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Southern Federal District (; tr.: Yuzhny federalny okrug) is one 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....
. It is located in the extreme southwest, between Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 and Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a large Eurasian country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the List of countries by area as well as the world's largest landlocked country, it has a territory of 2,727,300 km? ....
. Its northern portions are part of the Pontic-Caspian steppe
Pontic-Caspian steppe

The term Pontic-Caspian steppe summarizes the vast steppelands stretching from north of the Black Sea as far as the east of the Caspian Sea, from central Ukraine across the Southern Federal District and Volga Federal District Federal Districts of Russia to western Kazakhstan, forming part of the larger Eurasian steppe, adjacent to the Kaz...
, while the southern parts include the North Caucasus
North Caucasus

The North Caucasus, also Ciscaucasus, Ciscaucasia or Forecaucasia, is the northern part of the Caucasus region between Europe and Asia....
. Its population was 22,907,141 in the 2002 census, living on an area of 589,200 kmē (38.9/kmē). The largest cities of the district are Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don

Rostov-on-Don is the types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative center of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia, located on the Don River , just 46 km from the Sea of Azov....
 and Volgograd
Volgograd

Volgograd , geographical renaming Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia....
 with just above one million inhabitants each.

The current Envoy is Vladimir Ustinov
Vladimir Ustinov

File:Russia cropped G8 Justice and Home Affairs Ministers meeting member 20040511.jpgVladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov is the current Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District and former Minister of Justice in Russia....
, former Justice Minister of Russia.

Historically, the region was part of Scythia
Scythia

The Scythians or Scyths were an Eastern Iranian languages of Equestrianism nomadic pastoralists who dominated the Pontic steppe throughout Classical Antiquity....
, comprising Scythia Sindica and the Maeotian marshes
Maeotian marshes

In the History of geography the Maeotian marshes lay where the Don River, Russia River emptied into the Maeotian Lake near Tanais. The marshes served as a check to the westward migration of nomad peoples from the steppe of Central Asia....
.






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Southern Federal District (; tr.: Yuzhny federalny okrug) is one 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....
. It is located in the extreme southwest, between Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 and Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a large Eurasian country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the List of countries by area as well as the world's largest landlocked country, it has a territory of 2,727,300 km? ....
. Its northern portions are part of the Pontic-Caspian steppe
Pontic-Caspian steppe

The term Pontic-Caspian steppe summarizes the vast steppelands stretching from north of the Black Sea as far as the east of the Caspian Sea, from central Ukraine across the Southern Federal District and Volga Federal District Federal Districts of Russia to western Kazakhstan, forming part of the larger Eurasian steppe, adjacent to the Kaz...
, while the southern parts include the North Caucasus
North Caucasus

The North Caucasus, also Ciscaucasus, Ciscaucasia or Forecaucasia, is the northern part of the Caucasus region between Europe and Asia....
. Its population was 22,907,141 in the 2002 census, living on an area of 589,200 kmē (38.9/kmē). The largest cities of the district are Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don

Rostov-on-Don is the types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative center of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia, located on the Don River , just 46 km from the Sea of Azov....
 and Volgograd
Volgograd

Volgograd , geographical renaming Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia....
 with just above one million inhabitants each.

The current Envoy is Vladimir Ustinov
Vladimir Ustinov

File:Russia cropped G8 Justice and Home Affairs Ministers meeting member 20040511.jpgVladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov is the current Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District and former Minister of Justice in Russia....
, former Justice Minister of Russia.

Historically, the region was part of Scythia
Scythia

The Scythians or Scyths were an Eastern Iranian languages of Equestrianism nomadic pastoralists who dominated the Pontic steppe throughout Classical Antiquity....
, comprising Scythia Sindica and the Maeotian marshes
Maeotian marshes

In the History of geography the Maeotian marshes lay where the Don River, Russia River emptied into the Maeotian Lake near Tanais. The marshes served as a check to the westward migration of nomad peoples from the steppe of Central Asia....
. Major rivers are the Don
Don River (Russia)

The Don is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk, Russia 60 kilometres southeast from Tula, Russia, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres to the Sea of Azov....
, the lower Volga, and the Kuban
Kuban River

Kuban River is a river in Russia, in the North Caucasus region. It flows through the Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai, Krasnodar Krai, and the Adygeya....
. It was also inhabited by the Khazars
Khazars

The Khazars were a semi-nomadic Turkic people who dominated the Pontic steppe and the North Caucasus from the 7th to the 10th century CE. The name 'Khazar' seems to be tied to a Turkic languages verb form meaning "wandering"....
, and the city of Astrakhan was likely named for a Khazar general, Ras Tarkhan
Ras Tarkhan

Khazar general of the mid 700s, sometimes referred to as As Tarkhan, who led an invasion of Abbasid territories in Armenia, Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran....
.

Subdivisions, with republics
Republics of Russia

The Russia is divided into 83 federal subjects of Russia , 21 of which are republics. The republics represent areas of non-Russian ethnicity....
 marked with an asterisk
Asterisk

An 'asterisk' is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often pronounce it as star ....
, and with their respective capitals or administrative centers:

  1. Republic of Adygea
    Adygea

    The Republic of Adygea is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia enclaved within Krasnodar Krai. Its size is 7,600 km? with a population of almost 450,000....
    * : Maykop
  2. Astrakhan Oblast
    Astrakhan Oblast

    Astrakhan Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan....
     : Astrakhan
    Astrakhan

    Astrakhan is a major types of inhabited localities in Russia in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea....
  3. Chechen Republic
    Chechnya

    The Chechen Republic , or, informally, Chechnya , sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , Chechnia, Chechenia or Nox?iyn, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia....
    *: Grozny
    Grozny

    Grozny is the capital types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Chechnya in Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2002 Russian Census , the city had a population of 210,720 people ....
  4. Republic of Dagestan
    Dagestan

    The Republic of Dagestan , older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subjects of Russia of the Russia ....
    * : Makhachkala
    Makhachkala

    Makhachkala is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the capital of the Dagestan. It is located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, at ....
  5. Republic of Ingushetia
    Ingushetia

    The Republic of Ingushetia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the North Caucasus region with its capital at Magas. The republic is the smallest of Russia's federal subjects except two federal cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg....
    * : Magas
    Magas

    Magas is the capital of the Ingushetia, Russia. The town was founded in 1995; it replaced Nazran as the capital of the republic in 2002, however accommodating still as little as 300 inhabitants ....
  6. Kabardino-Balkar Republic
    Kabardino-Balkaria

    The Kabardino-Balkar Republic , or Kabardino-Balkaria , is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the North Caucasus. The direct Romanization of Russian of the republic's name in the Russian language is Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika, or Kabardino-Balkariya....
    * : Nalchik
    Nalchik

    Nalchik is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in the Caucasus region of southern Russia and capital of the Kabardino-Balkaria. The city is situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains....
  7. Republic of Kalmykia
    Kalmykia

    The Republic of Kalmykia is a federal subjects of Russia of the Russian Federation . The direct romanization of Russian of the republic's Russian name is Respublika Kalmykiya, and that of the Kalmyk name is Xal'mg Tanghch....
    * : Elista
    Elista

    Elista is the capital of the Kalmykia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. Its coordinates are . The population is 104,254 ....
  8. Karachay-Cherkess Republic
    Karachay-Cherkessia

    Karachay-Cherkess Republic , or Karachay-Cherkessia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The direct romanization of Russian of the republic's Russian name is Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika or Karachayevo-Cherkessiya....
    * : Cherkessk
    Cherkessk

    Cherkessk is a types of settlements in Russia in Southern Russia, North Caucasian Region. It is the capital of Karachay-Cherkessia, as well as the political, economic and cultural center of Russians and ethnic minorities residing in Karachay-Cherkessia....
  9. Krasnodar Krai
    Krasnodar Krai

    Krasnodar Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District....
     : Krasnodar
    Krasnodar

    Krasnodar is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Southern Russia on the Kuban River. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai ....
  10. Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
    North Ossetia-Alania

    The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The direct romanization of Russian of the Russian name of the republic is Respublika Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya....
    * : Vladikavkaz
    Vladikavkaz

    Vladikavkaz is the capital types of inhabited localities in Russia of the North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. It is situated in the south-east of the republic at the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, situated on the Terek River....
  11. Stavropol Krai
    Stavropol Krai

    Stavropol Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Stavropol....
     : Stavropol
    Stavropol

    Stavropol is a types of inhabited localities in Russia located in south-western Russia and is the administrative center of Stavropol Krai. Population: 355,900 ; ...
  12. Rostov Oblast
    Rostov Oblast

    Rostov Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District. Rostov Oblast lies in the south of Russia with an area of 100,800 km? and a population of 4,404,013 making it the fifth most populous federal subject in Russia....
     : Rostov on Don
  13. Volgograd Oblast
    Volgograd Oblast

    Volgograd Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Volgograd.Area: 113,900 km?; population: 2,699,223 ....
     : Volgograd
    Volgograd

    Volgograd , geographical renaming Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia....


Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

  • Viktor Kazantsev
    Viktor Kazantsev

    Viktor Kazantsev was an envoy of the President of Russia to the Southern Federal District from 2000 to 2004. He performed primary negotiations between the Russian government and the Chechnya opposition....
     (May 182000, – March 92004)
  • Vladimir Yakovlev
    Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev

    Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev is a Russian politician, currently retired.In 1996?2003 he was the Governor of Saint Petersburg. In 2003-2004, prior to the Beslan school hostage crisis, he was Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District....
     (March 9 2004 – September 13 2004)
  • Dmitry Kozak
    Dmitry Kozak

    Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak , is a Russian politician. On September 24, 2007 he was appointed to the new Russian cabinet headed by Viktor Zubkov as a Russian regional development minister....
     (September 132004 - September 242007)
  • Grigory Rapota
    Grigory Rapota

    Grigory Alekseevich Rapota is a Russian politian and current special representative of the Russian president in the Volga Federal District . Before that he was the special representative of the Russian president in the Southern Federal District ....
     (September 242007 - May 12 2008)
  • Vladimir Ustinov
    Vladimir Ustinov

    File:Russia cropped G8 Justice and Home Affairs Ministers meeting member 20040511.jpgVladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov is the current Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District and former Minister of Justice in Russia....
     (May 12 2008 - )


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