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Siberian Federal District in Russia

The Siberian Federal District^[a] is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. The entire federal district lies within the continent of Asia.

The district was created by presidential decree on 13 May 2000,^[5] and covers around 30% of the total land area of Russia.^[6] Its population was 16,800,947 according to the 2021 Census,^[2] living in an area of 4,361,800 square kilometres (1,684,100 sq mi).^[1] In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were removed from the Siberian Federal District and added to the Far Eastern Federal District in accordance with a decree issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin.^[7]

Demographics

Federal subjects

The district comprises the West Siberian (part) and East Siberian economic regions and ten federal subjects:


#	Flag	Coat of arms	Federal subject	Area^[1] [km²]	Population (2021)	GDP^[8][billion]	Capital/adm. centre	Map of administrative division
1			Altai Republic	92,900	210,924	₽71	Gorno-Altaysk
2			Altai Krai	168,000	2,163,693	₽845	Barnaul
3			Irkutsk Oblast	774,800	2,370,102	₽1,924	Irkutsk
4			Kemerovo Oblast	95,700	2,600,923	₽1,807	Kemerovo
5			Krasnoyarsk Krai	2,366,800	2,856,971	₽3,065	Krasnoyarsk
6			Novosibirsk Oblast	177,800	2,797,176	₽1,617	Novosibirsk
7			Omsk Oblast	141,100	1,858,798	₽854	Omsk
8			Tomsk Oblast	314,400	1,062,666	₽706	Tomsk
9			Tuva Republic	168,600	336,651	₽89	Kyzyl
10			Republic of Khakassia	61,600	534,795	₽308	Abakan

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1959	15,102,916	—
1970	16,209,665	+7.3%
1979	17,094,856	+5.5%
1989	18,658,624	+9.1%
2002	17,926,354	−3.9%
2010	17,178,298	−4.2%
2021	16,800,947	−2.2%
Source: Census data

Religion and ethnicity

Religion in the Siberian Federal District as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)^[9]^[10]^{[better source needed]}

Russian Orthodoxy			28.9%
Other Orthodox			1.9%
Other Christians			5.2%
Islam			1.4%
Buddhism			1.2%
Native faiths			1.6%
Spiritual but not religious			33.2%
Atheism and irreligion			18.7%
Other and undeclared			7.9%

According to a 2012 survey,^[9] 28.9% of the population of the current federal subjects of the Siberian Federal District (excluding Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai) adhere to the Russian Orthodox Church, 5.2% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1.9% are Orthodox believers without belonging to any church or adhere to other (non-Russian) Orthodox churches, 1.4% are Muslim, 1.2% are Buddhist, and 1.6% adhere to some native faith such as Rodnovery, Tengrism, or Tuvan Shamanism. In addition, 33.2% of the population declare to be "spiritual but not religious", 18.7% are atheist, and 7.9% follow other religions or did not give an answer to the question.^[9]

Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census:

Total – 19,256,426
Russians – 16,542,506 (85.91%)
Buryats – 442,794 (2.30%)
Tuvans – 259,971 (1.35%)
Ukrainians – 227,353 (1.18%)
Tatars – 204,321 (1.06%)
Germans – 198,109 (1.03%)
Kazakhs – 117,507 (0.61%)
Altaians – 72,841 (0.38%)
Khakass — 70,859 (0.37%)
Armenians – 63,091 (0.33%)
Azerbaijanis – 54,762 (0.28%)
Belarusians – 47 829 (0.25%)
Uzbeks – 41,799 (0.22%)
Chuvash – 40,527 (0.21%)
Tajiks – 32,419 (0.17%)
Kyrgyz — 30,871 (0.16%)
Mordva – 19,238 (0.10%)
Roma – 15,162 (0.08%)
Bashkirs – 12 929 (0.07%)
Shors – 12 397 (0.06%)
Koreans – 11,193 (0.06%)
Moldovans – 11 155 (0.06%)
Evenks – 10,243 (0.05%)
Jews – 9,642 (0.05%)
Mari – 9,116 (0.05%)
Chinese — 9,075 (0.05%)
Udmurts – 8,822 (0.05%)
Poles – 8,435 (0.04%)
Georgians – 7,884 (0.04%)
Estonians – 7,112 (0.04%)
Dolgans – 5,854 (0.03%)
Persons who did not indicate nationality – 561,206 (2.91%)

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

No.	Name (envoy)	Photo	Term of office			Appointed by
No.	Name (envoy)	Photo	Start of term	End of term	Length of service	Appointed by
1	Leonid Drachevsky		18 May 2000	9 September 2004	4 years, 114 days (1,575 days)	Vladimir Putin
2	Anatoly Kvashnin		9 September 2004	9 September 2010	6 years, 0 days	Vladimir Putin
3	Viktor Tolokonsky		9 September 2010	12 May 2014	3 years, 245 days (1,341 days)	Dmitry Medvedev
4	Nikolay Rogozhkin		12 May 2014	28 July 2016	2 years, 77 days (808 days)	Vladimir Putin
5	Sergey Menyaylo^[11]		28 July 2016	9 April 2021	4 years, 255 days (1,716 days)
6	Anatoly Seryshev		12 October 2021	present	4 years, 268 days (1,729 days)