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REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN
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"Regions of Russia" |  | | Type of Subject | Republic of Tatarstan | | Federal Okrug | Volga Federal District | | Economic Region | Volga economic region |
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| ааа | | | | Flag |  | | Coat of Arms |  | | Administrative Center | Kazan | | Largest Settlements | Naberezhnye Chelny
Nizhnekamsk
Almet'evsk | | Federal Okrug | Volga | | Economic Region | Volga | | Language | Russian, Tatar | | Governor/President | Mintimer Shaimiev | | Area | | | - Total | 68 000 km² | | - % water | 6,4 | | Population | | | - Total | 3 768 515 | | - Density | 55,4 per./km² | | GRP, mln. Rub. | 410,905.90 | | GRP, mln. USD | 15,988.6$ | | GRP per capita, Rub. | 108,972.5 | | GRP per capita, USD | 4,240.2$ | | Time Zone | GMT +3 | | Official web-page | http://www.tatar.ru/ | | Associated web-pages | http://www.tatar.ru/president/ |
| | REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN
Geographic Position
Tatrstan is situated in the central part of Russian, on the East-European Plain, in the area of confluence of two largest rivers, Volga and Kama. Kazan is located in 797 km east of Moscow.
90% of the territory is 200 m above the sea level.
History
1708 — 1917 – Kazan Guberniya of the Russian Empire
1918 – Autonomous Tatar and Bashkir Soviet Republic, which was never established in reality due to the Civil War.
1920 – Autonomous Tatar Soviet Republic
1922 – Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
1990-1994 – Tatarstan both according to its legislation and de facto was an independent state (i.e. a foreign country inside Russia, similar to Chechnya (Ichkeria)).
2000 – in accordance with the amendments to the Constitution of the Republic, Tatarstan became “an equal constituent entity of the Russian Federation” enjoying its sovereign authority within the Federation.
Population
The population amounts to 3,768,500 people as of 2005; the share of urban population is 74.5% (2005). The population density is 55.4 people per square km (2005). Tatars (51.3%) and Russians (41%) constitute the two majority population groups.
The larger portion of the population (about 74%) populates cities and other urban-type settlements.
State Structure
Tatarstan is a presidential republic. The current constitution was adopted on November 30, 1992. The highest legislative authority is a single-chamber parliament – the State Council. President elected on the basis of a universal secret ballot by all the citizens, heads the executive power branch. The Republic is directly managed by the Council of Ministers.
Climate
The climate is moderate continental by type. The Republic suffers from occasional droughts. The average January (the coldest month) temperature is −14°С, while that of July (the warmest month) is +19°С. The annual average precipitation level ranges from 460 to 520 mm. The vegetative season lasts for about 170 days.
Economy
Tatarstan is one of the most developed regional economies of Russia. The Republic is situated in the center of a large industrial area of the Russian Federation, at the crossroads of the main transport arteries connecting eastern and western and northern and southern parts of the country.
The industrial profile of the Republic is shaped by the fuel production and petrochemical industries (oil production, manufacturing of synthetic rubber, tires, polyethylene and a wide range of oil conversion products), large machine-building enterprises producing competitive products (helicopters, aircraft and aircraft engines, heavy trucks, compressors and oil and gas transfer equipment), as well as well-developed electric and radio appliance manufacture.
The Republic is one of the three best regional agricultural producers in the Russian Federation.
Resources
The main sub-surface resource of the Republic is oil. The recoverable oil reserves amount to 800 million metric tons; estimated undiscovered oil reserves exceed 1 billion metric tons. In addition to oil, associated gas is produced at the rate of about 40 cubic meters per 1 metric ton of oil.
The Republic also has commercial reserves of lime, dolomites, mortar sand, building stone and calcium sulphate.
Specific Features of the Region
The Republic produces about 30 million metric tons of oil annually which is more than 6% of the total oil produced by Russia.
The share of KAMAZ trucks in the Russian heavy truck market has reached 52%.
Tatarstan produces 40% of the Russian polyethylene and every third tire in the Russian federation. |
World Bank Projects in the Region
Project Name (ID) | Date Approved | Status | Loan Amount | | Kazan Municipal Development Loan (ID P082018) | February 24, 2005 | Active | $125 mln | | Electricity Sector Reform Support Project (ID P050891) | June 5, 1997 | Active | $40 mln |
Economic and Social Development Indicators
| | in USD | | Population | 3 768 515,0 | | | Natality | -14874 | | | Unemployed, thousands people | 29,4 | | | Living Wage, Rub. | 2,460.0 | 95.7$ | | Average Monthly Salary, Rub. | 5,452.8 | 212.2$ | | Number of general education institutions | 2448 | | | Number of high education institutions | 35 | | | Number of students in general education institutions, thousands people | 472,9 | | | Number of students in high education institutions, thousands people | 207,1 | | | Quantity of doctors per 10,000 persons | 44,9 | | | GRP, mln. Rub. | 410,905.9 | 15,988.6$ | | GRP per capita, Rub. | 108,972.0 | 4,240.2$ | | Share of Industry in GRP, % | 43,9 | | | Share of Agriculture in GRP, % | 7,6 | | | Share of Trade in GRP, % | 11 | | | Retail Trade Turnover, mln. Rub. | 121,736.6 | 4,736.8$ | | Investment in Fixed Capital, mln. Rub. | 86557.8 | 3,368.0$ | | Consumer Price Index, % | 108,8 | | | Budget: | | | | - Incomes | 70,457,560,170.0 | 2,741,539,306.2$ | | - Costs | 74,659,927,253.2 | 2,905,055,535.1$ | | - Proficit/Deficit | -4,202,367,083.2 | -163,516,228.9$ | | State Obligations, Rub. | 1,500,000,000.0 | 58,365,758.8$ | | Credits from credit institutions, Rub. | 2,000,000,000.0 | 77,821,011.7$ | | EBRD Credits, mln. Rub. | 680,000,000.0 | 26,459,144.0$ |
Sources: Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation, 2005
Federal Treasure of the Russian Federation (Russian Treasury)
www.ebrd.com - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Investment & Credit Ratings
| RA «Expert» | Investment Rating - 2B
Average Potential - Moderate Risk | | Fitch Ratings: | N/a | | Moody's: | Ba1 | | Standard & Poor's: | B |
Biographies
Shaimiyev, Mintimer Sharipovich
President of the Republic of Tatarstan
Born on January 26, 1937 in the village of Anyakovo, Aktanysh Raion of Tatar ASSR.
1959 – graduated from the Kazan Agricultural Institute.
1959-1962 – Engineer, Technical Director, Muslyum Tractor Maintenance Station.
1962 – assigned to Menzelinsk as Head of the Raion Selkhoztekhnika (Agricultural Machinery Pool).
1967 – Instructor, Deputy Head, Agricultural Department of the Tatar Regional CPSU Committee.
1969-1983 – Minister of Melioration and Water Resources of the Tatar ASSR
1983-1985 – Secretary of the Tatar Regional CPSU Committee
1985-1989 – Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Tatar ASSR
1989 – First Secretary of the Tatar Regional CPSU Committee
1990-1991 – Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Tatarstan
1991 – President of the Republic of Tatarstan
Minnikhanov, Rustam Nurgaliyevich
Prime-Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan
Born on March 1, 1957 in the village of Novy Arysh, Rybnoslobodskiy Raion, Tatar ASSR.
1978 – graduated from the Kazan Agricultural Institute, specialty Mechanical Engineering
1978 – Engineer, Sabinskiy Raion Group of Enterprises Selkhoztekhnika.
1985-1993 – Chairman of the Union of Consumers, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council of People’s Deputies, First Deputy Head of Raion Administration, Arskiy Raion.
1993 – Head of the Administration of Vysokogorskiy Raion.
1996-1998 – Minister of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan.
1998 – Prime-Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Map of the Region
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