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Founded: 1929
Governor: Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov (elected January 2000)
Federation Council Representatives: Igor Yurevich Bryntsalov (legislative, term expires December 2006); Nikolai Pavlovich Churkin (executive, term expires December 2008)
Duma deputies: Viktor Imantovich Alksnis (Odintsovsky district)(People’s Will-SEPR); Arkady Georgevich Baskaev (Mitishchinsky district)(United Russia);
Valery Vladimirovich Galchenko (Dmitrovsky district)(United Russia); Sergey Yuryevich Glazyev (Podolsky district)(Rodina); Gennady Vladimirovich Gudkov (Kolomensky district)(United Russia); Galina Petrovna Khovanskaya (Leningradsky district)(Independent); Vladimir Yanovich Pekarev (Noginsky district)(United Russia); Dmitry Vadimovich Sablin (Pushkinsky district)(United Russia); Viktor Alexandrovich Semyonov (Lyuberetsky district)(United Russia);
Martin Lyutsianovich Shakkum (Istrinsky district)(United Russia); Vladimir Ivanovich Smolensky (Serpukhovsky district)(United Russia); Sergey Vasilyevich Sobko (Orekhovo-Zyevsky district)(KPRF)
Population: 6,627,000 (2002 census (not including city of Moscow), 17,900,400 (including Moscow)
Capital: Moscow (11,273,400 in 2004)
Federal district: Central
Economic region: Central
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Moscow Region is situated in the plain of central European Russia in the basin of the Volga, Oka, Klyazma, and Moscow rivers.
Urban population: 79%, Rural population: 21%
Ethnic make-up:
Economy: Moscow Region has historically been the center of economic, political, and cultural life in Russia. Twenty percent of all Russian scientific organizations are located in Moscow Region. The most widely represented industries in Moscow Region are engineering and metalworking, chemical production, and light industry. The Moscow region also includes two special economic zones for technology research - Dubna and Zelenograd.
Official website: http://www.mosreg.ru
Contact Information
Governor
Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov
6 Staraya ploshad
Moscow 103070
Tel.: +7 (495) 923 24 13; 206 62 78
Email: amo@mosreg.ru
Governor’s Press secretary
Andrey Vadmovich Barkovsky
Tel.: +7 (495) 206 60 63
Moscow Regional Duma
6 Staraya ploshad
Moscow 103070
Tel.: +7 (495) 924 81 53
Email: info@mosoblduma.ru
last updated December 1, 2005
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