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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
(CFD)
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
Plenipotentiary Envoy - Georgy S. Poltavchenko
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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
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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 is the capital city of the Volga
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.
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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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