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Founded: 1931
President: Nikolay Ivanovich Merkushkin
Federation Council Representatives: Vladimir Vasilievich Lityuskin (legislative, term expires December 2007); Alexander Vasilivich Smirnov (executive, term expires February 2008)
Duma deputy: Viktor Ivanovich Grishin (Mordovsky district)(United Russia)
Population: 888,700 (2002 census)
Capital: Saransk (population 304,900), 627 km from Moscow
Federal district: Volga
Economic district: Volga-Vyatka
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Mordovia is located in the central part of European Russia in the Volga River basin.
Urban population: 60%, Rural population: 40%
Ethnic make-up:
Economy: Mordovia has a mixed industrial and agricultural economy. The region is known for producing lamps and lightbulbs as well as ceramic tiles. Agriculture accounts for about 16% of Mordovia's GNP and it specializes in the grain crops, potatoes, vegetables and poultry farming.
In 2006, Mordavia's customs services transferred Rbs650 mln to the federal budget & the republic’s foreign trade turnover grew by 12% to $157.221 mln. 121 foreign businesses had trade and economic transactions in the republic last year, from 54 countries. Exports increased 9% or $63 million. About 75% of exports went to four countries:Kazakhstan, Britain, Ukraine and Italy. The main export goods were glow lamps and lighting fixtures, railway cars, aluminium, rubber goods, equipment and mechanical devices. Imports in the republic were up 16% to almost $93 mln. The leading importers were Germany (53%), Spain (6%), the Netherlands (7%), the United States (5%) and China (5%)
Official website: http://whrm.moris.ru
Contact Information
President
Nikolay Ivanovich Merkushkin
35 Ulitsa Sovetskaya
Saransk 430002
Tel.: +7 (8342) 32 78 01; 47 54 71
Email: kanc@whrm.moris.ru
Chairman of the Government
Vladimir Dmitrievich Volkov
Tel.: +7 (8342) 47 45 11
Tel./Fax: +7 (8342) 32 74 69
Email: pred@whrm.moris.ru
Chairman of the State Assembly
Valery Alekseevich Kechkin
Tel.: +7 (8342) 32 79 50; 32 79 51
Fax: +7 (8342) 47 04 95
Email: gspred@whrm.moris.ru
last updated August 23, 2005
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