KRASNOYARSK KRAI

'Krasnoyarsk Krai' (, ''Krasnoyarsky kray'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It is the second largest Russian region after the Sakha Republic, occupying an area of 2,339,700 km², which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk.

Contents

Geography

Time zone

History

Economy

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Geography

The krai lies in the middle of Siberia, stretching 3,000 km from north to south. It shares borders with Tyumen, Tomsk, Irkutsk, and Kemerovo Oblasts, the Khakass, Tyva, and Sakha Republics, and the Arctic Ocean in the north. On January 1, 2007, following a referendum on the issue held on April 17, 2005, territories of Evenk and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs were merged into the krai.

Time zone

Krasnoyarsk Krai is located in the Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRAT/KRAST). UTC offset is +0700 (KRAT)/+0800 (KRAST).

History

The krai was created in 1934 and then included Taymyr and Evenk Autonomous Okrugs and Khakasiya Autonomous Oblast. In 1991, Khakassia became a republic within the Russian Federation.

Economy

Over 95% of the cities, a majority of the industrial enterprises, and all of the agriculture are concentrated in the south of the krai. The krai is among the richest of Russia's regions in natural resources. Eighty percent of the country's nickel, 75% of its cobalt, 70% of its copper, 16% of its coal, and 10% of its gold are extracted here. Krasnoyarsk also produces 20% of the country's timber. The krai's major industries are: non-ferrous metallurgy, energy, forestry, chemicals, and oil refining.

Administrative divisions

Demographics

''Population'' (2002): 3,023,525 (including Taymyr and Evenk autonomous okrugs)
''Ethnic groups'':
The 2002 Census reported the ‘national composition’ as • Russian 88.38% • Ukrainian 2.37% • Tatar 1.49% • German 1.24% • Azeri 0.65% • Belarusians 0.61% • Chuvash 0.57% • Dolgan 0.38% • Armenian 0.36% • Evenk 0.29% • Mordvin 0.25% • Nenets 0.21% • Mari 0.17% • Khakas 0.16% • Estonian 0.14% • Kyrgyz 0.13% • Bashkir 0.13% • Moldovan 0.13% • Tajik 0.12% • Udmurt 0.11% • Latvian 0.10% • Uzbek 0.09% • Kazakh 0.09% • Polish 0.08% • Yakut 0.08% • Lezgin 0.07% • Lithuanian 0.07% • Roma 0.07% • Georgian 0.06% • Jewish 0.06% • Ossetian 0.06% • Nganasan 0.05% • Tuvan 0.05% • Ket 0.05% • Korean 0.04% • Buriat 0.04% • Chechen 0.03% • Greek 0.03% • Latgalian 0.03%, and many other groups of less than eight hundred persons each.

An additional 0.56% of residents declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire.^[1]