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Founded: 1923
President: Leonid Vasilyevich Potapov (elected June 30, 1994; re-elected June 21, 1998 and June 23, 2002)
Federation Council Representatives: Innokenti Nikolayevich Yegorov (legislative, term expires July 2007); Vitalii Borisovich Malkin (executive, term expires June 2007)
Duma deputy: Vasily Fyodotovich Kuznetsov (Buryat district)(United Russia)
Population: 981,000 (2002 census)
Area: 351,300 square km (135,602 sq. miles)
Capital: Ulan-Ude (population 359,400), 5,648 distance from Moscow
Federal district: Siberian
Economic region: East Siberia
Geography: The Buryat Republic is located in the southern part of East Siberia south and east of Lake Baikal. It has a favorable geographic location, with borders on Irkutsk and Chita regions, the Republic of Tuva, and Mongolia. It is a predominantly mountainous country with a small number of flat regions at altitudes of more than 500 m.
Time zone: Moscow +5, GMT +8, EST +13
Urban population: 60%, Rural population: 40%
Ethnic make-up: more than 60 nationalities, including Russians (70%), Buryats (24%) and Ukrainians (2.2%)
Economy:The most developed sectors in this industrial and agricultural republic include the fuel and energy complex, engineering (aircraft, shipbuilding, and machinery) and metalworking, and the light, forest, woodworking, food, and mining industries. The republic is very rich in little-explored mineral resources, unique wilderness, therapeutic springs (about 360), and forests.
Official website: http://www.gov.buryatia.ru
Contact information
President
Leonid Vasilyevich Potapov
Tel.: (301 2) 21 51 86
Fax: (301 2) 21 28 22
Email: pres_rb@icm.buryatia.ru
Chief presidential aide
Mark Vladimirovich Kalashnikov
Tel.: (301 2) 21 60 69
Press service contact
Tatyana Innokentyevna Chikovinskaya
9 Sukhe-Batora Ulitsa
Ulan-Ude 670000
Tel.: (301 2) 21 33 15
Fax: (301 2) 21 19 65
Email: pressl01@icm.buryatia.ru
Chairman of People’s Khural
Alexander Gomboyevich Lubsanov
Tel.: (301 2) 21 31 57
Fax: (301 2) 21 49 61
Email: kontup01@icm.buryatia.ru
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