Altai region

Subject of the Russian Federation Altai region Алтайский край flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia surface 167,996  km² population 2,419,755 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) Population density 14 inhabitants / km² Administrative center Barnaul Official language Russian Ethnic composition Russians (92.0%) Germans (3.0%) Ukrainians (2.0%) (as of 2002) governor Viktor Tomenko Founded September 28, 1937 Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone prefixes (+7) 385xx Postcodes 656000-659999 License Plate 22nd OKATO 01 ISO 3166-2 RU-ALT Website www.altairegion22.ru

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '  N , 82 ° 30'  E

The Altai region ( Russian Алтайский край Altaiski krai ) - not to be confused with the smaller, autonomous Altai Republic in the southeast - is an administrative region ( krai ) in Russia .

geography

The region is located in southern Siberia on the upper reaches of the Ob . It borders on Kazakhstan in the south and the Altai Republic in the southeast . It encompasses the western foothills of the Altai Mountains and extends to the west into the West Siberian lowlands .

history

The history of Russian settlement in the region began in the second half of the 17th century. The Russians make up the vast majority of the population today. The German National Circle of Halbstadt was founded in 1991 in the Kulunda steppe, near the border with Kazakhstan, to offer the predominantly German population there an alternative to emigrating to Germany. Today, however, most of the Russian Germans, whose ancestors had founded several German settlements here around 1900 or were forcibly resettled from the Volga regions during the Second World War , emigrated from the National District to Germany. They were only partially replaced by resettlers of German origin, most of whom no longer speak German, from other regions of the former Soviet Union.

economy

There are numerous mineral resources such as lead, iron ore and manganese in the region. Important branches of industry are metal processing, the chemical and the food industry. Attempts are being made to give tourism in the region a higher priority.

Administrative divisions and cities

→ Main article : Administrative division of the Altai region

The Altai region is divided into 60 Rajons and 12 cities or urban-type settlements directly subordinate to the regional administration .

The administrative center is Barnaul , other large cities are Bijsk and Rubzowsk . The historical mining center of Smeinogorsk and the spa town of Belokuricha are also well-known nationwide . There are a total of twelve cities and six urban-type settlements in the region .

Area administration building in Barnaul

Biggest cities

Surname	Russian	Residents (October 14, 2010)
Barnaul	Барнаул	612.401
Biysk	Бийск	210.115
Rubtsovsk	Рубцовск	147.002
Novoaltaysk	Новоалтайск	70,437
Sarinsk	Заринск	48,461
Came on the Ob	Камень-на-Оби	43,888
Slavgorod	Славгород	32,389

See also : List of cities in the Altai region

Web links

Commons : Altai Region  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the regional administration
• Altai portal with travel, forum, current weather in Barnaul and Novosibirsk, satellite images
• Altai Forum
• Altai business directory for all Altai-affine companies in German, Russian and English

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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)
2. ↑ ^{a b} 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)