Siberian Federal District

This article is about the political group of regions by a Presidential Decree. For the geographical region, see Siberia.

Coordinates: 55°N 83°E / 55°N 83°E / 55; 83

Siberian Federal District (Russian: Сиби́рский федера́льный о́круг, Sibirsky federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 17,178,298 according to the 2010 Census,^[2] living in an area of 4,361,800 square kilometers (1,684,100 sq mi).^[1] The entire federal district lies within the continent of Asia.

Siberian Federal District Сибирский федеральный округ
Federal district of Russia
Location of the Siberian Federal District
Country	Russia
Established	18 May 2000
Administrative centre	Novosibirsk
Government
• Presidential Envoy	Anatoly Seryshev
Area ^[1]
• Total	4,361,800 km^2 (1,684,100 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd
Population  (2010)
• Total	17,178,298^[2]
• Rank	3rd
• Density	3.8/km^2 (10/sq mi)
Time zones
Omsk Oblast	UTC+06:00 (Omsk Time)
most of the district	UTC+07:00 (Krasnoyarsk Time)
Irkutsk Oblast	UTC+08:00 (Irkutsk Time)
Federal subjects	10 contained
Economic regions	2 contained
HDI (2019)	0.796^[3] high · 7th
Website	SFO.gov.ru

Krasnoyarsk Krai

The district was created by presidential decree on 13 May 2000 and covers around 30% of the total land area of Russia.^[4] In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were removed from the Siberian Federal District and added to the Far Eastern Federal District in accordance with a decree issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin.^[5]

Demographics

 

Population pyramid as of the 2021 Russian Census

Federal subjects

The district comprises the West Siberian (part) and East Siberian economic regions and ten federal subjects:

#	Flag	Coat of Arms	Federal subject	Area in km^2^[1]	Population (2010)	Capital/Adm. center	Map of Administrative Division
1			Altai Republic	92,900	206,168	Gorno-Altaysk
2			Altai Krai	168,000	2,419,755	Barnaul
3			Irkutsk Oblast	774,800	2,248,750	Irkutsk
4			Kemerovo Oblast	95,700	2,763,135	Kemerovo
5			Krasnoyarsk Krai	2,366,800	2,828,187	Krasnoyarsk
6			Novosibirsk Oblast	177,800	2,665,911	Novosibirsk
7			Omsk Oblast	141,100	1,977,665	Omsk
8			Tomsk Oblast	314,400	1,047,394	Tomsk
9			Tuva Republic	168,600	307,930	Kyzyl
10			Republic of Khakassia	61,600	532,403	Abakan

 

The geographic "center of Asia", Tuva Republic

Religion and ethnicity

Religion in the Siberian Federal District as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)^[6]^[7]
Russian Orthodoxy			28.9%
Other Orthodox			1.9%
Other Christians			5.2%
Islam			1.4%
Buddhism			1.2%
Native faiths			1.6%
Spiritual but not religious			33.2%
Atheism and irreligion			18.7%
Other and undeclared			7.9%

According to a 2012 survey,^[6] 28.9% of the population of the current federal subjects of the Siberian Federal District (excluding Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai) adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 5.2% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1.9% is an Orthodox believer without belonging to any church or adheres to other (non-Russian) Orthodox churches, 1.4% is an adherent of Islam, 1.2% is an adherant of Buddhism, and 1.6% adhere to some native faith such as Rodnovery, Tengrism, or Tuvan Shamanism. In addition, 33.2% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 18.7% is atheist, and 7.9% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.^[6]

 

Ethnic map of the Siberian Federal District by urban and rural settlements, 2010 census

Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census:

• Total – 19,256,426
• Russians – 16,542,506 (85.91%)
• Buryats – 442,794 (2.30%)
• Tuvans – 259,971 (1.35%)
• Ukrainians – 227,353 (1.18%)
• Tatars – 204,321 (1.06%)
• Germans – 198,109 (1.03%)
• Kazakhs – 117,507 (0.61%)
• Altaians – 72,841 (0.38%)
• Khakass — 70,859 (0.37%)
• Armenians – 63,091 (0.33%)
• Azerbaijanis – 54,762 (0.28%)
• Belarusians – 47 829 (0.25%)
• Uzbeks – 41,799 (0.22%)
• Chuvash – 40,527 (0.21%)
• Tajiks – 32,419 (0.17%)
• Kyrgyz — 30,871 (0.16%)
• Mordva – 19,238 (0.10%)
• Roma – 15,162 (0.08%)
• Bashkirs – 12 929 (0.07%)
• Shors – 12 397 (0.06%)
• Koreans – 11,193 (0.06%)
• Moldovans – 11 155 (0.06%)
• Evenks – 10,243 (0.05%)
• Jews – 9,642 (0.05%)
• Mari – 9,116 (0.05%)
• Chinese — 9,075 (0.05%)
• Udmurts – 8,822 (0.05%)
• Poles – 8,435 (0.04%)
• Georgians – 7,884 (0.04%)
• Estonians – 7,112 (0.04%)
• Dolgans – 5,854 (0.03%)
• Persons who did not indicate nationality – 561,206 (2.91%)

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

1. Leonid Drachevsky (18 May 2000 – 9 September 2004)
2. Anatoly Kvashnin (9 September 2004 – 9 September 2010)
3. Viktor Tolokonsky (9 September 2010 – 12 May 2014)
4. Nikolay Rogozhkin (12 May 2014 – 28 July 2016)
5. Sergey Menyaylo (28 July 2016 – 9 April 2021)^[8]
6. Anatoly Seryshev (from 12 October 2021)^[9]

See also

• Siberia

References

1. "1.1. ОСНОВНЫЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ в 2014 г." [MAIN SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS 2014]. Regions of Russia. Socioeconomic indicators - 2015 (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
2. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
4. "Siberia Federal District, Russia (Siberian)". RussiaTrek.org. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
5. "Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
6. "Arena: Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia". Sreda, 2012.
7. 2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), August 27, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2017. .
8. "Путин освободил Меняйло от должности губернатора Севастополя" (in Russian). Echo of Moscow. July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
9. "Путин назначил Серышева полпредом в Сибирском Федеральном округе" [Putin appointed Seryshev Plenipotentiary in the Siberian Federal District]. Izvestiya (in Russian). October 12, 2021.

External links

• Images of the Siberian Federal District