| The State Duma of the Tomsk oblastTOMSK OBLAST
Tomsk oblast is one of the most dynamically developed regions of Russia. The economics of the oblast has a differential structure, where oil and gas industry and science intensive branches predominate.
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| Status |
A constituent entity of the Russian Federation, part of Siberian Federal District |
| Official language |
Russian |
| Time zone |
MSK+3 (UTC+6, in summer UTC+7) |
| Telephone code of Tomsk |
+7 382-2 |
| Geography |
| Location |
Western Siberia (latitude 56-61° north, longitude 75-80° east) |
| Area |
316 900 km2 (1,9 % of the territory of the Russian Federation, 16th position among the constituent entities of the RF), over 85% of the territory is regarded as difficult of access and similar to territories of Far North |
| Administrative center |
Tomsk (56° 30'31'' of North latitude and 84° 58'47'' of East longitude, it was founded in 1604, population is 507,4 thousands of people, distance as far as Moscow is 3500 km by the railway) | | Contiguous constituent entities of the Russian Federation |
Krasnoyarsk Territory (in the East),
Kemerovo and Novosibirsk Oblasts (in the South),
Omsk and Tyumen Oblasts (in the West),
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District (in the North-West and in the North) |
| Climate |
Extremely continental, average annual temperature -0,6 degree C in the South, up to -3,5 degree C
in the North-East |
| The highest point |
+274 m abowe the sea level |
| The lowest point |
+34 m abowe the sea level |
| Forests |
Forests cover 63 % of the territory. Total timber reserves are 2,6 bn m3. The annual trade stock stock of wild-growing plants (berries, mushrooms, cedar nuts, herbs, etc) in money equivalent is about 100 bn US dollars |
| The largest rivers |
The Ob, the Tom, the Ket, the Chulym. |
| The largest lake |
The Mirnoe, 18,3 km2 |
| The largest swamp |
The Vasyugan swamp with the area 53,000 km2 (the largest swamp in the world) |
| Natural resources |
Oil, gas, peat, kaolin, refractory clays, glass-making sands, ilmenite-zirconium sands, iron ores, bauxites, brown coal, zinc; minor deposits of gold, platinum, titanium and zirconium |
| Population |
| Population(for 01.01.2009) |
1035,0 thousand (0,7 % population of the RF, 51th position among the constituent entities of the RF) |
| Population density |
3,3 people per 1 km2 |
| Average age |
36 years old |
| Urban population |
66,0 % |
| Ethnic composition |
The Russians - 91%, the Tartars, the Ukrainians, the Germans, the Chuvashes, the Belarusians, the Bashkirs and the Jews (2.0-0.1%), about 80 nationalities in total, national minorities - the Chulyms and the Kets (less than 100 people) |
| Political system |
| Executive power |
Administration of Tomsk Oblast |
| Head of the executive power |
Head of the Administration (Governor) of Tomsk Oblast, Viktor M. Kress (since 1991) |
| Legislative power |
State Duma of Tomsk Oblast (42 deputies) |
| Head of the legislative power |
Chairman of the State Duma of Tomsk Oblast, Boris A. Maltsev (since 1994) |
| Administrative division |
4 urban districts, 16 municipal districts (include 3 urban and 117 rural settlements, 576 villages). 140 municipal formations |
| Economics |
| Economic region |
West-Siberian |
| Gross Regional Product (GRP) in 2008 (economic forecast) |
240 bln rubles |
| GRP per capita in 2008 |
231900 rubles |
| Export in half year 2009 |
2289 Mln rubles |
| Import in half year 2009 |
6039 Mln rubles |
| Leading industries |
Mechanical engineering and metal processing, oil and gas production, chemical, forest and woodworking, food, agriculture (wheat, rye, barley; dairy and meat cattle breeding, pig-breeding, poultry-keeping), fishery, fur trade and farming |
| Main industrial centers |
Tomsk, Seversk, Asino, Kolpashevo, Strezhevoy |
| Transport |
| Highways |
6405 km of hard surface roads; two district centers (Alexsandrovskoe, Bely Yar) and two towns (Strezhevoy and Kedrovy) do not have hard-surface road links with Tomsk; in November-March "winter roads" are used to deliver goods to the Oblast North. |
| Railways |
345 km, the main line Bely Yar-Tomsk-Taiga |
| Inland navigation |
About 5000 km in the basin of the river Ob and its inflows (duration of the navigation period is 170-180 days) |
| Air communication |
The main airports are in Tomsk and Strezhevoy,; mainly passenger traffic |
| Mains voltage |
220 V, 50 Hz |
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