	39,600	1,102,810	₽532 billion	Ryazan
14			Smolensk Oblast	49,800	888,421	₽422 billion	Smolensk
15			Tambov Oblast	34,500	982,991	₽429 billion	Tambov
16			Tver Oblast	84,200	1,230,171	₽555 billion	Tver
17			Tula Oblast	25,700	1,501,214	₽868 billion	Tula
18			Yaroslavl Oblast	36,200	1,209,811	₽690 billion	Yaroslavl

According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the Central Federal District is as follows:^[6]

Ethnicity	Population	Percentage
Russians	31,979,405	93.05%
Armenians	227,833	0.66%
Ukrainians	206,100	0.60%
Tatars	164,436	0.48%
Tajiks	120,594	0.35%
Uzbeks	111,206	0.32%
Azerbaijanis	100,665	0.29%
Belarusians	55,673	0.16%
Georgians	44,860	0.13%
Kyrgyz	44,729	0.13%
Jews	37,709	0.11%
Moldovans	36,764	0.11%
Others	1,238,440	3.60%
Ethnicity not stated	5,966,118	–

Vital statistics for 2022:^{[7] [8]}

• Births: 330,013 (8.5 per 1,000)
• Deaths: 529,175 (13.6 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2022):^[9]

1.31 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021):^[10]

70.85 years

Economy

, the GRP in Central Federal District reached RUB33.6 trillion(€407 billion)^[11] and around €10,000 per capita.

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys to the Central Federal District

№	Name (envoy)	Photo	Term of office			Appointed by
			Start of term	End of term	Length of service
1	Georgy Poltavchenko		18 May 2000	31 August 2011	(days)	Vladimir Putin
-	Andrey Popov (acting)		31 August 2011	6 September 2011		Dmitry Medvedev
2	Oleg Govorun		6 September 2011	21 May 2012	days
3	Alexander Beglov		23 May 2012	25 December 2017	(days)	Vladimir Putin
4	Alexey Gordeyev		25 December 2017	18 May 2018	days
5	Igor Shchyogolev		26 June 2018	present	(days)

External links

• Official site: Federal Cadaster Center of Russia
  • "After RF Disintegrates, New Russian State Must Arise where Central Federal District is Now and without Moscow as Its Capital, Lazarenko Says" by Paul A. Goble, Window on Eurasia (January 11, 2024)

54.533°N 37.617°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Указ Президента Российской Федерации о полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе . Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District . V. . Putin . 13 May 2000 . ru . Wikisource . 27 June 2024.
2. Web site: 1.1. ОСНОВНЫЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ в 2014 г. . ru . MAIN SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS 2014 . Regions of Russia. Socioeconomic indicators – 2015 . . 26 July 2016.
3. Web site: ru. Provisional results of the 2020 All-Russian population census. 2022-05-30. Rosstat. 2022-05-30.
4. Web site: Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2021-07-20.
5. Web site: Валовой региональный продукт. rosstat.gov.ru.
6. Web site: Национальный состав населения . 30 December 2022 . Federal State Statistics Service.
7. Web site: Information on the number of registered births, deaths, marriages and divorces for January to December 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230302093910/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Edn_12-2022_t1_2.xlsx . 2 March 2023 . 21 February 2023 . ROSSTAT.
8. Web site: Birth rate, mortality rate, natural increase, marriage rate, divorce rate for January to December 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230302093910/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Edn_12-2022_t1_3.xlsx . 2 March 2023 . 21 February 2023 . ROSSTAT.
9. Web site: ru:Суммарный коэффициент рождаемости . Total fertility rate . https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/SMD_7.1.xlsx . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810203543/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/SMD_7.1.xlsx . 10 August 2023 . 10 August 2023 . . ru . XLSX.
10. Web site: Демографический ежегодник России . The Demographic Yearbook of Russia . 2022-06-01 . Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat) . ru.
11. Web site: Валовой региональный продукт по субъектам Российской Федерации в 2016-2020гг..