Northwestern Federal District - Definition and Overview

Northwestern Federal District is one of the seven federal districts of Russia. It consists of the northern part of European Russia.

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

• 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://www.fccland.ru/kart.htm)
• http://baikaland.tripod.com/russia/szfo.html