Tomsk Oblast
Subject of the Russian Federation
Tomsk Oblast
Томская область
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Coordinates: 58 ° 20 ' N , 82 ° 13' E
The Tomsk Oblast ( Russian Томская область / Tomskaja oblast ) is a Oblast in Russia .
The oblast is located in the southeast of the West Siberian lowlands . It extends along the Ob and its tributaries Chulym and Ket . Large parts of the oblast are forested and are in the taiga . Tomsk Oblast borders in the northwest on the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug , in the east on the Krasnoyarsk Territory , in the southeast on Kemerovo Oblast , in the south on Novosibirsk Oblast and in the west on Omsk Oblast and for a few kilometers on the Oblast Tyumen .
History and economy
The history of Russian settlement began in 1604 with the establishment of the city of Tomsk . With the discovery of gold mines in the 1830s and the connection to the Trans-Siberian Railway at the beginning of the 20th century, the population grew rapidly. The oblast was established in 1944.
The production of crude oil and natural gas are of great importance. The industry is characterized by the petrochemical industry and wood processing.
Sergei Schwachkin has been the governor of the oblast since 2012 .
population
The Russian censuses of 2002 and 2010 showed a population of 1,046,039 (in 2002) and 1,047,394 (2010) residents, respectively. Thus, the population increased by 1,355 people (+ 0.13%) in these eight years. In 2010, 735,667 people lived in cities. This corresponds to 70.24% of the population (in Russia 73%). By January 1, 2014, the number of residents increased further to 1,070,128 people. The total population is divided into the following ethnic groups:
nationality | VZ 1989 | percent | VZ 2002 | percent | VZ 2010 | percent |
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Russians | 883.767 | 88.23 | 950.222 | 90.84 | 922.723 | 88.10 |
Tatars | 20,812 | 2.08 | 20,145 | 1.93 | 17,029 | 1.63 |
Ukrainians | 25,799 | 2.58 | 16,726 | 1.60 | 11,254 | 1.07 |
German | 15,541 | 1.55 | 13,444 | 1.29 | 8,687 | 0.83 |
Azerbaijanis | 2,752 | 0.27 | 4,354 | 0.42 | 4.178 | 0.40 |
Tschuwaschen | 7,827 | 0.78 | 5,881 | 0.56 | 3,997 | 0.38 |
Uzbeks | 3,328 | 0.33 | 1,626 | 0.16 | 3,924 | 0.37 |
Belarusians | 9,135 | 0.91 | 5,294 | 0.51 | 3,336 | 0.32 |
Armenians | 1,407 | 0.14 | 2,336 | 0.22 | 2,801 | 0.27 |
Kazakhs | 2,037 | 0.20 | 1,215 | 0.12 | 1,705 | 0.16 |
Residents | 1,001,653 | 100.00 | 1,046,039 | 100.00 | 1,047,394 | 100.00 |
Note: The proportions refer to the total number of residents including the group of people who did not provide any information on their ethnic affiliation (2002 715 and 2010 45,016 people)
About 90% of the population of the area is Russian. Tatars, Ukrainians and Russian- Germans (1959: 21,158 people) are the most important ethnic minorities in Tomsk Oblast. The number of Ukrainians, Russian-Germans (1959: 21,152 people), Chuvashes, Belarusians, Bashkirs (1989: 2,280; 2010: 1,656) and Mordvins (1989: 2,574; 2010: 1,109) are falling sharply. By contrast, several thousand people have immigrated from the North Caucasus, Transcaucasus and Central Asia since the end of the Soviet Union, in addition to the nationalities listed above also Kyrgyz (1989: 856; 2010: 1,427 people). However, immigration was far lower than in other Russian areas.
The indigenous population, the Selkupen , are only a small minority who are becoming smaller and smaller through assimilation. In the 1959 census, 2,064 people of this ethnic group were identified, in 2010 it was only 1,181.
Administrative divisions and cities
Tomsk Oblast is divided into 16 Rajons and 4 urban districts.
The largest cities are Tomsk and its "closed" satellite city (SATO) Seversk . There are four other cities and one urban-type settlement .
City * / City settlement | Russian name | Rajon | Residents |
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Assino * | Асино | Assino | 26,839 |
Bely Jar | Белый Яр | Verkhneketsky | 8,599 |
Kedrowy * | Кедровый | Urban district | 2,541 |
Kolpaschewo * | Колпашево | Kolpashevo | 24,704 |
Seversk * | Северск | Urban district | 106.910 |
Streschewoi * | Стрежевой | Urban district | 45.177 |
Tomsk * | Томск | Urban district | 508.604 |
Web links
- Official website of Tomskaya Oblast
- Web presentation of the Tomsk region in German
- State Duma of Tomsk Territory
Individual evidence
- ↑ Administrativno-territorialʹnoe delenie po subʺektam Rossijskoj Federacii na 1 janvarja 2010 goda (administrative-territorial division according to subjects of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 2010). ( Download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
- ↑ Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
- ↑ 2010 population figures from the Federal Service for State Statistics of Russia (calculation as of January 1; Excel file; 562 kB).