Far Eastern District of Russia
The Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD) is an administrative formation located in the Far East of the Russian Federation. The interactive map of the Far Eastern Federal District represents 10 subjects: 3 territories (Kamchatsky, Primorsky, Khabarovsk), 4 regions (Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin, Kamchatka), Jewish Autonomous Okrug, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.Being the largest district of the state, the Far Eastern Federal District covers an area of more than 6 million km². Approximately 6.25 million people live on its territory. The map of the Far Eastern District shows the city of Khabarovsk, which serves as the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District, which occupies the territory of the Central Amur Lowland and is located on the banks of the river. Amur, near the region's border with China.
In addition to Khabarovsk, a detailed map of the Far Eastern Federal District contains information about such large cities of the Far Eastern Federal District as Vladivostok, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Yakutsk and Blagoveshchensk. In total, there are 68 cities in the region.
A major role in the economic development of the Far Eastern Federal District, which is considered the raw material base of the Russian Federation, is played by non-ferrous metallurgy, forestry, mining, coal and fishing industries, and shipbuilding. The map of the Far Eastern Federal District represents its northern part (Yakutia, Magadan region), the economy of which is based on the extraction of precious metals and diamonds, and the southern part (Primorsky Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Kamchatka, Amur and Sakhalin regions), where timber, pulp and paper industries have reached a high level and wood processing industries.
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– a region where it is advisable to go for swimming in the sea in August, when the water warms up to +24˚C; for fishing, hunting, hiking, mountain climbing - in the summer months, and for active winter pastime - from November to March.
Far East: where is this land of contrasts located?
The Far East is a region that covers the territory of Asia (east, southeast and northeast of this part of the world). It includes territories of and other countries.
The Russian Far East occupies 36% of the country's territory. This region includes the Amur, Sakhalin, Magadan, Jewish Autonomous Regions, Yakutia, Khabarovsk, Primorsky, Kamchatka Territories. On the southern side it borders on the Russian Far East and the DPRK, on the northeastern side - in the Bering Strait, on the southeastern side -.
The Far East includes island (Sakhalin, Commanders, Kuriles), continental (Dzhugdzhur ridge, Koryak Highlands) and peninsular (Chukotka, Kamchatka) parts. The largest settlements are Belogorsk, Amursk, Elizovo and others.
How to get to the Far East?
To get from Vladivostok, passengers will have to spend 8.5 hours in flight (a transfer at will extend the air trip to 13 hours, at - up to 14.5 hours, at - up to 15 hours), up to - 7 hours (flight through and the capital China will take 17 hours, through Novosibirsk - 9.5 hours, through Khabarovsk - 19 hours, through Mirny - 13 hours 45 minutes, through Irkutsk - 16.5 hours), to Khabarovsk - 7.5 hours (if you stop for rest at the airport Novosibirsk, the duration of the air trip will be 10.5 hours, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - 12 hours, - 13.5 hours, - 13 hours, - 14 hours).
Holidays in the Far East
Tourists should pay attention to the Kamchatka Territory (famous for more than 270 mineral springs, the largest of which is Paratunka; here you can raft on the Opala, Pymta, Bystraya rivers in May-October or take a boat ride along Avacha Bay; Mount Moroznaya, Pokrovskaya and Red Sopki), Sakhalin (tourists are invited to explore the Vaidinskaya cave with stalactites and stalagmites; watch birds on Lake Tunaicha; enjoy the unique underwater life on Moneron Island; go on a 2-3-day hike, during which they will be able to get acquainted with the picturesque mountain range Zhdanko), Primorsky Territory (particularly noteworthy are the Baranovsky volcano, Lake Khanka, more than 2,000 historical and archaeological monuments, Anuchinsky, Lazovsky and Chuguevsky districts, where everyone goes to hunt wild boar, Olginsky and Kavalerovsky districts, where you can catch grayling and pike , crucian carp, carp), (active travelers can climb the spurs of Miao-Chan, Mount Ko and Tardoki, sport fishing for salmon at the mouths of rivers on the Okhotsk coast, rafting on the rivers Khora, Turugu, Uchuru).
Far Eastern beaches
- Glass Beach: In the summer you can sunbathe and swim here, and in the colder months you can take great photos and admire the colorful “glass pebbles” (broken glass polished by stormy waves).
- Chituvay beach: the water on this beach warms up well thanks to the hills that surround it on three sides. In the center of the beach there is sand, and its sides are represented by a rocky shore (the rocks near which you can snorkel are used by many as springboards for diving into the water).
Souvenirs from the Far East
Far Eastern souvenirs - gifts in the form of wooden and mammoth ivory items, beaded jewelry, bear teeth and ornamental stones, suede and leather handbags, red caviar, smoked fish, pine nuts, Bird's Milk candies, canned seafood, Aralia honey , Nanai slippers, cosmetics based on mineral mud and algae.
The Russian Far East (FE) is defined as a federal district, that is, an area whose territories have similar market specialization and infrastructure, and as an economic region formed for the convenience of managing economic, social and political development. Below we will discuss its features, location on the map, and the cities that are part of it.
The Far East is a territory of the Russian Federation, occupying the entire outskirts of the eastern part of the country. The area of the Far East is 6.1693 million km², which is about 36% of the territory of the entire country. The region stretches along the Pacific coast for almost 4.5 thousand km and is washed by the waters of the Japanese, Okhotsk, Bering, Chukchi, East Siberian and Laptev seas.
The Far Eastern region is defined by its sea and land borders:
- Northern part has access to the Arctic and Pacific oceans, and also borders the west coast of the United States of America (separates the 2 states of the Bering Strait);
- on South There is a land border with China and Korea and a maritime state border with Japan.
Distinctive features of the geographical location of the Far East:
- distance from the central part of the country;
- the Far East includes a large archipelago, that is, a group of islands located nearby (Kuril Islands, Commander Islands; Sakhalin, Wrangel Island);
- the border of the Arctic Circle passes through the territory;
- common economic space with Asian countries and the United States;
- Important transport routes are located on its territory.
Composition of the Far East
The Far East, a map with cities of which will be presented below, includes the following regions:
Cities and towns: list
According to the Russian Federal State Statistics Service, in 2016 there were 67 cities and 149 urban-type settlements in the Far East. For an area of 6 million km², this is a very small value. The main reason for the sparse population of this vast area is the natural geographical factor, which will be discussed below.
Cities of the Russian Far East:
Urban settlements of the Russian Far East:
| Primorsky Krai | Amur region | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |
| Danube Gornorechensky Kavalerovo Factory Crystal Transfiguration Novoshakhtinsky Ilyichevka Border Zarubino Kraskino Seaside Slav Yaroslavsky Sibirtsevo Smolyaninovo | Progress Novoraichikhinsk Novobureysky Magdagachi Fevralsk Seryshevo Erofey Pavlovich | Coal Mines Beringovsky Bilibino Providence Egvekinot Cape Schmidt Leningradsky |
Population of the region
The Far East, a map of whose cities and their populations demonstrates that the population is unevenly distributed throughout the district, has about 6.2 million inhabitants. For example, at the beginning of 2016, about 960 thousand people lived in Yakutia, while the population density in the region was 0.3, and in the administrative center - 2.5 thousand people per square kilometer.
Such a colossal difference is typical for almost all subjects of the Russian Federation that are part of the Far East. The lowest population density is in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - 0.1 people. per square kilometer. The largest is in the Primorsky Territory, it is 11.7 hours per km².
In terms of total population, Primorsky Krai (1.9 million people) is also in the lead, followed by Khabarovsk Krai (1.3 million people), Sakha (960 thousand people), Amur Region (800 thousand people) , Sakhalin (490 thousand people), Kamchatka (315 thousand people), Jewish Autonomous Region (166 thousand people), Magadan (146 thousand people), the least number of people live in Chukotka (50 thousand people).
In connection with the gradual outflow of population from the regions of the Far East, the Far Eastern Hectare program was developed. According to the plan, as a result of its implementation, the population will increase and the economic indicators of the territory will improve. At the end of 2017, 34 thousand people received plots of land for use.
Among the nationalities in the Far East, Russians predominate; there are also Ukrainians, Tatars, and immigrants from neighboring countries - Koreans and Chinese.
Indigenous peoples have special cultural and historical value, whose traditions and customs are carefully protected by the state. Evenks live in Yakutia; there are about 18 thousand of them. The Nanais live in the Khabarovsk Territory and on the banks of the Amur. The Koryaks are located in Kamchatka, Chukotka and the Magadan region; their number is about 8 thousand people. And in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - the Chukchi.
Relief features
The Far East is located at the junction of two lithospheric plates: the Pacific and Eurasian. This fact causes periodic earthquakes (Kamchatka, Kuril Islands), including underwater ones, which leads to the formation of large waves (tsunamis), from which the Kamchatka Territory and the Sakhalin Region often suffer.
Most of the regions are occupied by mountains, highlands, and ridges: the Dzhugdzhur Mountains in the Khabarovsk Territory, the Sredinny Range in the Kamchatka Territory, and on Sakhalin - there are many steep mountains. The highest area is the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano (4750 m). Active volcanoes distributed throughout the Far Eastern region have become a symbol of the border of the eastern part of Russia.
In the north are the Chukotka, Koryak and Kolyma highlands. Between them lies the Anadyr Plateau. The southern part of the Far Eastern region is characterized by plains, medium-height mountains (Bureya mountain range, Sikhote-Alin mountains, Zeysko-Bureya, Prikhankai and Middle Amur lowlands).
Far Eastern precipitation and air masses
The Far East, a map with cities and regions of which will help you understand meteorology, differs in different amounts of precipitation depending on the territorial location of a particular region. In the northern part, the average annual precipitation ranges from 200 to 700 mm per year. In Chukotka this value is: 300-700 mm per year. In the northern part of Yakutia - up to 200 mm, and in the east - up to 600 mm per year.
About 400-800 mm of precipitation falls per year in the Khabarovsk Territory, the Jewish Autonomous Okrug and Primorye. The highest precipitation amounts are in the southeast of Kamchatka - up to 2500 mm per year and on Sakhalin - 600-1200 mm per year (in particular, due to the island and peninsular nature of the territories).
In the Kamchatka Territory, the difference in precipitation in the south and north can be up to 2000 mm. The northeast of the region is characterized by a value of 300 mm per year, and for the south - 2500 mm.
In the Khabarovsk Territory, the bulk of precipitation falls in July and August.
The monsoon climate of the Amur region brings a large amount of precipitation in summer (900-1000 mm per year). There is less rain closer to the Amur and the Zeya River. In Primorye, most of the precipitation also occurs in the summer (about 800 mm per year). Due to the fact that the region is located on the coast of the Sea of Japan, typhoons occur here and bring with them even more precipitation.
Features of temperature conditions
Subjects of the Russian Federation located in the Far East are characterized by abnormally low temperatures. Permafrost is widespread in the north of the district. The range of winter air temperatures across regions ranges from -6 to -40°C. In summer the air warms up by no more than 25°C.
In the Sakha Republic, the difference between the coldest and warmest months of the year can be up to 70°C. In winter, the air temperature here can be -50°C. In Chukotka, the temperature in winter is usually not lower than -39°C, in summer - up to 10. The absolute minimum and maximum, respectively, are -61°C and +34°C.
In the center of the Kamchatka Territory, temperatures fluctuate more than in other parts. In winter in the center and north - up to -24°C, in summer - +16°C. In the south in winter it is about -12°C, in summer - +12°C.
The Khabarovsk Territory stretches along the coast of two seas, so in the summer it is hot and humid here, the air temperature from north to south reaches +15 - +20°C. The average winter value is -22 - -40°C, a little warmer on the coast. In the Amur region, temperature and weather conditions in general are similar.
Climate
The Far East, a map with cities and climate types of which will allow you to determine the patterns of weather conditions, has characteristics characteristic of the Arctic, subarctic, as well as monsoon and sharply continental climate types. The northern territories of the Far Eastern Federal District are distinguished by arctic and subarctic climates.
Thus, most of Chukotka is located beyond the Arctic Circle, there is a harsh climate, in the center the weather conditions correspond to the continental climate. In the north of Kamchatka and the Republic of Sakha there is permafrost, winter here lasts up to 10 months.
In most of the lands of Yakutia, in the Magadan and northwestern parts of the Amur regions, the air temperature fluctuates widely, with very cold winters, short summers, with low temperatures. In these regions of the Russian Federation, winter lasts most of the year.
Sakhalin and partly in the Primorsky and Khabarovsk territories have a monsoon climate. Winter in these areas is wetter than on the mainland.
In Kamchatka you can observe signs of three types of climate at once: on the coast there is a monsoon climate, in the central part - continental, and in the north - subarctic. In the Jewish Autonomous Region, the monsoon but temperate climate allows for the cultivation of crops, since sufficient rainfall improves the soil.
In Primorye the climate is defined as monsoon. Due to the cold current that runs along the region, fog periodically covers the region, and there are fewer sunny days there than at the same latitude in the central part of Russia.
Surface water
The climatic conditions of the Far East, namely sufficient precipitation, low air temperatures, and low evaporation, have formed such a feature of the rivers of this region as their relatively short length. In addition to such large rivers as Amur, Kolyma, Anadyr.
Along the river The Amur is served by sea vessels; on its tributary, in the Amur region, the Zee, there is a large hydroelectric power station. Another one is located on another tributary of the Amur - the river. Bureya. All water streams are predominantly mountainous and powerful. The general river network belongs to the Pacific Ocean - streams of water flow into it after a while.
The main location of lakes is in areas of volcanoes or lowlands. They are located in hollows - former river beds or tectonic depressions. The largest lake in the area is Khanka. Swamps are spread throughout the territory.
In the zone of permafrost development, there are aufeis, that is, accumulations of frozen water that has fallen to the surface as a result of natural processes (Aldan-Okhotsk watershed, upper Zeya).
Flora and fauna
The southern part of the Far East is characterized by a humid and moderately warm climate; the region contains a tundra natural zone and taiga. Therefore, the animal and plant world in the Far Eastern region is filled with typical inhabitants of these natural zones.
Permafrost, which is located in the northern regions, does not allow plant roots to penetrate deep into the ground, so the entire plant world has a short height.
Flora of the Far East:
Fauna of the Far East:
Some species of birds, mammals, fish and reptiles of the Far Eastern District are included in the lists of specially protected animals that are in danger of extinction (listed in the Red Book). Public and government organizations in the regions are trying to restore their numbers.
Natural resources
Maps of mineral deposits, maps of water and forest reserves of the regions show that large reserves of marine, forest and mineral resources are located in the territory of the Far Eastern region. To satisfy human needs in the Far East, a whole range of objects of living and inanimate nature is used.
The regions and cities of the Far East occupy leading positions in terms of the volume of mined precious stones, minerals and metals. Natural resources include rich fisheries, invertebrates and seaweed. In the southern part of the district, timber is collected and harvested.
Among mineral resources, reserves of tin and tungsten are of particular importance; deposits of gold, coal, lead-zinc and tin ores are located by region.
The Far Eastern regions have a high water supply per inhabitant. On the territory of Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands there are unique natural objects - geysers and volcanoes, which not only provide the tourist attractiveness of the regions, but are also sources of various types of metals, and can also be used to generate electricity.
The following categories of natural resources characteristic of the Far East can be distinguished:
Industry of the Far East
The industries developing in the Far East are associated with the presence of natural and fossil resources in this territory. The agro-industrial complex consists of the mining, forestry and fishing industries.
Certain types of mechanical engineering and non-ferrous metallurgy are also carried out:
Agriculture of the Far East
Various types of climate are common throughout the entire Far Eastern region, but most of them are distinguished by temperature, precipitation and other characteristics that do not allow full-fledged agriculture, as in other regions of the Russian Federation.
For residents of the eastern part of Russia, the main source of food is the animal world, since growing grain crops is possible only in the south of the district.
Features of agriculture:
Among the main agricultural products, the Far East produces eggs, milk, livestock and poultry for slaughter, and some regions grow grain. Among the Far Eastern subjects of the Russian Federation, Chukotka, the Jewish Autonomous Okrug and Magadan are least involved in the production of agricultural products.
The territory of the Far East occupies one third of all Russia. On the map it can be found in the very east of the country. This is an economic region with powerful resource and industrial potential, with unique species of plants and animals, with cities whose population personifies cultural and historical originality.
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The beauty of the Russian Far East from a bird's eye view:
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