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Russia. Political Administrative System Presented by Elena V. Fedorova Vladivostok,VSUE, 06.07.2005. Political Administrative System. Central F ederal D istrict North W estern F ederal D istrict Volga F ederal D istrict Southern F ederal D istrict Ural F ederal D istrict
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Russia Political Administrative System Presented by Elena V. Fedorova Vladivostok,VSUE, 06.07.2005.
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
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
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.
CFD • The population - 37,309,000. Most of the people live in the cities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
NWFD • Population: 14,500,000, mostly urban. • Ethnic composition: more than 100 different ethnic groups.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.