Talk:Federal districts of Russia/Archive 1

How many federal administrative districts are there in Russia?
All of the federal subjects of Russia are grouped into seven federal districts. This is actually the very first sentence of this article.&mdash;Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 15:14, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

History
When were the federal districts first used? In the USSR or after the breakup? How have the districts changed over time? --Jeffrey Henning 21:29, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * They are a fairly recent invention, part of Mr. Putin's initiative to imrove the "power vertical" (i.e., to facilitate control by the federal authorities in Moscow over the regions and to ensure that regional legislative documents are in compliance with federal regulations). The system was introduced on May 13, 2000, and the federal districts saw no territorial changes since then.&mdash;Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) • (yo?); 14:40, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Is this a "Pravda" article?
To say the very least this article paints a rosy picture of the federal districts - defend human rights, protected the public from the "vested interests of the local elites". Ah, what a saint, Vladimir Vladimirovich. There is no mention of the sad reality that the so called representatives interfere with local autonomy and undermine with their very presence the essence of a federation. Federal districts allow Putin to curtail local decision-making and take a full control of political process in the provinces with the Soviet-era result of entire loss of local initiative. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.103.26.43 (talk • contribs).
 * The article describes what the federal districts are supposed to promote. You are very welcome to add information about the "sad reality" to make the article more balanced and add a few examples of interference.  That information will need to be added sooner or later anyway.&mdash;Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:04, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Overwhelming majority
I've checked that 6 of the 14 people who have served as Plenipotenary Representatives were from a security background (the army, the police or the KGB), including 3 of the currently serving -- Poltavchenko, Kvashnin and Latyshev. As this does not constitute an "overwhelming majority", I've deleted the corresponding sentence. 128.59.192.25 (talk) 23:25, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Why no informal mention of "super governors"?
Since that is what those seven representatives really are, and since a lot of Russian media refer to them as "super governors," why no mention in this article about them being such? [Or at least "colloquially referred to as 'super governors' by the media"] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Darth Sidious (talk • contribs) 17:17, 21 April 2007 (UTC).


 * Never heard that expression before. Hellerick (talk) 06:36, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

NPOV?
What exactly is POV here? The article looks like stating facts too me. Hellerick (talk) 03:31, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

North Caucasus Federal District
Medvedev said he had established a new North Caucasus Federal District to separate the mainly Muslim regions of the North Caucasus. 1--Львівське (talk) 16:22, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I am working on adding this right now :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:42, January 19, 2010 (UTC)

2010 or 2011 DEMOGRAPHICS?
This article says "2010"...but when I go to read the specific article about the federal district (for example, Central) it says "2002"...So what is the real date: 2010 or 2002?--83.53.167.119 (talk) 03:25, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * All figures are per the preliminary results of the 2010 Census. In the actual articles, someone updated the population figures to 2010, but neglected to correct the 2002 date in the infobox.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 4, 2011; 14:25 (UTC)

Simferopol? Really?
Legitimacy issues set aside, Simferopol obviously acts as the capital of the Crimean Republic, yes: but is it really capital of the district? Wouldn't that be Sevastopol?--2001:A60:1509:7D01:B4E9:2D99:267E:85BA (talk) 02:05, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, Simferopol is also the seat of the district administration.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:57, 4 February 2015 (UTC)