# Far Eastern Federal District

The Far Eastern Federal District (Russian: Дальневосточный федеральный округ, IPA:) is the largest of the eight federal districts of Russia, but the least populated, with a population of around 8 million (73.6% urban) according to the 2021 Census. The federal district lies entirely within the easternmost part of Asia and is coextensive with the Russian Far East.

## History

The Far Eastern Federal District was established on 13 May 2000 by President Vladimir Putin. It is currently governed by presidential envoy Yury Trutnev. In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were added to the federal district. The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.
On 15 July 2022, the first high-speed highway was opened in the Far Eastern Federal District. It united three federal highways – Ussuri (Khabarovsk–Vladivostok), Amur (Chita–Khabarovsk) and Vostok (Khabarovsk–Nakhodka), and connect the regional capital with Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as sites of the territory of the advancing socio-economic development (SAD).

## Demographics
### Federal subjects

Map of Administrative Division :
| 1 | Amur Oblast | 361,900 | 766,912 | ₽531 billion | Blagoveshchensk |
| 2 | Republic of Buryatia | 351,300 | 978,588 | ₽342 billion | Ulan-Ude |
| 3 | Jewish Autonomous Oblast | 36,300 | 150,453 | ₽79 billion | Birobidzhan |
| 4 | Zabaykalsky Krai | 431,900 | 1,004,125 | ₽487 billion | Chita |
| 5 | Kamchatka Krai | 464,300 | 291,705 | ₽338 billion | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky |
| 6 | Magadan Oblast | 462,500 | 136,085 | ₽315 billion | Magadan |
| 7 | Primorsky Krai | 164,700 | 1,845,165 | ₽1,309 billion | Vladivostok |
| 8 | Sakha Republic | 3,083,500 | 995,686 | ₽1,616 billion | Yakutsk |
| 9 | Sakhalin Oblast | 87,100 | 466,609 | ₽1,234 billion | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| 10 | Khabarovsk Krai | 787,600 | 1,292,944 | ₽987 billion | Khabarovsk |
| 11 | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | 721,500 | 47,490 | ₽136 billion | Anadyr |

### Largest cities with a population over 75,000

There are 82 cities in the Far Eastern Federal District, and 13 cities have populations over 75,000.
Only four of these 13 cities (Komsomolsk-on-Amur (7th) in Khabarovsk Krai, Ussuriysk (9th), Nakhodka (11th), Artyom (12th) in Primorsky Krai) are not administrative centres of a federal subject. Anadyr, the centre of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is one of the smallest centres of a federal subject (it has only 13,045 inhabitants). Only Magas, the centre of Ingushetia, is smaller than Anadyr.
Artyom is a large suburb of the Vladivostok metropolitan area.
Populations are given as of the 2021 census:
* Khabarovsk: 617,441
* Vladivostok: 603,519
* Ulan-Ude: 437,565
* Yakutsk: 355,443
* Chita: 334,427
* Blagoveshchensk: 241,437
* Komsomolsk-on-Amur: 238,505
* Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: 181,587
* Ussuriysk: 180,393
* Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 164,900
* Nakhodka: 139,931
* Artyom: 109,556
* Magadan: 90,757

### Religion

Religion in the Far Eastern Federal District as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas) :
| Russian Orthodoxy | Russian Orthodoxy | 27.4% | 27.4% |
| Other Orthodox | Other Orthodox | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Other Christians | Other Christians | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| Buddhism | Buddhism | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Islam | Islam | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Native faiths | Native faiths | 2.2% | 2.2% |
| Spiritual but not religious | Spiritual but not religious | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| Atheism and irreligion | Atheism and irreligion | 23.5% | 23.5% |
| Other and undeclared | Other and undeclared | 9.5% | 9.5% |
According to a 2012 survey 27.4% of the population of the current federal subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District (including Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai) adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 5.0% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1.4% is an Orthodox believer without belonging to any church or adheres to other (non-Russian) Orthodox churches, 3.3% is an adherent of Buddhism, 0.7% is an adherent of Islam, and 2.2% adhere to some native faith such as Rodnovery, Tengrism, Yellow shamanism, or Black shamanism. In addition, 27.0% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 23.5% is atheist, and 9.5% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.

### Ethnicity

The ethnic composition, according to the 2021 census (after the integration of Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai in 2018) was:
* Total – 6,979,578 people
* Russians – 5,674,671 (81.30%)
* Yakuts – 472,116 (6.76%)
* Buryats – 371,677 (5.33%)
* Ukrainians – 47,560 (0.68%)
* Evenki – 33,760 (0.48%)
* Koreans – 29,855 (0.43%)
* Tatars – 24,605 (0.35%)
* Uzbeks – 23,477 (0.34%)
* Armenians – 20,185 (0.29%)
* Kyrgyz – 19,659 (0.28%)
* Evens (Lamuts) – 19,561 (0.28%)
* Tajiks – 17,812 (0.26%)
* Chukchi – 15,686 (0.22%)
* Azerbaijanis – 13,011 (0.19%)
* Nanai – 11,424 (0.16%)
* Chinese – 8,396 (0.12%)
* Belarusians – 7,944 (0.11%)
* Koryaks – 7,292 (0.10%)
* Kazakhs – 4,614 (0.07%)
* Bashkirs – 4,391 (0.06%)
* Nivkh – 3,758 (0.05%)
* Germans – 3,564 (0.05%)
* Chuvash – 2,906 (0.04%)
* Moldovans – 2,851 (0.04%)
* Mordva – 2,675 (0.04%)
* Jews – 2,529 (0.04%)
* Ulchi – 2,431 (0.03%)
* Yukaghir – 1,747 (0.03%)
* Itelmens – 1,486 (0.02%)
* Mari – 1,230 (0.02%)
* Individuals who did not indicate nationality – 996,184 (12.49%)

## Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

| № | 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 | Konstantin Pulikovsky | | 18 May 2000 | 14 November 2005 | 5 years, 180 days (2,006 days) | Vladimir Putin |
| 2 | Kamil Iskhakov | | 14 November 2005 | 2 October 2007 | 1 year, 322 days (687 days) | Vladimir Putin |
| 3 | Oleg Safonov | | 30 November 2007 | 30 April 2009 | 1 year, 151 days (517 days) | Vladimir Putin |
| 4 | Viktor Ishayev | | 30 April 2009 | 30 August 2013 | 4 years, 122 days (1,583 days) | Dmitry Medvedev |
| 5 | Yury Trutnev | | 31 August 2013 | present | 11 years, 195 days (4,213 days) | Vladimir Putin |