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The Central Federal District (Russian: Центральный федеральный округ , IPA: [tsɨnˈtralʲnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk] ) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia . Geographically, the district is situated in the extreme west of present-day Russia; although it can be considered as the central region of European Russia . The district covers an area of 650,200 square kilometers (251,000 sq mi), and recorded a population of 40,334,532 (82.1% urban) in the 2021 Census . The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is Igor Shchyogolev .

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9-820: The district comprises the Central and Central Black Earth economic regions and eighteen federal subjects : According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the Central Federal District is as follows: Vital statistics for 2022: Total fertility rate (2022): 1.31 children per woman Life expectancy (2021): 70.85 years As of 2020, the GRP in Central Federal District reached RUB 33.6 trillion( € 407 billion) and around €10,000 per capita. 54°31′59″N 37°37′01″E  /  54.533°N 37.617°E  / 54.533; 37.617 Central economic region The Central Economic Region

18-515: A great variety of crops . As the soils are mostly of podsolic and grey forest types, melioration and fertilizing are often employed to improve the crop yields. Most common natural resources of the region include phosphorites , brown coal (in Moscow Oblast), construction materials, and peat (Moscow, Tver, and Yaroslavl Oblasts). Shchyokino (town), Tula Oblast Shchekino ( Russian : Щёкино ), also romanized Shchyokino ,

27-516: Is a town and the administrative center of Shchyokinsky District in Tula Oblast , Russia , located on the Moscow — Simferopol highway ( M2 ), 25 kilometers (16 mi) south of Tula , the administrative center of the oblast . Population: 58,139 ( 2010 Census ) ; 61,588 ( 2002 Census ) ; 69,251 ( 1989 Soviet census ) ; 72,000 (1977). It was founded in 1871 in connection with

36-604: Is one of twelve economic regions of Russia . Central Economic Region is located in the central portion of the European part of Russia . A great number of automobile and railroads intersect on the territory of this region. This flat, rolling country, with Moscow as its center, forms a major industrial region. Besides Moscow, major cities include Smolensk , Yaroslavl , Vladimir , Tula , Dzerzhinsky , and Rybinsk . Trucks, ships, railway rolling stock, machine tools, electronic equipment, cotton and woolen textiles, and chemicals are

45-982: Is the traditional industry of the region. Most of the production is concentrated in Ivanovo, Kostroma, and Moscow Oblasts, manufacturing a wide variety of fabrics. While the region imports most of the raw metals, metallurgy is still somewhat developed. There are metallurgical plants in Elektrostal , Moscow, and in Tula Oblast. Electric power is generated by fossil fuels and nuclear power plants . Fossil fuel ( oil , natural gas , coal) are mostly imported from other regions of Russia (mostly from Komi Republic , Povolzhye , and West Siberia ). Other developed industries include manufacturing of footwear , pottery (including porcelain ), glass , cement , construction materials, as well as food and wood processing industries. Region's temperate zone climate allows for growing of

54-666: The Russia's GRP in 2008. The region specializes in machine building , chemical and textile industries . Long-fibered flax , potatoes , and vegetables are the most typical of the region's agriculture . Cattle breeding for milking is also common. The machine building industry is mostly science-intensive. Instrument-making, radio, electrotechnic, and electronic production prevail. Companies manufacturing metal-working machines and instruments, steam boilers , turbines , current generators, and electric motors are concentrated in this region. Cities of Bryansk , Moscow, and Serpukhov are

63-876: The centers of car-building industry. Trains and train cars are manufactured in Kolomna , Lyudinovo , and Murom . Rybinsk is a shipbuilding center of the region. Tractors and other agricultural machinery are produced in Bezhetsk , Lyubertsy , Ryazan , Tula , and Vladimir . Chemical industry includes the production of synthetic plastics (in Moscow, Novomoskovsk , Orekhovo-Zuyevo , Vladimir ), chemical fibers (in Klin , Ryazan, Tver), rubber resin and tires (in Moscow, Yaroslavl , Yefremov ), and fertilizers (in Dorgobuzh , Novomoskovsk, Polpino , Shchyokino , Voskresensk ). Textile industry

72-478: The development of brown coal deposits and soon supplanted Krapivna as the main settlement in the district. It was granted town status in 1938. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Shchekino serves as the administrative center of Shchyokinsky District . As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shchyokinsky District as Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction . As

81-581: The principal industrial products. The Volga and Oka Rivers are the major water routes, and the Moscow–Volga and Don –Volga canals link Moscow with the Caspian and Baltic Seas . Many rail lines serve the area. The Central Economic Region comprises the following federal subjects , all of which are in the Central Federal District : The Central Economic Region accounted for almost 32 per cent of

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