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.