Northwestern Federal District

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Northwestern Federal District (Russian: Се́веро-За́падный федера́льный о́круг; tr.: Severo-zapadny federalny okrug) is one of the seven federal districts of Russia. It consists of the northern part of European Russia.

Subdivisions, with republics (that enjoy a high degree of autonomy on most issues and correspond to some of Russia's ethnic minorities) marked with an asterisk:

• Arkhangelsk Oblast
  • Nenetsia
• Kaliningrad Oblast (with no land connection to the rest of Russia)
• Karelia^*
• Komi^*
• Leningrad Oblast
• Murmansk Oblast
• Novgorod Oblast
• Pskov Oblast
• Saint Petersburg
• Vologda Oblast

External links

• Official site: Federal Cadaster Center of Russia -- Administrative maps of Russia (legends in Russian)
• http://baikaland.tripod.com/russia/szfo.html

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1. On December 1, 2005, Perm Oblast and Permyakia will be merged to form Perm Krai. 2. On January 1, 2007, Evenkia and Taymyria will be merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai. 3. On 23 October, 2005, a referendum was held on the merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryakia to form Kamchatka Krai. The result was in favour, but no official date has been set yet for the merger; it is likely to occur in 2007, possibly also on 1 January. 4. A referendum is to be held on 16 April 2006 on the merger of Irkutsk Oblast and Ust-Orda Buryatia.
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