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Founded: 1954
Governor: Oleg Petrovich Korolyov (reelected 2002)
Federation Council Representatives: Maxim Gennadevich Kavdzharadze (legislative, term expires April 2006); Anatoly Grigorevich Lyskov (executive, term expires May 2010)
Duma deputies: Nikolay Ivanovich Bortsov (Yeletsky district)(United Russia); Sergey Alekseyevich Afendulov (Lipetsky district)(United Russia)
Population: 1,213,400 (2002 census)
Capital: Lipetsk (population 506,000), 695 km from Moscow
Other major cities: Yelets (116,700)
Federal district: Central
Economic region: Central Black Earth
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Lipetsk is located in the central part of European Russia and borders Belarus and Ukraine. The region's topography is mostly a plain and 85% of the land is considered "black earth."
Urban population: 64%, Rural population: 36%
Ethnic make-up:
Economy: Lipetsk is primarily an industrial region with an economy based in mining. Geologists have identified 300 unexplored areas of mineral wealth in the region. Since the Soviet era Lipetsk has been known as a tractor-building area and even today the Lipetsk Tractor Plant is the sole producer in Russia of universal wheeled tractors. In addition to tractors, the factory produces street-cleaning machinery, tractor-based welders, excavators and loaders. In November 2005, Lipetsk was named a special economic zone for manufacturing.
In 2007, state owned Sberbank will increase investment loans to the Lipetsk Region by 50% to Rbs13-14 bln ($490-$527 mln). Sberbank loans to regional economic entities reached Rbs23 bln ($865.3 mln) last year, including Rbs7.5 bln ($282.17 mln) provided in the form of investment loans. Loans to individuals increased 40% to Rbs4 bln ($150.5 mln) by the end of 2006.
Official website: http://www.admlr.lipetsk.ru
Contact information
Governor
Oleg Petrovich Korolyov
1 Sobornaya ploshad
Lipetsk 398014
Tel.: +7 (474) 277 65 96; 272 24 26
Email: office@admlr.lipetsk.ru
Chairman of Regional Deputy’s Council
Anatoly Ivanovich Savenkov
1 Sobornaya ploshad
Lipetsk 398014
Tel.: +7 (474) 274 35 08
Fax: +7 (474) 272 24 15
Email: 48sov00@lipadm.lipetsk.ru
Press service contact
Nikolai Ivanovich Zagnoyko
Tel.: +7 (474) 245 51 26
Email: kvu@admlr.lipetsk.ru
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Pavel Anatolyevich Guchek
Tel.: +7 (495) 918 03 80
last updated December 1, 2005
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