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Founded: 1952
Governor: Sergei Mikhailovich Darkin (elected June 17, 2001)
Federation Council Representatives: Igor Vladimirovich Ivanov (executive, term expires February 2010); Igor Sergeevich Pushkarev (legislative, term expires June 2006)
Duma deputies: Viktor Ivanovich Cherepkov (Vladivostok district)(People’s Will-SEPR); Svetlana Petrovna Goryacheva (Ussuriisky district)(Independent);
Vasily Ivanovich Usoltsev (Arsenevsky district)(United Russia)
Population: 2,068,200 (2002 census)
Capital: Vladivostok (population 591,800), 9,259 km from Moscow
Other major cities: Ussuriisk (population 157,800), Nakhodka (population 149,300)
Federal district: Far Eastern
Economic region: Far East
Time zone: Moscow +7, GMT +10, EST +15
Geography: Primorye Territory is located in far southeastern Russia on the shore of the Sea of Japan.
Urban population: 78%, Rural population: 22%
Ethnic make-up: more than 90 nationalities including Russians, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Germans and Koreans in the cities. Native peoples such as Nanais, Udeges, Oroks, Evens, and Orochis make up less than 1% of the territory's population.
Economy: Due to its location, the region's economy is focused on the fishing and shipping industries. The territory also produces huge amounts of coal and processes imported liquid fuel from Khabarovsk. Primorye is attempting to use its unique natural setting to promote tourism and the territory includes several large nature preserves.
Official website: http://www.primorsky.ru
Contact Information
Governor
Sergei Mikhailovich Darkin
22 Ulitsa Svetlanskaya
Vladivostok 690110
Tel.: +7 (4232) 22 38 00
Fax: +7 (4232) 22 17 69
Email: gubernator@primorsky.ru
Press service contact
Evgenya Vladimirovna Golubeva
Tel.: +7 (4232) 22 09 67
Chairman of Legislative Assembly
Sergei Andreevich Sopchuk
Tel.: +7 (4232) 22 35 70
Fax: +7 (4232) 26 90 23
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Aleksey Valeryevich Bespalov
Tel.: +7 (095) 255 82 14
Fax: +7 (095) 255 82 13
Email: primadmin@yandex.ru
last updated August 24, 2005
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