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The Far Eastern Federal District was established on 13 May 2000 by President Vladimir Putin. [5] It is currently governed by presidential envoy Yury Trutnev. In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were added to the federal district. [6] The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018.
On 28 July 2016 the Crimean Federal District was abolished and merged into the Southern Federal District in order to improve governance. [13] In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were moved from the Siberian Federal District to the Far Eastern Federal District in accordance with a decree issued by Putin. [14]
The Russian Far East (Russian: Дальний Восток России, IPA: [ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ]) is a region in North Asia.It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Eastern Federal District, which encompasses the area between Lake Baikal and the Pacific Ocean.
Vladivostok is the second-largest city in the Far Eastern Federal District, as well as the Russian Far East, after Khabarovsk. It is located approximately 45 kilometers (28 mi) from the China–Russia border and 134 kilometers (83 mi) from the North Korea–Russia border.
An official government translation of the Constitution of Russia from Russian to English uses the term "constituent entities of the Russian Federation". For example, Article 5 reads: "The Russian Federation shall consist of republics, krais, oblasts, cities of federal significance, an autonomous oblast, and autonomous okrugs, which shall have equal rights as constituent entities of the Russian ...
Sakha, [a] officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), [b] is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million. [11] Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eastern Federal District, and is the world's largest country subdivision, covering over 3,083,523 ...
On 2010-01-19 Southern Federal District split in two, with its former southern territories forming new North Caucasian Federal District. 22:25, 21 January 2010: 1,092 × 630 (118 KB) Denhud: On 2010-01-19 Southern Federal District split in two, with its former southern territories forming new North Caucasian Federal District. 23:36, 3 March 2008
Original upload log. This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Map of Russia - Far Eastern Federal District.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-2.5 . 2018-11-04T19:12:00Z Seryo93 1092x630 (97483 Bytes) Reverted to version as of 14:21, 10 March 2015 (UTC): will upload separately