Tomsk Oblast

Subject of the Russian Federation Tomsk Oblast Томская область flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia surface 314,391  km² population 1,047,394 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) Population density 3.3 inhabitants / km² Administrative center Tomsk Official language Russian Ethnic composition Russians (90.8%) Tatars (1.9%) Ukrainians (1.6%) Germans (1.3%) (as of 2002) governor Sergei Schwachkin Founded August 13, 1944 Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone prefixes (+7) 382xx Postcodes 634000-636999 License Plate 70 OKATO 69 ISO 3166-2 RU-TOM Website tomsk.gov.ru

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:

Population of the oblast by ethnic group

nationality	VZ 1989	percent	VZ 2002	percent	VZ 2010	percent
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

→ Main article : Administrative divisions of Tomsk Oblast

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 .

Village in Tomsk Oblast (Ivankino)

Cities and urban settlements

City * / City settlement	Russian name	Rajon	Residents
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

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

• Official website of Tomskaya Oblast
• Web presentation of the Tomsk region in German
• State Duma of Tomsk Territory

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. ↑ 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. ↑ 2010 population figures from the Federal Service for State Statistics of Russia (calculation as of January 1; Excel file; 562 kB).