Southern Federal District

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Southern Federal District (Russian: Ю́жный федера́льный о́круг; tr.: Yuzhny federalny okrug) is one of the seven federal districts of Russia. It is located in the extreme southwest, between Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Its northern portions are part of the Pontic-Caspian steppe, while the southern parts include the Forecaucasus and the Northern Caucasus. Its population was 22,907,141 in the 2002 census, living on an area of 589,200 km² (38.9/km²). The largest cities of the district are Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd with just above one million inhabitants each.

The previous Envoy to the Southern District was Dmitry Kozak, a Putin loyalist. Kozak became a regional development minister in the new Russian government on September 24, 2007, the new Envoy is Grigory Rapota.

Historically, the region was part of Scythia, comprising Scythia Sindica and the Maeotian marshes. Major rivers are the Don and the lower Volga.

Subdivisions, with republics marked with an asterisk, and with their respective capitals or administrative centers:

1. Adygeya^* : Maykop
2. Astrakhan Oblast : Astrakhan
3. Chechnya^*: Grozny
4. Dagestan^* : Makhachkala
5. Ingushetia^* : Magas
6. Kabardino-Balkaria^* : Nalchik
7. Kalmykia^* : Elista
8. Karachay-Cherkessia^* : Cherkessk
9. Krasnodar Krai : Krasnodar
10. North Ossetia-Alania^* : Vladikavkaz
11. Stavropol Krai : Stavropol
12. Rostov Oblast : Rostov on Don
13. Volgograd Oblast : Volgograd

[edit] Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

• Viktor Kazantsev (May 182000, – March 92004)
• Vladimir Yakovlev (March 9 – September 132004)
• Dmitry Kozak (September 132004 - September 242007)
• Grigory Rapota

[edit] External links

• Official site: Federal Cadaster Center of Russia -- Administrative maps of Russia (legends in Russian)
• http://baikaland.tripod.com/russia/yufo.html
• Southern Federal District
• News and events of Russian South

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