Southern Federal District (Russian: Ю́жный федера́льный о́круг, Yuzhny federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its territory lies mostly on the Pontic-Caspian steppe. Southern Federal District was called North Caucasian Federal District when it was founded in May 2000, but was renamed soon after for political reasons. On January 19, 2010, the Southern Federal District was split in two, with its former southern territories forming a new North Caucasian Federal District.
Its population was 13,854,334 (62.4% urban) according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of 589,200 square kilometers (227,500 sq mi).
The current Envoy is Vladimir Ustinov, former Justice Minister of Russia.
Read more about Southern Federal District: Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoys
Famous quotes containing the words southern, federal and/or district:
“It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took: we know it because she repented.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“The proposed Constitution ... is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)