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East Siberia

Population: 9,128,000. Biggest city: Krasnoyarsk (930,000)
Flying time from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk: 5 hours.
Time difference from Moscow: + 4-6 hours.
Urban population: 71%. Rural population: 29%.
Area: 4,122,800 square km (just over half the size of Australia). 2.2 persons / sq. km.
Climate zones: Ranging from mixed forests and steppes in the far south to tundra and arctic deserts in the far north.

Socio-economic indicators (1999 Duma Vote)       

This sparsely populated region between Europe and Asia has high wage levels and also a relatively large portion of employees in the new private sector. Productivity is also high by Russian standards.

It ranks especially low in the migration of people into the region and population change, and in the expectation of life to improve and evaluation of the national economy.

East Siberia Regional value    Russian mean    % Russian mean 

ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 668 472 141
Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee 81 66 123
GDP/capita rbls, million 11 10 117
Current household economy not bad: % 42 45 93
Consumer goods: % with VCR 30 34 88
Wages paid in full in previous month, % 40 49 81
GDP 1995 bln rbls 102,356 127,531 80
Current national economy not bad: % 13 19 68

LABOUR MARKET CHANGE
Employer: new private, % 33 23 143
Have second job previous month: % 23 19 121
Job is secure, % 54 50 108
Prepared to move to find a job: % 18 17 106
Employed, % labour force 90 91 99
Employment sector: services, % 43 49 89

SOCIAL COHESION AND STABILITY
Hospital beds per 10,000 134 126 106
Read newspapers regularly: % 65 67 97
Life expectancy in years (female) 69 72 96
Life expectancy in years (male) 55 58 95
Students in higher education per 10,000 169 179 94
Life is bearable, % 45 52 86
Expect life to improve next year: % 13 21 62
Population change, % -.3 -.6 --

Administrative Divisions

Krasnoyarsk Krai  (Pop. 3,095,100)
Capital: Krasnoyarsk (930,000) 
Tuva Republic (Pop. 310,200)
Capital: Kyzyl (91,000)
Irkutsk Oblast (Population: 2,784,900)
Capital: Irkutsk (650,000)
Ust-Orda Autonomous Okrug (Within Irkutsk Oblast, pop. 143,000)
Capital: Ust-Ordynsk (9,000)
Chita Oblast (Pop. 1,287,700)
Capital: Chita (376,000)
Aginski Buryat Autonomous Okrug (Within Chita Oblast, pop. 78,000)
Capital: Aginskoye (9,000) 
Buryat Republic (Pop. 1,049,700)
Capital: Ulan-Ude (362,000) 
Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Autonomous Okrug (Within Krasnoyarsk Krai, pop. 47,000)
Capital: Dudinka (35,000)
Khakass Republic (Pop. 584,300)
Capital: Abakan (170,000)
Evenki Autonomous Okrug (Within Krasnoyarsk Krai, pop.21,000)
Capital: Tura (6,000)

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