Krasnoyarsk Krai

Not to be confused with Krasnodar Krai.
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Красноярский край (Russian)
—  Krai  —

Flag
Coat of arms
Anthem: none[1]
Coordinates: 59°53′N 91°40′E / 59.883°N 91.667°E / 59.883; 91.667Coordinates: 59°53′N 91°40′E / 59.883°N 91.667°E / 59.883; 91.667
Political status
Country Russia
Federal district Siberian[2]
Economic region East Siberian[3]
Established December 7, 1934[4]
Krai Day December 7[5]
Administrative center Krasnoyarsk[6]
Government (as of April 2015)
 • Governor[7] Viktor Tolokonsky[8]
 • Legislature Legislative Assembly[7]
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)[9]
 • Total 2,339,700 km2 (903,400 sq mi)
Area rank 2nd
Population (2010 Census)[10]
 • Total 2,828,187
 • Rank 13th
 • Density[11] 1.21/km2 (3.1/sq mi)
 • Urban 76.3%
 • Rural 23.7%
Population (March 2015 est.)
 • Total 2,858,700[12]
Time zone(s) KRAT (UTC+07:00)[13]
ISO 3166-2 RU-KYA
License plates 24, 124
Official languages Russian[14]
Official website

Krasnoyarsk Krai (Russian: Красноя́рский край, tr. Krasnoyarsky kray; IPA: [krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj]) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, Russia's largest krai, and the third largest subnational governing body by area in the world, occupying an area of 2,339,700 square kilometers (903,400 sq mi), which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk. Population: 2,828,187 (2010 Census).[10]

Geography

The krai lies in the middle of Siberia, and occupies nearly half of the Siberian Federal District, almost splitting it in half, stretching 3,000 km from the Sayan Mountains in the south along the Yenisei River to the Taymyr Peninsula in the north. It borders (counting clockwise from the sea) the Sakha Republic, Irkutsk, the Tuva Republic, the Republic of Khakassia, and Kemerovo, Tomsk, and Tyumen Oblasts, and the Kara Sea and Laptev Sea of the Arctic Ocean in the north.

The krai is located in the basin of the Arctic Ocean; a great number of rivers that flow through the krai drain into it eventually. The main rivers of the krai are the Yenisei, and its tributaries (from south to north): the Kan, the Angara, the Podkamennaya Tunguska, and the Nizhnyaya Tunguska.

There are also several thousand lakes in the krai. The largest lakes include Beloye, Belyo, Glubokoye, Itat, Khantayskoye, Labas, Lama, Pyasina, Taymyr, and Yessey. The rivers and lakes are rich with fish.

The climate is strongly continental with large temperature variations during the year. For the central and southern regions where most of the krai's population lives, long winters and short, hot summers are characteristic. The territory of Krasnoyarsk krai experiences conditions of three climate belts: Arctic, Subarctic, and moderate. While in the north there are less than 40 days with temperature higher than 10 °C (50 °F), in the south there are 110–120 such days.

The average temperature in January is −36 °C (−33 °F) in the north and −18 °C (0 °F) in the south. The average temperature in July is +10 °C (50 °F) in the north and +20 °C (68 °F) in the south. The annual precipitation is 316 millimeters (12.4 in) (up to 1,200 millimeters (47 in) in foothills of the Sayan Mountains). Snow covers the central regions of the krai from early November until late March. The peaks of the Sayans higher than 2,400–2,600 m and those of the Putorana Plateau higher than 1,000–1,300 m are covered with permanent snow. Permafrost is widespread, especially in the north.

The highest point of the krai is Grandiozny Peak in the East Sayan Mountains at an elevation of 2,922 meters (9,587 ft).

History

See also: Ket people

According to archeologists the territory of Siberia was settled around 40,000 BCE.[15] The grave-mounds and monuments of the Scythian culture in Krasnoyarsk Krai belong to the 7th century BCE and are ones of the oldest in Eurasia. Among other things a prince's grave Kurgan Arshan exposed in 2001 is known.

The Russian settlement of the area (by Cossacks mostly) began in the 17th century. After the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad the Russian colonization of the area strongly increased.

During both the Tsarist and the Bolsheviks' regimes the territory of Krasnoyarsk Krai was used as a place of exile of political enemies of current government. The first leaders of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin were in exile on the territory of the nowadays krai in 1897–1900 and in 1903 respectively. In Stalin's era numerous Gulag camps were in the region.

In 1822, Yeniseysk Governorate was created with Krasnoyarsk as its administrative center that covered the territory very close to the one of the current krai.

On June 30, 1908, in the basin of the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, there occurred a powerful explosion most likely to have been caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5–10 kilometers (3–6 miles) above Earth's surface. The force of the explosion is estimated to be about 10–15 megatons. It flattened more than 2,000 square kilometers (500,000 acres) of pine forest and killed thousands of reindeer.

Krasnoyarsk Krai was created in 1934 after disaggregation of West Siberian and East Siberian Krais and then included Taymyr and Evenk Autonomous Okrugs and Khakas Autonomous Oblast. In 1991, Khakassia separated from the krai and became a republic within the Russian Federation.

On January 1, 2007, following a referendum on the issue held on April 17, 2005, territories of Evenk and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs were merged into the krai.

Politics

The seat of the oblast administration in the Revolution Square, 2005

During the Soviet period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: The first secretary of the Krasnoyarsk CPSU Committee (who in reality had the biggest authority), the chairman of the oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since 1991, CPSU lost all the power, and the head of the Oblast administration, and eventually the governor was appointed/elected alongside elected regional parliament.

The Charter of Krasnoyarsk Krai is the fundamental law of the region. The Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai is the province's regional standing legislative (representative) body. The Legislative Assembly exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. The legislative assembly consists of 52 deputies. 22 of them are elected in 22 one-mandate electoral districts by plurality system, 2 in Taymyr, 2 in Evenkia, and 26 are elected by proportional system from the lists offered by political parties. The highest executive body is the Oblast Government, which includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run the day to day matters of the province. The Oblast administration supports the activities of the Governor who is the highest official and acts as guarantor of the observance of the krai Charter in accordance with the Constitution of Russia.

In December 1991, president Boris Yeltsin appointed Arkady Veprev the first governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai. In January 1993 Boris Yeltsin appointed Valery Zubov the second governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai. In the Krasnoyarsk Territory governor elections were called. Zubov was elected in a universal election for a five-year term. The Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai was created as well.

In 1998, Zubov lost in the gubernatorial election to General Aleksandr Lebed, a politician well known in all Russia. But in 2002 Lebed died in a helicopter accident.

In 2002, Alexander Khloponin, the governor of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug and an influential businessman was elected a governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai. In 2007, he was nominated by president Vladimir Putin for re-election, and Khloponin was elected by the legislative assembly for the second term.

In 2010, after Khloponin was promoted to the office of the president's envoy in the North Caucasian Federal District, Lev Kuznetsov, a businessman and politician from Khloponin's circle, became new governor of the region.

Krasnoyarsk Krai is represented in the Federation Council of Russia, the upper house of the Russian parliament by two senators. In 2007, eight deputies were elected to the State Duma from Krasnoyarsk regional lists of different political parties.

Economy

Over 95% of the cities, a majority of the industrial enterprises, and all of the agriculture are concentrated in the south of the krai.

Natural resources

The krai is among the richest of Russia's regions in natural resources. Eighty percent of the country's nickel, 75% of its cobalt, 70% of its copper, 16% of its coal, and 10% of its gold are extracted here. Krasnoyarsk also produces 20% of the country's timber. More than 95% of Russian resources of platinum and platinoids are concentrated in the krai.

Industry

The krai's major industries are: non-ferrous metallurgy, energy, forestry, chemicals, and oil refining. The major financial industrial groups of Krasnoyarsk Krai are:

Power generation

The two most powerful hydroelectric plants in Russia are built on the Yenisei River, one is being built on the Angara, and several are being planned. It makes Krasnoyarsk Krai one of the most important producers of electric energy in Russia, and a desirable location for energy-intensive industries, such as aluminium plants.

Transportation

Administrative divisions

Krasnoyarsk Krai consists of forty-four districts and fourteen towns of district significance. Two of the districts (Evenkiysky and Taymyrsky; the former autonomous okrugs) have special status.

Demographics

Population (including former Taymyr and Evenk Autonomous Okrugs): 2,828,187 (2010 Census);[10] 3,023,525 (2002 Census);[16] 3,596,260 (1989 Census).[17]

Ethnic groups: The population of the krai mostly consists of Russians, and some other peoples of the former Soviet Union. The indigenous Siberian peoples make up no more than 1% of the population.

The 2010 Census reported the following ethnic composition:[10]

As of August 2009, Krasnoyarsk Krai recorded a natural growth of population for the first time in 16 years.[20]

Total fertility rate:[21][22]
2003 - 1,35 | 2004 - 1,35 | 2005 - 1,31 | 2006 - 1,33 | 2007 - 1,44 | 2008 - 1,55 | 2009 - 1,61 | 2010 - 1,64 | 2011 - 1,64 | 2012 - 1,75 | 2013 - 1,78 | 2014 - 1,81 | 2015 - 1,83(e)

Vital statistics for 2012

Demographics for 2007

[24]

District Pop Births Deaths NG BR DR NGR
Krasnoyarsk Krai 2,890,350 34,206 38,470 -4,264 11.83 13.31 -0.15%
Taimirsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District 37,768 592 335 257 15.67 8.87 0.68%
Evenkiysky District 16,705 304 233 71 18.20 13.95 0.43%
Abansky District 24,997 346 419 -73 13.84 16.76 -0.29%
Achinsky District 15,918 226 253 -27 14.20 15.89 -0.17%
Balakhtinsky District 23,761 281 409 -128 11.83 17.21 -0.54%
Beryozovsky District 38,527 483 543 -60 12.54 14.09 -0.16%
Birilyussky District 11,431 159 228 -69 13.91 19.95 -0.60%
Bogotolsky District 11,371 151 233 -82 13.28 20.49 -0.72%
Boguchansky District 48,312 585 626 -41 12.11 12.96 -0.08%
Bolshemurtinsky District 19,292 207 398 -191 10.73 20.63 -0.99%
Bolsheuluysky District 8,540 112 157 -45 13.11 18.38 -0.53%
Dzerzhinsky District 15,025 180 298 -118 11.98 19.83 -0.79%
Novosyolovsky District 15,128 192 226 -34 12.69 14.94 -0.22%
Partizansky District 11,003 155 233 -78 14.09 21.18 -0.71%
Pirovsky District 8,251 97 125 -28 11.76 15.15 -0.34%
Rybinsky District 23,393 309 422 -113 13.21 18.04 -0.48%
Sayansky District 13,058 163 235 -72 12.48 18.00 -0.55%
Severo-Yeniseysky District 10,907 153 136 17 14.03 12.47 0.16%
Sukhobuzimsky District 23,050 287 362 -75 12.45 15.70 -0.33%
Taseyevsky District 13,962 161 234 -73 11.53 16.76 -0.52%
Turukhansky District 20,736 249 295 -46 12.01 14.23 -0.22%
Tyukhtetsky District 9,034 111 197 -86 12.29 21.81 -0.95%
Uzhursky District 33,952 541 586 -45 15.93 17.26 -0.13%
Uyarsky District 22,255 250 495 -245 11.23 22.24 -1.10%
Idrinsky District 14,037 157 252 -95 11.18 17.95 -0.68%
Ilansky District 26,436 352 453 -101 13.32 17.14 -0.38%
Irbeysky District 18,053 241 300 -59 13.35 16.62 -0.33%
Kazachinsky District 11,333 162 191 -29 14.29 16.85 -0.26%
Sharypovsky District 17,816 244 295 -51 13.70 16.56 -0.29%
Shushensky District 35,372 392 659 -267 11.08 18.63 -0.75%
Krasnoyarsk 905,000 10,585 10,936 -351 11.70 12.08 -0.04%
Achinsk 110,838 1,333 1,702 -369 12.03 15.36 -0.33%
Bogotol 21,997 273 407 -134 12.41 18.50 -0.61%
Borodino 18,759 197 247 -50 10.50 13.17 -0.27%
Divnogorsk 30,968 337 438 -101 10.88 14.14 -0.33%
Yeniseysk 19,086 265 278 -13 13.88 14.57 -0.07%
Zaozyorny 11,359 184 221 -37 16.20 19.46 -0.33%
Kansk 98,965 1,113 1,458 -345 11.25 14.73 -0.35%
Lesosibirsk 64,215 932 1,027 -95 14.51 15.99 -0.15%
Minusinsk 66,770 852 1,141 -289 12.76 17.09 -0.43%
Nazarovo 53,593 568 890 -322 10.60 16.61 -0.60%
Norilsk 206,359 2,402 1,150 1,252 11.64 5.57 0.61%
Sosnovoborsk 30,074 306 275 31 10.17 9.14 0.10%
Sharypovo 38,495 599 583 16 15.56 15.14 0.04%
Yemelyanovsky District 45,908 493 633 -140 10.74 13.79 -0.30%
Kansky District 26,696 361 425 -64 13.52 15.92 -0.24%
Karatuzsky District 16,992 215 307 -92 12.65 18.07 -0.54%
Kezhemsky District 24,406 277 300 -23 11.35 12.29 -0.09%
Kozulsky District 18,292 225 344 -119 12.30 18.81 -0.65%
Krasnoturansky District 16,098 201 247 -46 12.49 15.34 -0.29%
Kuraginsky District 51,402 669 851 -182 13.02 16.56 -0.35%
Mansky District 17,684 226 365 -139 12.78 20.64 -0.79%
Minusinsky District 26,457 339 409 -70 12.81 15.46 -0.26%
Motyginsky District 18,152 238 257 -19 13.11 14.16 -0.10%
Nazarovsky District 23,609 390 356 34 16.52 15.08 0.14%
Yeniseysky District 27,044 353 418 -65 13.05 15.46 -0.24%
Yermakovsky District 20,621 310 360 -50 15.03 17.46 -0.24%
Nizhneingashsky District 35,886 448 597 -149 12.48 16.64 -0.42%
Other 245,202 1,673 2,020 -347 6.82 8.24 -0.14%

Religion

Religion in Krasnoyarsk Krai (2012)[25][26]

  Russian Orthodox (29.6%)
  Unaffiliated Christian (5%)
  Other Orthodox (2%)
  Muslim (1.5%)
  Rodnovery (1%)
  Spiritual but not religious (35%)
  Atheist and not religious (15%)
  Other and undeclared (10.9%)

As of a 2012 official survey,[25] 29.6% of the population of Krasnoyarsk Krai adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 5% declares to be a nondenominational Christian (excluding Protestant churches), 2% is an Orthodox Christian believer without belonging to any church or is a member of other (non-Russian) Orthodox churches, 1.5% is Muslim, 1% follows the Slavic native faith (Rodnovery), 10.9% did not give an answer to the survey. In addition, 35% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious" and 15% to be atheist.[25]

Education

Krasnoyarsk is the site of the Siberian Federal University, one of the four largest educational institutions of Russia.

Nature and ecology

Many important industrial cities of Krasnoyarsk krai, such as Krasnoyarsk, Norilsk, Achinsk, Kansk, Zheleznogorsk, and Minusinsk, suffer from environmental pollution.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ According to Article 24 of the Charter of Krasnoyarsk Krai, the symbols of the krai include a flag and a coat of arms, but not an anthem.
  2. ↑ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
  3. ↑ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
  4. ↑ Resolution of December 7, 1934
  5. ↑ Charter of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Article 26
  6. ↑ Charter of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Article 28
  7. 1 2 Charter of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Article 46
  8. ↑ Official website of Krasnoyarsk krai. Viktor Alexandrovich Tolokonsky, Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai (Russian)
  9. ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  11. ↑ The density value was calculated by dividing the population reported by the 2010 Census by the area shown in the "Area" field. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox is not necessarily reported for the same year as the population.
  12. ↑ Krasnoyarsk Krai Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Социально-экономическое положение Красноярского края в январе–марте 2015 года (Russian)
  13. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  14. ↑ Official on the whole territory of Russia according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
  15. ↑ "Arctic Social Sciences - Arctic Studies Center". Mnh.si.edu. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  16. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  17. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Перепись-2010: русских становится больше". Perepis-2010.ru. 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  19. ↑ http://www.statis.krs.ru/digital/region5/2007/Показатели%20естественного%20движения%20населения.pdf
  20. ↑ "Новости Красноярска и Красноярского края — ИА "Пресс-Лайн"". Press-line.ru. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  21. ↑ Население ::Красноярскстат. Krasstat.gks.ru. Retrieved on 2013-08-20.
  22. ↑ http://www.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_main/rosstat/ru/statistics/publications/catalog/doc_1137674209312
  23. ↑ Естественное движение населения в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации. Gks.ru. Retrieved on 2013-08-20.
  24. ↑ "Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Красноярскому краю - Население". Statis.krs.ru. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  25. 1 2 3 Arena - Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia. Sreda.org
  26. ↑ 2012 Survey Maps. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), August 27, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.

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