Editing Russian Far East (section)

===Administrative history===
Several entities with the name "Far East" existed in the first half of the 20th century, all with rather different boundaries:
* 1918–1922: the {{ill|Ukrainian Far Eastern Movement|uk|Український далекосхідний рух}}, which encompassed [[Green Ukraine]];
* 1920–1922: the [[Far Eastern Republic]], which included [[Transbaikal Oblast|Transbaikal]], [[Amur Oblast|Amur]], [[Primorskaya Oblast|Primorskaya]], and [[Kamchatka Oblast]]s and northern [[Sakhalin]];
* 1922–1926: {{ill|Far-Eastern Oblast|ru|Дальневосточная область}}, which included the [[Amur Governorate|Amur]], [[Transbaikal Governorate|Transbaikal]] and [[Kamchatka Governorate|Kamchatka]] [[Governorate (Russia)|Governorates]] and others;
* 1926–1938: [[Far-Eastern Krai]], which included the present-day [[Primorsky Krai|Primorsky]] and [[Khabarovsk Krai]]s.

Until 2000 the Russian Far East lacked officially-defined boundaries. A single term "Siberia and the Far East" ({{lang|ru|Сибирь и Дальний Восток}}) often referred to Russia's regions east of the [[Ural mountains|Urals]] without drawing a clear distinction between "Siberia" and "the Far East".

In 2000 Russia's [[federal subjects of Russia|federal subjects]] were grouped into larger [[federal districts of Russia|federal districts]], one of which, the [[Far Eastern Federal District]], comprised [[Amur Oblast]], the [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]], the [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]], [[Kamchatka Oblast]] with the [[Koryak Autonomous Okrug]], [[Khabarovsk Krai]], [[Magadan Oblast]], [[Primorsky Krai]], the [[Sakha Republic|Sakha (Yakutia) Republic]], and [[Sakhalin Oblast]]. In November 2018 [[Zabaykalsky Krai]] and the [[Republic of Buryatia]] were added; they had previously formed part of the [[Siberian Federal District]].<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ru:Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации |language=ru |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201811040002?index=0&rangeSize=1 |access-date=2018-11-04 |website=publication.pravo.gov.ru |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205162518/http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201811040002?index=0&rangeSize=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 2000, Russians have increasingly used the term "Far East" to refer to the federal district, though the term is often also used more loosely.

Defined by the boundaries of the federal district, the Far East has an area of {{convert|6.2|e6km2|sqmi||}}—over one-third of Russia's total area.