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What are the Federal Districts of Russia?

Russia's eight federal districts group together its regions (republics, oblasts, krais and others). Each is overseen by an envoy of the president.

  • They were created by presidential decree in May 2000, soon after Vladimir Putin became president.
  • Their purpose was to strengthen central control over the regions.
  • There were seven at first: Central, Northwestern, Southern, Volga, Ural, Siberian and Far Eastern.
  • The North Caucasian district was split from the Southern district in 2010.
  • They are not in Russia's constitution and have no legislatures, but are widely used for planning and statistics.

Current quiz contains 8 federal districts: Central Federal District, Far Eastern Federal District, North Caucasian Federal District, Northwestern Federal District, Siberian Federal District, Southern Federal District, Ural Federal District, Volga Federal District.