Russia

Political Administrative System

Presented by Elena V. Fedorova Vladivostok,VSUE, 06.07.2005.

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Political Administrative System

Central Federal District North Western Federal District Volga Federal District Southern Federal District Ural Federal District Siberian Federal District Far-Eastern Federal District

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Central Federal District

(CFD)

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Central Federal District

Belgorod Region Bryansk Region Ivanovo Region Kaluga Region Kostroma Region Kursk Region Lipetsk Region Moscow Moscow Region Ryazan Region Smolensk Region Tambov Region Tula Region Tver Region Vladimir Region Voronezh Region Yaroslavl Region (CFD) Plenipotentiary Envoy - Georgy S. Poltavchenko 4

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CFD

Area of 650.7 thousand square kilometers.

Borders on - Belarus and Ukraine in the West, - Northwestern Federal District in the North, - Volga Federal District in the East - Southern Federal District in the South.

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CFD

The population - 37,309,000. Most of the people live in the cities.

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Natural resources

The CFD accounts for 40.5% of Russia's prospected iron ores (Kursk Magnetic Anomaly).

Non-ferrous mineral resources: peat, tripoli, gypsum, limestone, chalk; glass, mold, building and ballast sand, brick earth, claydite, refractory clay, mineral paints and others. Phosphorite deposits. The large Ulyanovsk deposit of quality refractory clays (16% of Russia's explored resources). The country's biggest deposits of raw carbonate. Precious and non-ferrous metals, rare-earth elements, glauconites, zeolites and medicinal; Table mineral water have also been discovered in the CFD.

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CDF

The CFD holds leading positions in the country's industrial production. The most important industries: Ferrous metallurgy, Electricity generation, Chemical and petrochemical industries, Engineering and metalworking, Production of building materials Food-processing industry.

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The North Western Federal District (NWFD)

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North Western Federal District

Arkhangelsk Region Kaliningrad Region Komi Republic Leningrad Region Murmansk Region Nenets Autonomous Area Novgorod Region Republic of Karelia Vologda Region Plenipotentiary Representative Viktor V. Cherkesov.

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The North Western Federal District (NWFD)

2 republics (Karelia, Komi), 7 regions (Archangel, Vologda, Kaliningrad, Leningrad, Murmansk, Novgorod, Pskov), 1 autonomous area (Nenets), The city of St. Petersburg.

Center: St. Petersburg.

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NWFD

Area: 1,700,000 square kilometers. Borders on * Norway and Finland and is washed by the White, Barents, and Kara seas In the North; * Estonia, Latvia and Belarus in the west; * the Volga Federal District, and in the east on the Ural Federal District in the south; Kaliningrad Region is an enclave on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on * Poland and Lithuania.

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NWFD

Population:

14,500,000, mostly urban.

Ethnic composition:

more than 100 different ethnic groups.

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NWFD

The District includes one of Russia's more developed mining areas (Murmansk Region)

Industries:

* mining and metallurgical

Minerals:

* phosphates, phlogopite, nepheline and ceramic raw materials, nickel, iron, copper, cobalt, and other rare earth elements.

Considerable reserves of

* clays, limestone, timber, peat, gravel--and-sand mixtures, coal, and high-quality rock salt.

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NWFD

Geological prospecting has revealed deposits of diamonds, bauxites, oil, gas, gas condensate, carbonate raw materials, industrial and building stone, fresh and mineral water sources. Promising amounts of oil and gas on the Barents Sea shelf. The unique commercial deposit of amber (Kaliningrad Region) accounting for over 90% of the world reserves.

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The Volga Federal District (VFD)

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Volga Federal District

Chuvashia Republic Khabarovsk territory Kirov Region Komi-Permyak Autonomous Area Nizhni Novgorod Region Orenburg Region Penza Region Perm Region Republic of Bashkortostan Republic of Mariy-El Republic of Mordovia Republic of Tatarstan Samara Region Saratov Region Udmurt Republic Ulyanovsk Region Plenipotentiary Envoy is Sergei V. Kiriyenko 19

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The Volga Federal District (VFD)

Consists of 15 subjects of the Russian Federation, including * six republics (Bashkortostan, Marii-El, Mordovia, Tatarstan, Udmurtia and Chuvashiya), * eight regions (Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg, Penza, Perm, Samara, Saratov, and Ulyanovsk) and * one autonomous region (Komi-Permyak).

Nizhny Novgorod

Federal District.

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The Volga Federal District (VFD)

Area: 1,038,000 square kilometers (7.27% of the territory of the RF).

Borders The Northwestern Federal District in the North, The Ural Federal District in the East, The Southern Federal District in the Southwest, The Central Federal District in the west and Kazakhstan in the South. 22

The Volga Federal District (VFD)

Population: 32,156,000 * Russians (more than 70%). 22.1% of Russia's total * Tartars, Bashkirs, Chuvashis, Udmurts, Mordvinians, Maris, Komi-Permyaks and * Representatives of other ethnic groups.

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Industrial production (23.9%). Leading positions in its industry * Engineering and the fuel *Farming, chemicals and consumer goods also represent a sizable share of its industrial production. The share of agricultural produce accounts for just over 25% of Russia's total.

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