Kemerovo Oblast

Infobox Russian federal subject
EnglishName=Kemerovo Oblast
RussianName=Кемеровская область
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CoatOfArmsLink=Coat of arms of Kemerovo Oblast


FlagLink=Flag of Kemerovo Oblast
AnthemLink=Anthem of Kemerovo Oblast
AdmCtrOrCapital=Administrative center
AdmCtrName=Kemerovo
FoundationDate=January 26, 1943
PoliticalStatus=Oblast
PoliticalStatusLink=Oblasts of Russia
FederalDistrict=Siberian
EconomicRegion= West Siberian
CodeNumber=42
Area=95500
AreaRank=34th
Population=2899142
PopulationRank=14th
UrbanPopulation=86.7%
RuralPopulation=13.3%
LangLangs
LangList=Russian
HeadTitle=Governor
HeadName=Aman Tuleyev
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Legislature=Council of People's Deputies
ConstitutionType=Charter
ConstitutionName=Charter of Kemerovo Oblast
Website=http://www.ako.ru/

Kemerovo Oblast ( _ru. Ке́меровская о́бласть, "Kemerovskaya oblast"), often called "Kuzbass" ( _ru. Кузба́сс) after the "Kuznetsk Basin", is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), is located in southwestern Siberia, where the West-Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian mountains. The oblast, which covers an area of 95,500 km², shares a border with Tomsk Oblast in the north, Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Republic of Khakassia in the east, Altai Krai in the south, and Novosibirsk Oblast and Altai Republic in the west. Its population is predominantly ethnic Russian, but Ukrainians, Tatars, and Chuvash also live in the region.

History

The oblast was established on January 26, 1943, but it has considerably older antecedents. The oldest city in Kemerovo Oblast is Kuznetsk (after 1961, Novokuznetsk), founded in 1618, soon after Cossack ataman Yermak's push into Siberia. Kuznetsk is also the largest city in the oblast, exceeding even the administrative center, Kemerovo, in terms of size. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most urbanized regions, with over 70% of the population living in its nine principal cities.

Economy

Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most important industrial regions, with some of the world's largest deposits of coal. The south of the region is dominated by metallurgy and the mining industry, as well as mechanical engineering and chemical production. The Evraz Group and an ore subsidiary Evrazruda operate iron ore mining and processing facilities along with the Raspadskaya and Yuzhkuzbassugol coal and coking coal mines there. The north area of the region is more agricultural. The region has a dense railway network, including the Trans-Siberian Railway, which passes through the oblast.

Honors

A minor planet 2140 Kemerovo discovered in 1970 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova is named after Kemerovo Oblast. [cite book | last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D. | coauthors = | title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names | pages = p. 173 | edition = 5th | year = 2003 | publisher = Springer Verlag | location = New York | url = http://books.google.com/books?q=2132+Zhukov+TW3 | id = ISBN 3540002383]

Time zone

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

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