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.
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) |