Economic regions of Russia


is divided into twelve economic regions —groups of federal subjects sharing the following characteristics:
No federal subject can belong to more than one economic region.
Economic regions are also grouped into economic zones. An economic region or its parts can belong to more than one economic zone.
Establishment and abolition of economic regions and economic zones or any changes in their composition are decided upon by the federal government of Russia.
This division into economic regions is different from the division into federal districts. The former are solely for economic and statistical purposes, and the latter exist solely to uphold the federal laws on the territory of the country.

Table

Economic regionPopulation
Area
Central32,310,000482,300
Central Black Earth7,123,000167,900
East Siberian6,119,0003,371,800
Far Eastern6,122,0006,952,600
Kaliningrad1,013,00015,100
North Caucasus22,629,000381,600
Northern4,473,0001,476,600
Northwestern8,497,000195.200
Ural18,699,000823,300
Volga15,807,000539,800
Volga-Vyatka7,153,000264,800
West Siberian14,756,0002,454,000

List and composition of the economic regions

The following is the list and composition of the economic regions, sorted by population.
  1. Bryansk Oblast
  2. Ivanovo Oblast
  3. Kaluga Oblast
  4. Kostroma Oblast
  5. Federal city of Moscow
  6. Moscow Oblast
  7. Oryol Oblast
  8. Ryazan Oblast
  9. Smolensk Oblast
  10. Tula Oblast
  11. Tver Oblast
  12. Vladimir Oblast
  13. Yaroslavl Oblast
  1. Republic of Bashkortostan
  2. Chelyabinsk Oblast
  3. Kurgan Oblast
  4. Orenburg Oblast
  5. Perm Krai
  6. Sverdlovsk Oblast
  7. Udmurt Republic
  1. Republic of Adygea
  2. Chechen Republic
  3. Republic of Crimea
  4. Republic of Dagestan
  5. Republic of Ingushetia
  6. Kabardino-Balkar Republic
  7. Karachay–Cherkess Republic
  8. Krasnodar Krai
  9. Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
  10. Rostov Oblast
  11. Sevastopol
  12. Stavropol Krai
  1. Astrakhan Oblast
  2. Republic of Kalmykia
  3. Penza Oblast
  4. Samara Oblast
  5. Saratov Oblast
  6. Republic of Tatarstan
  7. Ulyanovsk Oblast
  8. Volgograd Oblast
  1. Altai Krai
  2. Altai Republic
  3. Kemerovo Oblast
  4. Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug
  5. Novosibirsk Oblast
  6. Omsk Oblast
  7. Tomsk Oblast
  8. Tyumen Oblast
  9. Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
  1. Buryat Republic
  2. Irkutsk Oblast
  3. Republic of Khakassia
  4. Krasnoyarsk Krai
  5. Tuva Republic
  6. Zabaykalsky Krai
  1. Chuvash Republic
  2. Kirov Oblast
  3. Mari El Republic
  4. Republic of Mordovia
  5. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
  1. Leningrad Oblast
  2. Novgorod Oblast
  3. Pskov Oblast
  4. federal city of St. Petersburg
  1. Belgorod Oblast
  2. Kursk Oblast
  3. Lipetsk Oblast
  4. Tambov Oblast
  5. Voronezh Oblast
  1. Amur Oblast
  2. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
  3. Jewish Autonomous Oblast
  4. Kamchatka Krai
  5. Khabarovsk Krai
  6. Magadan Oblast
  7. Primorsky Krai
  8. Sakha Republic
  9. Sakhalin Oblast
  1. Arkhangelsk Oblast
  2. Republic of Karelia
  3. Komi Republic
  4. Murmansk Oblast
  5. Nenets Autonomous Okrug
  6. Vologda Oblast
  1. Kaliningrad Oblast