# Central Federal District

The Central Federal District (Russian: Центральный федеральный округ, IPA:) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Geographically, the district is situated in the extreme west of present-day Russia; although it can be considered as the central region of European Russia. The district covers an area of 650,200 square kilometers (251,000 sq mi), and recorded a population of 40,334,532 (82.1% urban) in the 2021 Census. The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is Igor Shchyogolev.

## Demographics
### Federal subjects

The district comprises the Central and Central Black Earth economic regions and eighteen federal subjects:
Map of Administrative Division :
| 1 | Belgorod Oblast | 27,100 | 1,540,486 | ₽1,355 billion | Belgorod |
| 2 | Bryansk Oblast | 34,900 | 1,169,161 | ₽469 billion | Bryansk |
| 3 | Vladimir Oblast | 29,100 | 1,348,134 | ₽737 billion | Vladimir |
| 4 | Voronezh Oblast | 52,200 | 2,308,792 | ₽1,255 billion | Voronezh |
| 5 | Ivanovo Oblast | 21,400 | 927,828 | ₽300 billion | Ivanovo |
| 6 | Kaluga Oblast | 29,800 | 1,069,904 | ₽664 billion | Kaluga |
| 7 | Kostroma Oblast | 60,200 | 580,976 | ₽242 billion | Kostroma |
| 8 | Kursk Oblast | 30,000 | 1,082,458 | ₽684 billion | Kursk |
| 9 | Lipetsk Oblast | 24,000 | 1,143,224 | ₽844 billion | Lipetsk |
| 10 | Moscow | 2,600 | 13,010,112 | ₽24,471 billion | Moscow |
| 11 | Moscow Oblast | 44,300 | 8,524,665 | ₽6,832 billion | None; most public authorities located in Moscow, subject administration located in Krasnogorsk |
| 12 | Oryol Oblast | 24,700 | 713,374 | ₽337 billion | Oryol |
| 13 | Ryazan Oblast | 39,600 | 1,102,810 | ₽532 billion | Ryazan |
| 14 | Smolensk Oblast | 49,800 | 888,421 | ₽422 billion | Smolensk |
| 15 | Tambov Oblast | 34,500 | 982,991 | ₽429 billion | Tambov |
| 16 | Tver Oblast | 84,200 | 1,230,171 | ₽555 billion | Tver |
| 17 | Tula Oblast | 25,700 | 1,501,214 | ₽868 billion | Tula |
| 18 | Yaroslavl Oblast | 36,200 | 1,209,811 | ₽690 billion | Yaroslavl |
According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the Central Federal District is as follows:
| Ethnicity | Population | Percentage |
| Russians | 31,979,405 | 93.05% |
| Armenians | 227,833 | 0.66% |
| Ukrainians | 206,100 | 0.60% |
| Tatars | 164,436 | 0.48% |
| Tajiks | 120,594 | 0.35% |
| Uzbeks | 111,206 | 0.32% |
| Azerbaijanis | 100,665 | 0.29% |
| Belarusians | 55,673 | 0.16% |
| Georgians | 44,860 | 0.13% |
| Kyrgyz | 44,729 | 0.13% |
| Jews | 37,709 | 0.11% |
| Moldovans | 36,764 | 0.11% |
| Others | 1,238,440 | 3.60% |
| Ethnicity not stated | 5,966,118 | – |
Vital statistics for 2022:
* Births: 330,013 (8.5 per 1,000)
* Deaths: 529,175 (13.6 per 1,000)
Total fertility rate (2022):
1.31 children per woman
Life expectancy (2021):
70.85 years

## Economy

As of 2020, the GRP in Central Federal District reached RUB33.6 trillion(€407 billion) and around €10,000 per capita.

## Presidential plenipotentiary envoys to the Central Federal District

| № | Name (envoy) | Photo | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Appointed by |
| № | Name (envoy) | Photo | Start of term | End of term | Length of service | Appointed by |
| 1 | Georgy Poltavchenko | | 18 May 2000 | 31 August 2011 | 11 years, 105 days (4,122 days) | Vladimir Putin |
| - | Andrey Popov (acting) | | 31 August 2011 | 6 September 2011 | 6 days | Dmitry Medvedev |
| 2 | Oleg Govorun | | 6 September 2011 | 21 May 2012 | 258 days | Dmitry Medvedev |
| 3 | Alexander Beglov | | 23 May 2012 | 25 December 2017 | 5 years, 216 days (2,773 days) | Vladimir Putin |
| 4 | Alexey Gordeyev | | 25 December 2017 | 18 May 2018 | 144 days | Vladimir Putin |
| 5 | Igor Shchyogolev | | 26 June 2018 | present | 6 years, 254 days (2,446 days) | Vladimir Putin |