Central Federal District

The Central Federal District (Центра́льный федера́льный о́круг) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. The word "Central" has a political and historical meaning, being the core of the Russian state and its predecessor, the Grand Duchy of Muscovy. 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 650200 km2, and recorded a population of 38,427,537 (81.3% urban) in the 2010 Census. The Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District is Igor Shchyogolev.

Federal subjects
The district comprises the Central and Central Black Earth economic regions and eighteen federal subjects: