Northwestern Federal District,, ''Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug'' is one of the eight federal districts of

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. It covers most of

Northwest Russia Northwest Russia, or the Russian North is the northern part of western Russia. It is bounded by Norway, Finland, the Arctic Ocean, the Ural Mountains and the east-flowing part of the Volga. The area is roughly coterminous with the Northwestern ...

. Its population was 13.6 million, of which 83.5% was urban, living in an area of , according to the 2010 Census. The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is Alexander Gutsan, who was appointed to the post after previously serving as Deputy Prosecutor General. He replaced former Envoy

Alexander Beglov Alexander Dmitryevich Beglov ( rus, Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Бегло́в, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈɡlof; born 19 May 1956) is a Russian politician. He was appointed acting Governor of Saint Peters ...

, who was removed from the position and made acting

Governor of Saint Petersburg The Governor of Saint Petersburg (Губернатор Санкт-Петербурга) is the head of the executive branch of Saint Petersburg City Administration. The governor's office administers all city services, public property, police and ...

Demographics

Federal subjects

The district comprises the Northern, Northwestern and

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

economic regions An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the ...

and eleven

federal subjects The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, subyekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or simply as the subjects of the federation (russian ...

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

Viktor Cherkesov Viktor Vasilyevich Cherkesov (russian: Виктор Васильевич Черкесов; 13 July 1950 – 8 November 2022) was a Russian security services official. Biography Cherkesov graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State Un ...

(18 May 2000 – 11 March 2003) #

Valentina Matviyenko Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko (russian: Валентина Ивановна Матвиенко, p=vəlʲɪnˈtʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə mətvʲɪˈjɛnkə, ukr, Валентина Іванівна Матвієнко; née Tyutina (Тютина; , ...

(11 March 2003 – 15 October 2003) # Ilya Klebanov (1 November 2003 – 6 September 2011) # Nikolay Vinnichenko (6 September 2011 – 11 March 2014) #

Vladimir Bulavin Vladimir Ivanovich Bulavin (russian: Владимир Иванович Булавин; born 11 February 1953) is a Russia military and security official, the Head of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation (2016-2023). Biography B ...

(11 March 2014 – 28 July 2016) # Nikolay Tsukanov (28 July 2016 – 25 December 2017) #

(25 December 2017 – 3 October 2018) # Aleksandr Gutsan (7 November 2018 – present)

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