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The Far Eastern Federal District (Dalnevostochny federalny okrug), is the largest of the seven federal districts
Federal districts of Russia

The federal districts are a level of administration for the convenience of the federal government of the Russian Federation. They are not the constituent units of Russia ....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, while being also the least populated, with a population of under 7 million. The Far Eastern FD was established in 2000 by president
President

President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, company, trade unions, university, and country. Etymology, a "president" is one who Wiktionary:Preside, who sits in leadership ....
 Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus....
 and is currently being governed by presidential envoy Oleg Safonov
Oleg Safonov

Oleg Safonov is a Russian official. In 1982 he graduated from the Border Guards Higher School of the KGB in Moscow and subsequently served for the KGB until 1991....
. The Far Eastern FD covers the territory of the Russian Far East
Russian Far East

Russian Far East is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Siberia and the Pacific Ocean....
 and is subdivided into republics that enjoy a high degree of autonomy on most issues.






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The Far Eastern Federal District (Dalnevostochny federalny okrug), is the largest of the seven federal districts
Federal districts of Russia

The federal districts are a level of administration for the convenience of the federal government of the Russian Federation. They are not the constituent units of Russia ....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, while being also the least populated, with a population of under 7 million. The Far Eastern FD was established in 2000 by president
President

President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, company, trade unions, university, and country. Etymology, a "president" is one who Wiktionary:Preside, who sits in leadership ....
 Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus....
 and is currently being governed by presidential envoy Oleg Safonov
Oleg Safonov

Oleg Safonov is a Russian official. In 1982 he graduated from the Border Guards Higher School of the KGB in Moscow and subsequently served for the KGB until 1991....
. The Far Eastern FD covers the territory of the Russian Far East
Russian Far East

Russian Far East is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Siberia and the Pacific Ocean....
 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.

Demography


Largest cities

  • Vladivostok
    Vladivostok

    File:vladivostokrussia.jpgVladivostok is Russia's largest port types of inhabited localities in Russia on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai....
  • Khabarovsk
    Khabarovsk

    Khabarovsk is the administrative center and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some 30 km from the People's Republic of China border....
  • Yakutsk
    Yakutsk

    kutsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in the Russian Far East, located about 4? below the Arctic Circle. It is the capital of the Sakha Republic , Russia and a major port on the Lena River....
  • Blagoveshchensk
    Blagoveshchensk

    Blagoveshchensk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Amur Oblast, located 7,985 km east of Moscow....
  • Magadan
    Magadan

    Magadan is a port types of inhabited localities in Russia on the Sea of Okhotsk and gateway to the Kolyma region. It is the administrative center of Magadan Oblast , in the Russian Far East....
  • Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
    Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

    Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the main types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center of Kamchatka Krai ....
  • Komsomolsk-on-Amur
    Komsomolsk-on-Amur

    Komsomolsk-on-Amur is a types of inhabited localities in Russia located in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia on the left bank of Amur River. It is located on the Baikal Amur Mainline railway line, northeast of Khabarovsk....
  • Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
    Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

    Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia on Sakhalin, Russia, administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast . The city was formerly called Vladimirovka between 1882-1905, then Toyohara between 1905-1946....


Federal subjects

 Subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District
Flag Republic Capital
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1 Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast

Amur Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , situated about 8,000 km east of Moscow on the banks of the Amur River and Zeya Rivers....
 		 Blagoveshchensk
Blagoveshchensk

Blagoveshchensk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Amur Oblast, located 7,985 km east of Moscow....
2 Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia situated in the Far Eastern Federal District federal districts of Russia, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast of Russia and Heilongjiang province of People's Republic of China....
 		 Birobidzhan
Birobidzhan

Birobidzhan is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Trans-Siberian railway, close to the border with the People's Republic of China, and is the home of two synagogues, including the Birobidzhan Synagogue, and the Jewish religious community of the...
3 Kamchatka Krai
Kamchatka Krai

Kamchatka Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia. It is a krai formed July 1, 2007 as a result of the merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak Okrug, after a referendum held on the issue on October 23, 2005....
 		 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the main types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center of Kamchatka Krai ....
4
Flag of Khabarovsk Krai
 Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai

Khabarovsk Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the Russian Far East. It lies mostly in the drainage basin of the lower Amur River, but also occupies a vast mountainous area along the coastline of the Sea of Okhotsk, an arm of the Pacific Ocean....
 		 Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk

Khabarovsk is the administrative center and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some 30 km from the People's Republic of China border....
5
Flag of Magadan Oblast
 Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast

Magadan Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District federal districts of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Magadan....
 		 Magadan
Magadan

Magadan is a port types of inhabited localities in Russia on the Sea of Okhotsk and gateway to the Kolyma region. It is the administrative center of Magadan Oblast , in the Russian Far East....
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Flag of Chukotka
 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , or Chukotka , is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the Far Eastern Federal District federal districts of Russia....
 		 Anadyr
Anadyr (town)

Anadyr is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative centre of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, the extreme north-eastern region of Russia....
6
Flag of Sakha
 Sakha Republic
Sakha Republic

The Sakha Republic is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . At half the size of the Far Eastern Federal District, it is the list of the largest country subdivisions by area in the world at 3,100,000 km? with a population of less than one million....
 		 Yakutsk
Yakutsk

kutsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in the Russian Far East, located about 4? below the Arctic Circle. It is the capital of the Sakha Republic , Russia and a major port on the Lena River....
7
Flag of Sakhalin Oblast
 Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast

Sakhalin Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia comprising the island of Sakhalin and Kuril Islands.The oblast has an area of 87,100 km? and a population of 546,695 ....
 		 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia on Sakhalin, Russia, administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast . The city was formerly called Vladimirovka between 1882-1905, then Toyohara between 1905-1946....
8
Flag of Primorsky Krai
 Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai

Primorsky Krai also known as Primorye , is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Primorsky means "maritime" in Russian, hence the region is sometimes referred to as Maritime Province....
 		 Vladivostok
Vladivostok

File:vladivostokrussia.jpgVladivostok is Russia's largest port types of inhabited localities in Russia on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai....


Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

  • Konstantin Pulikovsky (May 182000, – November 142005)
  • Kamil Iskhakov (November 142005, - October 2, 2007)
  • Oleg Safonov
    Oleg Safonov

    Oleg Safonov is a Russian official. In 1982 he graduated from the Border Guards Higher School of the KGB in Moscow and subsequently served for the KGB until 1991....
     (Since November 302007)


See also

  • Far Eastern Republic
    Far Eastern Republic

    The Far Eastern Republic , sometimes called the Chita Republic, was a nominally independent state established at Blagoveshchensk, covering the former Russian Far East and Siberia east of Lake Baikal on April 6, 1920....
  • Russian Manchuria


External links

  • (includes materials on Russian Far East)