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Founded: 1934
Governor: Alexander Nikolayevich Mikhailov (elected 2000)
Federation Council Representatives: Vitaly Anatolyevich Bogdanov (legislative, term expires January 2006); Irina Vasilievna Tkachev (executive, term expires February 2010)
Duma deputies: Alexander Mihailovich Chukhraev (Kursk district)(United Russia); Alexey Nikolayevich Volkov (Legovsky district)(United Russia)
Population: 1,235,600 (2002 census)
Capital: Kursk (population 412,600), 536 km from Moscow
Federal district: Central
Economic region: Central Black Earth
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Kursk is located in central European Russia. The region shares a border with Ukraine, Belgorod, Bryansk, Lipetsk, Orlov and Voronezh regions. The Tuskar, Seim, and Kur rivers flow through the territory.
Urban population: 61%, Rural population: 39%
Ethnic make-up:
Economy: The Kursk Region is the center of the Kursk magnetic anomaly, the world's largest iron ore basin, and therefore mining and the development of mining dominate the economy. Mineral reserves in the Kursk region includes deposits of gold, platinum, uranium, lead, zinc, copper, and aluminum. Kursk is also the home of a large nuclear power plant that exports electricity to other countries and regions.
Official website: http://www.region.kursk.ru
Contact information
Governor
Alexander Nikolayevich Mikhailov
Krasnaya ploshad
Kursk 305002
Tel.: +7 (471) 222 62 62; 222 78 18
Fax: +7 (471) 256 65 73
Email: glava@region.kursk.ru
Press service contact
Email: press@region.kursk.ru
Chairman of the Duma
Alexander Nikolaevich Anpilov
24 Ulitsa Perovskoy
Kursk 305001
Tel.: +7 (471) 256 09 91
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Sergei Mikhailovich Klushin
19 Novy Arbat
Tel.: +7 (495) 203 46 41; 203 71 25
last updated December 1, 2005
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