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Urals Federal District (; tr.
Romanization of Russian

Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliteration the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet. Such transliteration is necessary for writing Russian names and other words in the alphabet of one's own language....
: Uralsky 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 the westernmost of the three Asian
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 districts. Its population was 12,373,926 in the 2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
, covering an area of 1,788,900 km˛ (690,698.2 mi˛). Pyotr Latyshev
Pyotr Latyshev

Pyotr Mikhaylovich Latyshev was the Presidential Envoy to Urals Federal District, Russia.Latyshev was born in 1948 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic....
 had been the Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District until his death on December 2, 2008. Nikolay Vinnichenko
Nikolay Vinnichenko

Nikolay Alexandrovich Vinnichenko is a Russian lawyer and politician.From April 92003, till September 122004, he was the Chief Prosecutor of Saint Petersburg....
 succeeded him on this post on December 8, 2008.








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Urals Federal District (; tr.
Romanization of Russian

Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliteration the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet. Such transliteration is necessary for writing Russian names and other words in the alphabet of one's own language....
: Uralsky 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 the westernmost of the three Asian
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 districts. Its population was 12,373,926 in the 2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
, covering an area of 1,788,900 km˛ (690,698.2 mi˛). Pyotr Latyshev
Pyotr Latyshev

Pyotr Mikhaylovich Latyshev was the Presidential Envoy to Urals Federal District, Russia.Latyshev was born in 1948 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic....
 had been the Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District until his death on December 2, 2008. Nikolay Vinnichenko
Nikolay Vinnichenko

Nikolay Alexandrovich Vinnichenko is a Russian lawyer and politician.From April 92003, till September 122004, he was the Chief Prosecutor of Saint Petersburg....
 succeeded him on this post on December 8, 2008.

Federal subjects

  • Kurgan Oblast
    Kurgan Oblast

    Kurgan Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast....
  • Sverdlovsk Oblast
    Sverdlovsk Oblast

    Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Given that the bulk of the oblast lies on the Asian side of the Ural Mountains it should be recognized as the most populous oblast within Asian Russia....
  • Tyumen Oblast
    Tyumen Oblast

    Tyumen Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Tyumen. It has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug....
    • Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
      Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

      Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug?Yugra , or Khantia-Mansia, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The people native to the region are the Khanty and the Mansi, known collectively as Ob Ugric people....
    • Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
      Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

      Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , or Yamalia, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia .The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is the largest administrative division of Tyumen with an area 750,300 km?....
  • Chelyabinsk Oblast
    Chelyabinsk Oblast

    Chelyabinsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk.Area: 87,900 km?; population: 3,603,339 ; 3,623,732 ....


Largest cities

Population figures are as of 2002 Census.
  1. Yekaterinburg
    Yekaterinburg

    Yekaterinburg is a major types of inhabited localities in Russia in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast....
     (1,293,537)
  2. Chelyabinsk
    Chelyabinsk

    Chelyabinsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, located just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on Miass River. It is the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast....
     (1,077,174)
  3. Tyumen
    Tyumen

    Tyumen is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Urals Federal District in Russia, located on the Tura River east of Moscow. It is the administrative center and the largest city of Tyumen Oblast in the Urals Federal District....
     (510,719)
  4. Magnitogorsk
    Magnitogorsk

    Magnitogorsk is a mining and industrial types of inhabited localities in Russia located by the Ural River in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, with one of the largest iron and steel works in the country....
     (418,545)
  5. Nizhny Tagil
    Nizhny Tagil

    Nizhny Tagil is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Population: 390,498 ; 439,521 . The city is situated some east of the virtual border between Europe and Asia....
     (390,498)
  6. Kurgan (345,515)
  7. Surgut
    Surgut

    Surgut is a types of settlements in Russia in Russia, the largest in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and second largest in Tyumen Oblast. Its population according to the Russian Census was 285,027 ....
     (285,027)