List of regions of the Far North of Russia for 2021

Residents of the Far North or equivalent areas have the right to receive additional benefits, allowances and social benefits. This text will help you find out which territories belong to the regions of the Far North, and which to areas equated to the regions of the Far North. A convenient and up-to-date table for 2019 will allow you to quickly and easily get acquainted with the territories on the list of cities in the north of Russia.

People living and working in regions of the Far North or areas that have the status of being equivalent to regions of the Far North are forced to conduct their lives in a very difficult regime, due to low temperatures, difficult weather conditions, and so on. To support their livelihoods, the state assigns such residents a special status, which allows them to receive additional benefits, social benefits and other assistance. In this article you will find the latest edition of the List of regions of the Far North and equivalent areas for 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the List), with notes on some of the changes that have occurred.

List of regions of the Far North

According to the laws of the Russian Federation, in 2021 a list of regions of the Far North and districts comparable to them was approved. The basis of the Law of the Russian Federation is the decree of the Soviet Union of January 3, 1983. Here a decree was placed on a complete list of northern districts. This decree is called “Resolution 12”. Later, changes were made here, and starting from March 3, 2012, the already clarified (with amendments) twelfth resolution is in force.

Map of the regions of the Far North and territories equated to them

At the moment, the version of Resolution 12 dated 03/03/2012 is valid. According to it, Beloyarsky district and Berezovsky are now regions of the Far North of Russia. Islands located in the Arctic Ocean and corresponding to the Okhotsk and Bering Seas are also included. The list below contains all areas related to the Far North. So, the list includes: Tyumen, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk regions, Krasnoyarsk Territory and Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Tyumen includes: Yamalo-Nenets region;
to Murmansk: the entire territory of this region;
to Arkhangelsk: Nenets, Leshukonsky, Pinezhsky, Mezensky districts and the entire territory of Severodvinsk;
to the district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory: completely Taimyr and Evenkiysk, the city of Igarka and the city of Norilsk, the northern part of the Yenisei region and the entire Turukhansky district;
to the Komi Republic: the cities of Pechora, Vorkuta, Inta and the village of Ust-Lyzha, as well as the areas under their subordination.

On the basis of the Federal Law of our country, three regions were united: Taimyr, Evenki and Krasnoyarsk. Now they all together make up the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Another change is that the Kamchatka region merged with the Koryak region. This led to the establishment of a new facility. Namely, the Kamchatka Territory. Therefore, the following list includes changes. A similar thing happened with Chukotka. Now it is a separate region of Russia. Which regions are classified as the Far North as a result of the changes? In addition to the areas listed above, these are:

Katagansky district of the Irkutsk region;
Republic of Sakha (formerly Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Yakutia);
Magadan Region;
Kamchatka Krai;
Karelia and its regions: Kemsky, Loukhsky, Belomorsky and Kalevalsky, as well as the city of Kostomuksha;
Khanty-Mansiysk with Berezovsky and Beloyarsky districts;
Khabarovsk with the Okhotsk and Ayano-Maisky districts;
Sakhalin includes the Kuril, North and South Kuril regions, as well as Noglisk, Okhinsk and their districts, the city of Okha;
to Tyva: Kyzylsky, Mongun-Taiginsky and Todzhinsky districts.

Norilsk

Norilsk, a large industrial city in the Far North, is located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. It begins its history in 1921, when giant deposits of ore and metals were discovered on its territory by the famous Russian explorer Urvantsev. Therefore, in 1935, construction began on a mining and metallurgical plant, which later grew into the world-famous industrial giant Norilsk Nickel. The plant and the city were built by Gulag prisoners.

The state of the environment in Norilsk is close to catastrophic. It is one of the ten dirtiest cities in the world.

The climate of Norilsk is very harsh. During the short summer, the air temperature can exceed 30 degrees Celsius, and during the long winter the temperature drops below −50 °C. The picture of the Norilsk winter is aggravated by the most severe frosty winds (more than 40 meters per second).

The population of Norilsk is 176.5 thousand people, and this figure is constantly decreasing due to the relocation of residents of the cities of the Far North to warmer and more favorable regions of Russia. But it is temporarily replenished by people who come to work.

There are enough places in the city that are considered the most northern. These are the Norilsk Industrial Institute, the Orthodox Temple of All Who Sorrow Joy, the Nurd-Kamal Mosque, the Norilsk Polar Drama Theater named after Vladimir Mayakovsky.

Regions and cities equated to regions of the Far North

The Far North includes and is equivalent to:

Localities of the Perm Territory (the Komi-Permyak Autonomous Region was included in the warehouse of the Perm Territory): Kosinsky, Kochevsky, Gainsky.
Territories of Arkhangelsk: Shenkursky, Ustyansky, Krasnoborsky, Vinogradovsky, Konoshsky, Nyandomsky, Kotlassky, Velsky, Lensky, Kargopolsky, Vilegodsky, Verkhnetoyemsky districts and cities: Kotlas, Koryazhma, Novodvinsk, Arkhangelsk, Onega.
The Tyumen region includes: Khanty-Mansiysk (not counting the Berezovsky and Beloyarsky territories) and Uvatsk.
Ugra has now separated from Khanty-Mansiysk, and is a separate Region of our country.
Districts of Karelia: Loukhsky, Olonetsky, Kalevalsky, Kondopoga, Medvezhyegorsky, Belomorsky, Pudozhsky, Segezhsky, Prionezhsky, Muezersky, Kemsky, Pryazhinsky, Lakhdenpokhsky, Suoyarvsky, Pitkyaranta. This also includes the cities of Sortvala and Petrozavodsk.
Autonomous Republic of Komi: Udora, Ust-Vymsky and Ust-Kolomsky, Sosnogorsky, Syktyvdinsky and Vuktylsky, Knyazhpogostsky, Sysolsky, Kortkerossky, Troitsko-Pechora, Priluzsky and Koygorodsky districts. And the city of Syktyvkar, as well as Ukhta and its entire territory.
Irkutsk: Ust-Kutsky and Ust-Ilimsky districts with their cities. Bratsky district and its city, Bodaibo district together with the city, Kazachinsko-Lensky, Nizhneilimsky, Kirensky, Mamsko-Chuysky areas.
Tomsk region: Kolpashevsky and Bakcharsky, Parabelsky and Aleksandrovsky, Verkhneketsky and Chainsky, Krivosheinsky and Teguldetsky, Molchanovsky and Kargasoksky districts. Also the city of Strezhnevoy and the city of Kolpashevo.
Tungiro-Olekminsky, Kalarsky and Tungo-Kochensky districts of the Chita region.
The rest of Sakhalin. That is, not counting the territory that is on the list of regions of the Far North. This area is almost entirely included in the list of areas equated to them.
Krasnoyarsk Territory: Lesosibirsk and the entire adjacent territory and Yeniseisk with its area. Also the districts: Kezhemsky and Boguchansky, and Motyginsky.
Autonomous region of Tyva. This includes: Kyzyl region except Shinaan area. Also Bai-Taiginsky, Chaa, Chedi and Sut-Kholsky, Kaa-Khemsky, Pius and Ulug, as well as Tes-Khemsky districts. Barun-Khemchiksky and Dzun-Khemchiksky, Ovursky and Erzinsky, and Tandinsky are also among them. And of the cities equated to the Northern regions - Kyzyl.
The Autonomous Republic of Buryatia includes Muisky, Bauntovsky, Barguzinsky, Okinsky, Severo-Baikalsky and Kurumkansky districts.
Khabarovsk and its surrounding areas: Omminsky, Vaninsky, Tuguro-Chumikansky, Voznesensky, Verkhnebureinsky, Sovetsko-Gavansky, Padalinsky, Komsomolsky, Solnechny, Achansky, Dzhuensky, Nikolaevsky and Ulchsky districts. The cities are also included: Sovetskaya Gavan, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Nikolaevsk-on-Amur and Amursk itself. This also includes the labor town of Elban, in the Amur region, with the entire adjacent territory.
Region of Amursk and its surroundings: the city of Tynda with all the terrain belonging to its city council and the city of Zeya. Also: Tynda, Zeya and Selemdzhinsky districts.
Autonomous Republic of Gorny Altai and its districts: Ulagansky and Kosh-Agachsky districts.
Primorsky territory: Olginsky, Dalnegorsky, Tarneysky and Kavalerovsky districts. The settlement for workers is Vostok, which is located in the Krasnoarmeysky district and the entire area is under the leadership of the settlement council of the same city. And the districts: Krasnoarmeysky, Melnichny, Boguslavetsky, Roshchinsky. Includes Vostretsovsky, Taezhnensky, Dalnekutsky and Izmailikhinsky districts.

Monchegorsk

The city of Monchegorsk is a former workers' settlement founded on copper and nickel deposits in 1935. Monchegorsk is located beyond the Arctic Circle on the northern slope of the Monchetundra mountain ranges near picturesque lakes. The city has a difficult environmental situation, which is constantly worsening due to the work of the plant.

The climate of Monchegorsk is continental, long cold winters, short cool summers. The average summer temperature does not reach 15 degrees Celsius.

More than 42 thousand residents live in Monchegorsk.

Need for a list

Why was this list needed? — It makes it possible to learn about the districts included in it without much effort. And it depended on its clear drafting whether citizens of the Russian Federation working in the most remote areas of the Far North and territories equivalent to it would be socially protected. After all, they are the ones who are assigned the status of living in the territories of the Far North, since life forces them to work in difficult conditions. What are these conditions? “This is a very low temperature and a very difficult environment due to the harsh climate, a remote and inaccessible area. In practice, they have an extreme lifestyle that requires additional physical and material costs.

The assigned status makes life easier for such persons. The state supports them with benefits and social payments. This includes a salary increase, additional vacation days, quick retirement, and other types of assistance, not to mention the salary itself, which is paid at an increased rate.

And it was precisely the twelfth resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Federation that changed the existing resolution, in which from the very beginning (and this is from the sixties) all cities and regions of Russia were indicated that belong to the regions of the Far North or are equated to them.

The above list of regions of the Far North and equivalent to these regions is already in effect. Knowing it will help you not miss your chances of receiving government assistance.

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Murmansk

Thanks to the warm Gulf Stream, the warmest of the cities in the Far North located above the Arctic Circle is Murmansk. The Kola Bay, along which Murmansk is located, never freezes (city residents recall only a few cases of the bay freezing). The city is quite favorable for life, so more than 300 thousand people live here.

Murmansk was founded in 1916 as a port city on the Barents Sea. Currently, Murmansk has a commercial and military port.

As in other cities of the Far North region, the climate of Murmansk is quite difficult for people. A short, inhospitable summer, bright but quickly passing autumn and spring, a long frosty winter. The polar night, which lasts for 42 days, is especially depressing for residents. There is very little vegetation in Murmansk.

Klyazma Reservoir

Only 40 km from the capital, direct route. There are 3 beaches around the man-made sea: “Troitskoye”, “Khlebnikovo” and “Novoaleksandrovo (Gorki)”.

Cost – admission to all beaches is free.
Services - equipment and equipment rental, children's attractions, barbecue areas, volleyball and football fields.
Navigation - exit onto Dmitrovskoye Highway, and before the bridge over the Moscow Canal, turn in the direction of the villages of Kapustino or Gorki. Bus number 438 goes to the reservoir from the Medvedkovo metro station.

Beach "Trinity"

The village of Troitskoye, Mytishchi district, Klyazminskoye reservoir, about 40 km from Moscow. Great place for families with children. There is an opportunity to look at the animals in the mini-zoo and learn how to stay in the saddle while riding a horse. Medical and rescue services have been organized.

Cost – free for entry, 200 rubles for entry.
Services – rental of water, beach and sports equipment. There is a children's bath with slides for kids. Toilets and changing rooms have been installed. There is paid parking.
Navigation – 10 km along Dmitrovka from MKAD to Troitsky by car. Bus number 273 goes from the Altufyevo metro station on the same route.

Novoaleksandrovo Beach (Gorki)

The Klyazma River at the Canal named after. Moscow near Novoaleksandrovo. It is famous for the exceptional purity of the water and the bottom of the reservoir.

The cost is free.
Services - rental of boats and catamarans, paid parking, there is a locker room, football and volleyball fields.
Navigation - by car, travel along Dmitrovka to the bridge over the canal. Before the bridge, turn to the Admiral club and another 4 km. From Savelovsky station to Khlebnikovo station by train, then walk across the bridge for about 2 km.

Beach of the recreation center Khlebnikovo

Gribki village, Mytishchi district, 40 km from the capital, Klyazma reservoir. For safe bathing of children, a “paddling pool” is fenced off. There is a first aid station and a rescue service has been organized.

The cost is free.
Services – rental of barbecues, gazebos, rental of water equipment, sports equipment. Water attractions are open. There is paid parking under guard, a children's playground, guest houses, a hotel, a cafe, and a restaurant.
Navigation – by car, the 10 km journey along Dmitrovskoye Highway will take about 10 minutes. Before the bridge, do not miss the right turn. Take minibus No. 572 from the Altufyevo metro station to the final one.

Longyearbyen, Norway

Longyearbyen is considered the largest settlement on Spitsbergen. It was founded in 1906 to service the mine of John Longyear, a large company at that time. After coal mining ceased to be profitable, the town turned into a tourist and research center. Today more than 2 thousand people live here.

Climate

Longyearbyen has an arctic climate. In winter, the air temperature drops to -16 C, in the warmest month of summer it does not exceed +6 C. The maximum values in July were recorded at +15 C. The amount of precipitation is minimal - no more than 400 m per year.

Attractions

Tourists in Longyearbyen are attracted by the architecture of the houses. Each of them is painted in a different color. Definitely bright.

In the evening, all houses are illuminated with bright illumination. The city has hotels, cafes, a University Center and even an art gallery housing works by the artist Kore Tveter.

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Severodvinsk

The city of the Far North, Severodvinsk, is located on the shores of the White Sea. In 1936, on the territory of present-day Severodvinsk, a shipbuilding plant began to be built in the swamps, and later a whole city grew out of the workers’ village, which, like the plant, was built by Yagrinlag prisoners. Currently, Severodvinsk is the largest shipbuilding center that produces nuclear submarines of the latest models, as well as carries out their maintenance and repair, and disposes of surface and submarine ships. The shipyard has an extremely negative impact on the city’s ecology. In addition, powerful radiation emanates from spent nuclear materials buried near the city.

The climate of Severodvinsk is typical for cities in the Far North of Russia: the heat does not stay here for more than two to three weeks. The sun disappears in October and does not appear until spring, warming Severodvinsk for no more than three months a year.

The population is slightly more than 187 thousand inhabitants. In recent years, there has been demographic aging and an increasing mortality rate, as in many cities on the list of cities in the Far North.

The city is quite clean, its residents are calm and friendly. There are several recreation centers for tourists. Rarely does a tourist risk going to Severodvinsk by car - the condition of the roads in the city is appalling.

Orientation by celestial bodies

When you don’t have a map or a compass with you, the heavenly bodies will help you navigate the area: the moon, the sun, the stars. The North Pole is where the North Star is located when you face it. Accordingly, the South Pole will be behind you. To find the North Star, you don’t need to make any special efforts - it shines brighter than other stars in the sky. It is located at the end of the bucket of the Ursa Minor constellation. Then you need to mark a large landmark in order to correlate its location with the parts of the world indicated by the star. By moving relative to this landmark, you can plot the desired route. When you are in the Southern Hemisphere, you should navigate by the Southern Cross constellation. It consists of five stars, four of which create a cross, slightly offset to the side. If you mentally extend the long axis of the cross, formed by two bright stars, towards the ground, it will indicate the southern direction. Starting from this landmark, it will not be difficult to determine the other cardinal directions.

It is also easy to navigate by the Sun, knowing the fact that it rises in the East and sets in the West. However, seasonal deviations should be taken into account: in winter it rises in the direction of the northeast, and at sunset it will be located in the northwest. In summer, the Sun moves closer to the south. To determine the cardinal directions, you can use the simplest method: stand at noon with your back to the sun so that its shadow falls clearly in front of your face. Thus, the northern side of the world will be in front, the southern side will be behind, and the west and east will be on the left and right, respectively. The same method works with a pole stuck in the ground.

If you need to find your way on a day other than summer afternoon, you can use the following method: two pegs are stuck into the ground at intervals of 15-20 minutes. The place where the shadow of the peg ends is marked on the ground. Then a stick is placed connecting the two marks together. A perpendicular drawn to this line will indicate the north direction.

At night, you can also determine the location of the cardinal directions, and the moon will help. To do this, you need to determine the phases of the moon: in the first quarter the moon is growing, the “horns” of the month will point to the left. The second quarter is the full moon, and the third is the waning moon, while the “horns” of the month will be turned to the right, resembling the letter S. The moon located in the first quarter will be in the south by seven o’clock in the evening, and in the west by one o’clock in the morning . If the moon is full, it will be visible in the east by seven o'clock in the evening, and in the south by one o'clock in the morning. The waning moon is in the east at one o'clock in the morning, and in the south by seven o'clock in the morning.

Features of local residents

The Chukchi belong to the Mongol race (Arctic variety). Their native language is Chukchi. It is gradually being lost, being replaced by Russian. The experience of their ancestors taught these people to make comfortable items for life - yarangas (clothing suitable for sleeping directly in the snow) and torbas boots (light and very warm from kamus). The same ancestors taught the Chukchi not to wash themselves. For what? These areas have a lot of ultraviolet rays, and the layer of fat on the skin helps protect the face from dangerous burns, which is why they are rarely washed. The life of these people cannot be imagined without deer. They are their food, home, clothing, and means of transportation.

The traditional housing of the indigenous inhabitants of the northernmost regions of Russia are tents, built from reindeer skins. The Eskimos also have a dwelling made of snow - an igloo.

Development scenario

The basis of the state policy regarding the development of the regions of the Far North is the Concept of long-term (until 2021) development of the Russian Federation in the socio-economic sphere. The development strategy is based on the maximum use of the advantages of the northern regions and their economy in market competition, the transit, natural and resource potential of these territories, the constant and stable increase in export supplies of competitive products, modernization in the field of transport and road infrastructure.

Today, a program for removing restrictions on inertial development is not only proposed, but is also being actively implemented, based on the realization of the most extensive competitive potential of industrial sectors of the Far North. These typically include agriculture, fisheries, forestry, electricity and transport. Qualitative transformations in the economic structure of the region will, of course, be facilitated by the development of currently existing industries and the opening of new industries, and the use of innovative technologies on a large scale.

In addition, the primary objectives for the development of the Baikal and Far Eastern regions are the full or partial realization of the potential of zones of advanced economic development, as well as the creation of the most comfortable living conditions for the population of the North.

Let us outline the basic points of the development plan for the Russian North:

Modernization of social infrastructure, which invariably includes such areas of public life and areas of social policy as healthcare and education, social protection and social culture, sports and physical culture of the individual, and the housing sector. Their improvement can fully ensure the formation of comfortable living conditions in the northern regions.
Modernization of the infrastructure sectors of the regions of the Far North, the main directions of which are to overcome the largest possible number of infrastructure restrictions that impede the development of the regional economy, and to create conditions conducive to the accelerated economic development of the North.
Comprehensive modernization of production and its full-scale technological renewal.
Development of newly created economic sectors that contribute to the deep processing of raw materials, as well as using, to the greatest extent possible, advantages in geographical location and availability of natural resources.
Accelerated development of institutions of the economic structure that ensure the protection of the rights of owners and the institution of property in general, increasing the competitiveness of markets and the competitiveness of enterprises, reducing the risks of entrepreneurs and risks in the field of investment in production, as well as overcoming administrative barriers, comprehensive development of partnerships between the state and private entrepreneurship, improving quality provision of public services.
Ensuring the development of innovative enterprises responsible for servicing development projects in the field of high technologies through additional investments. Such projects include the space sector, shipbuilding, aircraft and helicopter manufacturing, and energy innovation projects. It is important that these enterprises occupy their own niche in the Russian commodity market through the use of so-called “dual technologies”.

“Dual technologies” include:

Formation and further development of the activities of local technology parks and innovative production centers with a focus on creating, first of all, completely new products.
Formation and further development of scientific and educational centers through technological and marketing research in accordance with a chain that includes an idea, technology, product and service as successive links.

Actually, the result of the implementation of the basic plan for the development of the northern region will be to ensure stable growth of GRP (gross regional product) of the constituent entities of the Baikal and Far Eastern regions, and this will definitely happen at a higher pace than the economic progress of other Russian regions. It is promised that by 2025 the rate of constant growth of GRP of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation located within the Far North will become greater even in comparison with the rate of increase in the volume of gross domestic product throughout the Russian Federation. The promised excess figures are more than half a percentage point over the one-year period.