Komi Republic
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Coordinates: 63°9′10″N 55°49′41″E / 63.15278°N 55.82806°E
| Komi Republic (English) Республика Коми (Russian) Коми Республика (Komi) |
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| Coat of Arms | Flag |
 Coat of arms of the Komi Republic |
 Flag of the Komi Republic |
| Anthem: National Anthem of the Komi Republic | |
| Capital | Syktyvkar |
| Established | August 22, 1921 |
| Political status | Republic |
| Federal District | Northwestern[1] |
| Economic region | Northern[2] |
| Code ISO 3166-2:RU |
11 RU-KO |
| Area | |
| Area[3] | 415,900 km² (160,579.9 sq mi) |
| - Rank within Russia | 13th |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
| Population[4] | 1,018,674 inhabitants |
| - Rank within Russia | 54th |
| - Density | 2.4/km² (6.2/sq mi) |
| - Urban[4] | 75.3% |
| - Rural[4] | 24.7% |
| Official language(s) | Russian, Komi[5] |
| Government (as of November 2008) | |
| Head[6] | Vladimir Torlopov[7] |
| Legislative body | State Council[6] |
| Constitution | Constitution of the Komi Republic |
| Official website | |
| http://www.rkomi.ru/ | |
The Komi Republic (Russian: Респу́блика Ко́ми, Respublika Komi; Komi: Коми Республика, Komi Respublika) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic).
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[edit] Geography
The republic is situated to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-east of the East European Plain. Forests cover over 70% of the territory and swamps cover approximately 15%.
- Area: 415,900 km² (160,600 sq mi)
- Borders:
- internal: Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NW/N), Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NE/E), Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (E), Sverdlovsk Oblast (SE), Perm Krai (S), Kirov Oblast (S/SW), Arkhangelsk Oblast (W).
- Highest point: Mount Narodnaya (1,894 m)
- Maximum N→S distance: 785 kilometers (488 mi)
- Maximum E→W distance: 695 kilometers (432 mi)
[edit] Time zone
The Komi Republic is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).
[edit] Rivers
Major rivers include:
[edit] Lakes
There are many lakes in the republic. Major lakes include:
[edit] Natural resources
The republic's natural resources include coal, oil, natural gas, gold, diamonds, and more.
Around 32,800 km² of mostly boreal forest (as well as some alpine tundra and meadows) in the Republic's Northern Ural Mountains have been recognized in 1995 as a UNESCO World Heritage site, Virgin Komi Forests. It is the first natural UNESCO World Heritage site in Russia and the largest expanse of virgin forests in Europe. The site includes two pre-existing protected areas: Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve (created in 1930) and Yugyd Va National Park (created in 1994).
[edit] Climate
Winters in the republic are long and cold, and the summers, while short, are quite warm.
- Average January temperature: −17 °C (1.4 °F) (southern parts) to −20 °C (−4 °F) (northern parts)
- Average July temperature: +11 °C (51.8 °F) (northern parts) to +15 °C (59 °F) (southern parts)
- Average annual precipitation: 625 mm (24.6 in)
[edit] Administrative divisions
[edit] Demographics
- Population: 1,018,674 (2002)
- Urban: 766,587 (75.3%)
- Rural: 252,087 (24.7%)
- Male: 488,316 (47.9%)
- Female: 530,358 (52.1%)
- Females per 1000 males: 1,086
- Average age: 34.5 years
- Urban: 33.7 years
- Rural: 36.8 years
- Male: 32.3 years
- Female: 36.8 years
- Number of households: 381,626 (with 992,612 people)
- Urban: 289,854 (with 749,329 people)
- Rural: 91,772 (with 243,283 people)
- Vital statistics (2005)
- Births: 10,975 (birth rate 11.1)
- Deaths: 15,074 (death rate 15.2)
- Ethnic groups
According to the 2002 Census, ethnic Russians make up 59.6% of the republic's population, while the ethnic Komi are only 25.2%. Other groups include Ukrainians (6.1%), Tatars (15,680 or 1.5%), Belarusians (15,212 or 1.5%), Ethnic Germans (9,246 or 0.9%), Chuvash (7,529 or 0.7%), Azeris (6,066 or 0.6%), and a host of smaller groups, each accounting for less than 0.5% of the total population. 5,700 people (0.6%) did not indicate their nationalities during the Census.
| census 1926 | census 1939 | census 1959 | census 1970 | census 1979 | census 1989 | census 2002 | |
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| Komi | 191,245 (92.2%) | 231,301 (72.5%) | 245,074 (30.4%) | 276,178 (28.6%) | 280,798 (25.3%) | 291,542 (23.3%) | 256,464 (25.2%) |
| Russians | 13,731 (6.6%) | 70,226 (22.0%) | 389,995 (48.4%) | 512,203 (53.1%) | 629,523 (56.7%) | 721,780 (57.7%) | 607,021 (59.6%) |
| Ukrainians | 34 (0.0%) | 6,010 (1.9%) | 80,132 (9.9%) | 82,955 (8.6%) | 94,154 (8.5%) | 104,170 (8.3%) | 62,115 (6.1%) |
| Others | 2,304 (1.1%) | 11,459 (3.6%) | 90,998 (11.3%) | 93,466 (9.7%) | 105,886 (9.5%) | 133,355 (10.7%) | 93,074 (9.1%) |
[edit] Vital statistics for 2007
Source: [1]
| Vital Statistics | Births 2007 | Deaths 2007 | BR 2007 | DR 2007 | NGR 2007 | BR Jan-aug 2007 | BR J-A 08 | DR J-A 07 | DR J-A 08 | NGR J-A 07 | NGR J-A 08 |
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| Komi Republic | 11,523 | 12,304 | 11.9 | 13.8 | -0.19% | 11.8 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 12.6 | -0.11% | -0.07% |
| Urban | 8,087 | 8,204 | NA | NA | NA | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.2 | -0.03% | 0.01% |
| Rural | 3,436 | 4,100 | NA | NA | NA | 13.0 | 13.8 | 16.4 | 17.0 | -0.34% | -0.32% |
| Syktyvkar | 3,013 | 2,733 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 0.02% | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 0.07% | 0.05% |
| Vorkuta | 1,126 | 1,064 | 9.5 | 10.3 | -0.08% | 9.3 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 0.05% | 0.15% |
| Vuktyl | 210 | 200 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 0.04% | 12.9 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 14.7 | 0.08% | -0.35% |
| Inta | 414 | 495 | 10.2 | 13.7 | -0.35% | 10 | 10.4 | 12.1 | 13.2 | -0.21% | -0.28% |
| Pechora | 714 | 916 | 11.3 | 16.2 | -0.49% | 11.3 | 11.4 | 14.8 | 14.5 | -0.35% | -0.31% |
| Sosnogorsk | 582 | 725 | 11.6 | 15.8 | -0.42% | 10.9 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 14 | -0.39% | -0.23% |
| Usinsk | 614 | 459 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 0.30% | 11.5 | 12.1 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 0.27% | 0.33% |
| Ukhta | 1,414 | 1,612 | 11.1 | 12.7 | -0.16% | 11 | 11.4 | 13.1 | 11.4 | -0.21% | 0.00% |
| Izhemsky District | 315 | 368 | 15.6 | 1.5 | -0.09% | 15.2 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 18.2 | -0.30% | -0.08% |
| Knyazhpogostsky District | 290 | 411 | 10.9 | 16.8 | -0.59% | 10.2 | 10.2 | 15.5 | 14.6 | -0.53% | -0.44% |
| Koygorodsky District | 129 | 140 | 13.9 | 18.6 | -0.47% | 14.1 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 19.1 | -0.10% | -0.50% |
| Kortkerossky District | 314 | 373 | 13.7 | 17.8 | -0.41% | 14 | 12.2 | 15.8 | 16.7 | -0.18% | -0.45% |
| Priluzsky District | 318 | 402 | 13.9 | 21.8 | -0.79% | 13 | 14.2 | 16.6 | 19.2 | -0.36% | -0.50% |
| Syktyvdinsky District | 308 | 341 | 12.8 | 14.6 | -0.18% | 13.2 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 14.8 | -0.19% | 0.08% |
| Sysolsky District | 214 | 302 | 13.3 | 17.0 | -0.37% | 14.7 | 12 | 18.8 | 17.9 | -0.41% | -0.59% |
| Troitsko-Pechorsky District | 193 | 262 | 12.0 | 19.1 | -0.71% | 12.2 | 13.9 | 16.7 | 18.5 | -0.45% | -0.46% |
| Udorsky District | 280 | 305 | 11.9 | 14.3 | -0.24% | 11.7 | 13 | 12.5 | 13.3 | -0.08% | -0.03% |
| Ust-Vymsky District | 443 | 543 | 14.0 | 19.4 | -0.54% | 14.9 | 12.7 | 17.7 | 16 | -0.28% | -0.33% |
| Ust-Kulomsky District | 453 | 433 | 14.8 | 19.5 | -0.47% | 15.1 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 0.12% | -0.01% |
| Ust-Tsilemsky District | 179 | 220 | 12.5 | 16.0 | -0.35% | 11.1 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 17.8 | -0.52% | -0.25 |
[edit] History
A northernmost portion of European Russia, Komi was an unspoiled land throughout most of history, dwelt in only by nomadic native peoples.
The territory of the republic was most intensely settled in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. The Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast was established on August 22, 1929, and on December 5 of the same year it was reorganized into an Komi-Zyryan ASSR.
Many of the "settlers" who came in the early 20th century were prisoners of the Gulag who were sent by the hundreds of thousands to perform forced labor in the Arctic regions of the USSR. Towns sprang up around labor-camp sites, which were initially carved out of the untouched tundra and taiga by gangs of prisoners.[citation needed]
The Komi Republic in its modern form was established on May 26, 1992.
[edit] Politics
The head of government in the Komi Republic is the Head of the Republic. As of 2008, the head of the republic is Vladimir Torlopov, who was elected in December 2001.
The State Council is the legislature.
[edit] Economy
The Komi Republic's major industries include oil processing, timber, woodworking, natural gas and electric power industries. Major industrial centers are Syktyvkar, Inta, Pechora, Sosnogorsk, Ukhta, and Vorkuta.
[edit] Transportation
Railroad transportation is very well developed. The most important railroad line is Kotlas–Vorkuta–Salekhard, which is used to ship most goods in and out of the republic. The rivers Vychegda and Pechora are navigable. There are airports in Syktyvkar, Ukhta, and Vorkuta.
In 1997, total railroad trackage was 1,708 km, automobile roads 4,677 km.
[edit] Education
There are over 450 secondary schools in the republic (with ~180,000 students). The most important higher education facilities include Syktyvkar State University and Ukhta State Technical University.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 1. Федеральные округа», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 1. Federal Districts, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm. Retrieved on 2008-10-17.
- ^ a b c Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_04_1.htm. Retrieved on 2008-10-17.
- ^ Constitution, Article 67
- ^ a b Constitution, Article 8
- ^ Official website of the Komi Republic. Vladimir Alexandrovich Torlopov (Russian)
[edit] Sources
- 17 февраля 1994 г. «Конституция Республики Коми», в ред. Закона №44-РЗ от 4 мая 2008 г. (February 17, 1994 Constitution of the Komi Republic, as amended by the Law #44-RZ of May 4, 2008. ).
[edit] Further reading
- Pearson, M., Ojanen, P., Havimo, M., Kuuluvainen, T. & Vasander, H. (eds.) 2007. On the European Edge — Journey through Komi Nature and Culture. University of Helsinki Department of Forest Ecology Publications 36. 216 p. ISBN 978-952-10-3898-3.
- Strogoff, M., Brochet, P. & Auzias, D. 2005. Guidebook Komi Republic. Avant-Garde Publishers, Moscow. 176. p. ISBN 5-86394-255-X.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:Komi |
- (Russian) Official site of the Republic of Komi.
- (Russian) Website of Syktyvkar City - The Capital of the Republic of Komi.
- (Russian) Official website of the Vorkuta City.
- (English) Official site of the Syktyvkar State University).
- (Russian) Official site of the Syktyvkar State University).
- (Russian) Official site of the Ukhta State Technical University.
- (Russian) Snowboarding in Komi Republic.
- (English) Map of the Komi Republic.
- (English) Historic-demographic note on the Nenets of the Komi Republic
- (English) Virgin Komi Forests at Natural Heritage Protection Fund
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