Kemerovo Oblast

Subject of the Russian Federation Kemerovo Oblast Кемеровская область flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia surface 95,725  km² population 2,763,135 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) Population density 29 inhabitants / km² Administrative center Kemerovo Official language Russian Ethnic composition Russians (91.9%) Tatars (1.8%) Ukrainians (1.3%) Germans (1.2%) (as of 2002) governor Sergei Ziwiljow (acting) Founded January 26, 1943 Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone prefixes (+7) 384xx Postcodes 650000-654999 License Plate 42, 142 OKATO 32 ISO 3166-2 RU-KEM Website www.ako.ru

Coordinates: 54 ° 30 '  N , 87 ° 0'  E

The Kemerovo Oblast ( Russian Кемеровская область / Kemerowskaja oblast ) is an oblast (administrative district) in Russia . It was formed on January 26, 1943 as part of the RSFSR from the southeastern part of the area that had previously belonged to Novosibirsk Oblast .

The oblast is located in southern Siberia at the transition from the western Siberian lowlands to the mountains of southern Siberia . The capital of the oblast is Kemerovo . To simplify matters, the administrative unit in Russia is also called Kuzbass , as its area is largely identical to the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbass).

With around 30 inhabitants per square kilometer, the oblast is one of the most densely populated Siberia.

The first cities in the region were founded at the beginning of the 17th century, and industrialization of the oblast began as early as the early 19th century. The region experienced an upswing during the Second World War , as many companies were relocated here from the west of the country after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 .

The basis of industrialization is coal . The Kuzbass - coal basin is one of the largest in the world, to a lesser extent, iron ore and gold are encouraged. Numerous industries such as metal processing, the chemical industry and steel production are located here. The coal-processing factories, however, have a major impact on the environment in the region.

In 1957 the Abasa iron ore deposits in Khakassia were connected by a railway line.

Administrative division and largest cities

→ Main article : Administrative division of Kemerovo Oblast

Kemerovo Oblast is divided into 18 Rajons and 16 districts.

The most important cities in the oblast, in addition to their administrative center of Kemerovo, are the even larger Novokuznetsk and the major cities of Prokopyevsk , Leninsk-Kuznetsky , Kisseljowsk and Meschduretschensk .

Biggest cities

city	Russian	Residents (October 14, 2010)
Novokuznetsk	Новокузнецк	547.904
Kemerovo	Кемерово	532,981
Prokopyevsk	Прокопьевск	210.130
Meshduretchensk	Междуреченск	101,678
Leninsk-Kuznetsky	Ленинск-Кузнецкий	101,666
Kisselevsk	Киселёвск	98,365

See also: List of cities in Kemerovo Oblast

population

In the last censuses in 2002 and 2010, there were a population of 2,899,142 and 2,763,135 residents respectively. The number of inhabitants thus fell by 136,007 people (−4.7%) in these eight years. The distribution of the different ethnic groups was as follows:

Population of the oblast by ethnic group

nationality	VZ 1989	percent	VZ 2002	percent	VZ 2010	percent
Russians	2,870,125	90.51	2,664,816	91.92	2,536,646	91.80
Tatars	63.116	1.99	51.030	1.76	40,229	1.46
German	47,990	1.51	35,965	1.24	23,125	0.84
Ukrainians	65,245	2.06	37,622	1.30	22,156	0.80
Shear	12,585	0.40	11,554	0.40	10,672	0.39
Armenians	2,295	0.07	10,104	0.35	10,669	0.39
Tschuwaschen	24,372	0.77	15,480	0.53	9,301	0.34
Azerbaijanis	3,909	0.12	7,250	0.25	6,057	0.22
Belarusians	19,294	0.61	10,715	0.37	6,049	0.22
Tajiks	875	0.03	4,474	0.15	5,646	0.20
Residents	3,171,134	100.00	2,899,142	100.00	2,763,135	100.00

Note: the proportions refer to the total number of inhabitants. Including the group of people who did not provide any information about their ethnic affiliation (2002 5,241 and 2010 55,899 people)

The area's population is over 90% Russian. The Ukrainians, Tatars, Germans, Belarusians and Chuvashes were important ethnic minorities in Kemerovo Oblast when the Soviet Union collapsed . However, their numbers have been falling sharply since then. Most of the once numerous Mordwinen (13,894 in 1989, 3,932 in 2010) have left the area. In contrast, immigration from the Transcaucasus and Central Asia has taken place since the early 1990s. Of the indigenous peoples of Russia , in addition to the Shores, the Teleuts (2,520 people in 2010) are represented in significant numbers.

See also

The Kemerovo pig was named after Kemerovo.

Web links

Commons : Kemerovo Oblast  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Kemerovo Oblast Administration website
• Information about Kemerovo Oblast (Russian)

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)
3. ↑ Ukas of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of January 26, 1943 (Russian)