Northwestern Federal District
Northwestern Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It covers most of Northwest Russia. Its population was 13.6 million, of which 83.5% was urban, living in an area of 1,687,000 square kilometers, according to the 2010 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Region with 13,600,000 residents
- Description: non-administrative subdivision, grouping several federal subjects of Russia
- Also known as: “North-West”, “North-West Federal District”, “North-West Federal Okrug”, “North-West Russia”, “Northwest”, “Northwestern Federal Okrug”, “Northwestern Russia”, and “Russian North-West”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vasilievsky Island and National Library of Russia.
Vasilievsky Island
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vasilievsky Island is an island in Saint Petersburg situated between the Bolshaya Neva and the Malaya Neva, two main distributaries of the river. The population of the district, including the adjacent to Dekabristov Island, separated by the Smolenka river, and smaller islets, is approximately 215,000 people.
National Library of Russia
Library
The National Library of Russia, located in Saint Petersburg, is the oldest of Russia's three national public libraries. The NLR is currently ranked among the world's major libraries.
The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood
Museum
Photo: AndreyWi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, Russia which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Center.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants, the fourth most populous city in Europe, the world's northernmost city of at least a million residents, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.
Center
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The Center of Saint Petersburg is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis. It's bounded by the Neva river and the Obvodny Canal, on a set of islands formed by numerous rivers and channels.
South Saint Petersburg
Photo: Ирина Смирнова, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Southern suburbs of St. Petersburg are the area south of the Obvodny Canal. Although unknown to most visitors, the area boasts gorgeous industrial architecture and magnificent Stalinist buildings, together with later highrises or Soviet-era panel apartment blocks.
Northwestern Federal District
- Category: federal district of Russia
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Northwestern Federal District” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Noordwestelike Federale Distrik”
- Arabic: “المنطقة الفدرالية الشمالية الغربية”
- Arabic: “منطقة فدرالية شمالية غربية”
- Armenian: “Հյուսիս-արևմտյան դաշնային շրջան”
- Armenian: “Հյուսիսարևմտյան դաշնային տարածաշրջան”
- Asturian: “Distritu federal del Noroeste”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimal-Qərb Federal Dairəsi”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimali-Qərb Federal Dairəsi”
- Bashkir: “Төньяҡ-Көнбайыш федераль округ”
- Bashkir: “Төньяҡ-Көнбайыш федераль округы”
- Basque: “Ipar-mendebaldeko Barruti Federala”
- Belarusian: “Паўночна-Заходняя федэральная акруга”
- Belarusian: “Паўночна-Заходняя фэдэральная акруга”
- Bosnian: “Sjeverozapadni federalni okrug”
- Bulgarian: “Северозападен федерален окръг”
- Catalan: “Districte Federal del Nord-oest”
- Chinese: “Sai-pak Liân-pang Koán-khu”
- Chinese: “西北聯邦管區”
- Chinese: “西北部联邦管区”
- Chinese: “西北部聯邦管區”
- Chuvash: “Çурçĕр-Анăç федераци тăрăхĕ”
- Chuvash: “Çурçĕр-Хĕвеланăç Федераллă округĕ”
- Croatian: “Sjeverozapadni savezni okrug”
- Czech: “Severozápadní federální okruh”
- Danish: “Nordvestlige føderale distrikt”
- Dutch: “Noordwestelijk Federaal District”
- Eastern Mari: “Йӱдвел-Касвел федерал йырвел”
- Eastern Mari: “Кас-Йӱдвел федерал йырвел”
- Esperanto: “Nordokcidenta F.R.”
- Esperanto: “Nordokcidenta federacia regiono”
- Estonian: “Loode föderaalringkond”
- Finnish: “Luoteinen federaatiopiiri”
- French: “District federal du Nord-Ouest”
- French: “district fédéral du Nord-Ouest”
- French: “District fédéral du Nord-Ouest”
- French: “Nord-Ouest de la Russie”
- French: “Nord-Ouest russe”
- French: “Okroug federal du Nord-Ouest”
- French: “Okroug fédéral du Nord-Ouest”
- French: “Russie du Nord-Ouest”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილო-დასავლეთის ფედერალური ოკრუგი”
- German: “Nordwestrussland”
- Greek: “Βορειοδυτικό Ομοσπονδιακό Διαμέρισμα”
- Hebrew: “המחוז הפדרלי הצפון-מערבי”
- Hungarian: “Északnyugati szövetségi körzet”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Federal Barat Laut”
- Italian: “Circondario federale nordoccidentale”
- Italian: “Distretto Federale Nordoccidentale”
- Japanese: “北西連邦管区”
- Korean: “북서 연방관구”
- Ladin: “Raion Federel de Nord-vest”
- Latin: “Districtus foederalis Boreoccidentalis”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļrietumu federālais apgabals”
- Lezghian: “Кефердинни-рагъакӀидай патан федерал округ”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Vakarų federalinė apygarda”
- Macedonian: “Северозападен федерален округ”
- Malay: “Daerah persekutuan Barat Laut”
- Malay: “Daerah Persekutuan Barat Laut”
- Marathi: “वायव्य संघशासित जिल्हा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-pak Liân-pang Koán-khu”
- Mingrelian: “ოორუე-ბჟადალიშ ფედერალური ოკრუგი”
- Mongolian: “Баруун Хойд Холбооны тойрог”
- Northern Frisian: “Okrug Nuurdwaastruslun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den nordvestlige føderasjonskrets”
- Norwegian: “Den nordvestlige føderasjonskrets”
- Ossetian: “Цæгат-Ныгуылæн федералон зылд”
- Persian: “ناحیه فدرالی شمال غربی”
- Pfaelzisch: “Nordweschdrusslond”
- Pfaelzisch: “Nordwestrussland”
- Polish: “Północno-Zachodni Okręg Federalny”
- Portuguese: “Distrito Federal do Noroeste”
- Pushto: “شمال لوېديځه فدرالي ولسوالۍ”
- Romanian: “Districtul Federal Nord-Vestic”
- Russian: “Северо-запад России”
- Russian: “Северо-Западный федеральный округ”
- Russian: “СЗФО”
- Scots: “Northwastren Federal Destrict”
- Serbian: “Северозападни федерални округ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverozapadni federalni okrug”
- Slovak: “Severozápadný federálny okruh”
- Slovenian: “Severozahodno federalno okrožje”
- Spanish: “Distrito federal del Noroeste”
- Swedish: “Nordvästra federala distriktet”
- Tagalog: “Hilagang-kanlurang Pederal na Distrito”
- Tamil: “உருசிய வடமேற்கு நடுவண் மாவட்டம்”
- Tatar: “Төньяк-Көнбатыш федераль округ”
- Thai: “เขตสหพันธ์ตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือ”
- Turkish: “Kuzeybatı Federal Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Північно-Західний федеральний округ”
- Urdu: “شمال مغربی وفاقی ضلع”
- Uzbek: “Shimoli-gʻarbiy federal okrug”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng liên bang Tây Bắc”
- Vlaams: “Nôordwestelik Federoal District”
- Welsh: “Dosbarth Ffederal Gogledd-orllewinol”
- Welsh: “Gogledd-orllewin Rwsia”
- Western Armenian: “Հիւսիս-արեւմտեան դաշնային շրջան”
- Western Panjabi: “شمال مغربی وفاقی ضلع”
- Wu Chinese: “西北部联邦管区”
- Yakut: “Хотугулуу Арҕаа федеральнай уокурук”
- Yue Chinese: “西北聯邦管區”
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