| Kemerovo Oblast (English) Кемеровская область (Russian) |
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| Coat of Arms | Flag |
 Coat of arms of Kemerovo Oblast |
 Flag of Kemerovo Oblast |
| Anthem: None | |
| Administrative center | Kemerovo |
| Established | January 26, 1943[1] |
| Political status | Oblast |
| Federal District | Siberian[2] |
| Economic region | West Siberian[3] |
| Area[4] | 95,500 km2 (36,872.8 sq mi) |
| - Rank within Russia | 34th |
| Code ISO 3166-2:RU |
42 RU-KEM |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
| Population[5] | 2,899,142 inhabitants |
| - Rank within Russia | 14th |
| - Density | 30.4 /km2 (78.7/sq mi) |
| - Urban[5] | 86.7% |
| - Rural[5] | 13.3% |
| Official language(s) | Russian[6] |
| Government (as of October 2009) | |
| Governor[7] | Aman Tuleyev[8] |
| Legislative body | Council of People's Deputies[9] |
| Charter | Charter of Kemerovo Oblast |
| Official website | |
| http://www.ako.ru/ | |
Kemerovo Oblast (Russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, Kemerovskaya oblast), often called Kuzbass (Кузба́сс) after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in south-western Siberia, where the West-Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian mountains. The oblast, which covers an area of 95,500 square kilometers (36,872.8 sq mi),[4] shares a border with Tomsk Oblast in the north, Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Republic of Khakassia in the east, Altai Republic in the south, and Novosibirsk Oblast and Altai Krai in the west. Its population is predominantly ethnic Russian, but Ukrainians, Tatars, and Chuvash also live in the region.
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History
The oblast was established on January 26, 1943,[1] but it has considerably older antecedents. The oldest city in Kemerovo Oblast is Novokuznetsk, founded in 1618, soon after Cossack ataman Yermak's push into Siberia. Novokuznetsk is also the largest city in the oblast, exceeding even the administrative center, Kemerovo, in terms of size. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most urbanized regions, with over 70% of the population living in its nine principal cities.
Economy
Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most important industrial regions, with some of the world's largest deposits of coal. The south of the region is dominated by metallurgy and the mining industry, as well as mechanical engineering and chemical production. The Evraz Group and an ore subsidiary Evrazruda operate iron ore mining and processing facilities along with the Raspadskaya and Yuzhkuzbassugol coal and coking coal mines there. The north area of the region is more agricultural. The region has a dense railway network, including the Trans-Siberian Railway, which passes through the oblast.
Honors
A minor planet 2140 Kemerovo discovered in 1970 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova is named after Kemerovo Oblast.[10]
Time zone
Kemerovo Oblast is located in the Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRAT/KRAST). UTC offset is +0700 (KRAT)/+0800 (KRAST).
On March 28, 2010, Kemerovo will change time zones and start using Novosibirsk Time.[11]
Administrative divisions
References
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- ^ a b Charter, Article 2.1
- ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 1. Федеральные округа», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 1. Federal Districts, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ^ 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. ).
- ^ a b 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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ a b c Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_04_1.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ According to Article 68.2 of the Constitution of Russia, only republics have the right to establish official languages other than Russian
- ^ Charter, Article 9.2
- ^ Official website of the Administration of Kemerovo Oblast. Aman-Geldy Moldagazyyevich Tuleyev, Governor of Kemerovo Oblast
- ^ Charter, Article 9.1
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 173. ISBN 3540002383. http://books.google.com/books?q=2132+Zhukov+TW3.
- ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №740 от 14 сентября 2009 г. «О применении на территории Кемеровской области времени пятого часового пояса». (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #740 of September 14, 2009 On Using the Time of the Fifth Time Zone on the Territory of Kemerovo Oblast. ).
Sources
- Законодательное Собрание Кемеровской области. №10-ОЗ 9 апреля 1997 г. «Устав Кемеровской области», в ред. Закона №71-ОЗ от 29 июня 2009 г. «О внесении поправок в Устав Кемеровской области». Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №102, 11 июня 1997 г. (Legislative Assembly of Kemerovo Oblast. #10-OZ April 9, 1997 Charter of Kemerovo Oblast, as amended by the Law #71-OZ of June 29, 2009 On Introducing Amendments into the Charter of Kemerovo Oblast. ).
See also
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