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Founded: 1944
Governor:
Federation Council Representatives: Andrei Viktorovich Artyukhov (legislative, term expires December 2006); Stepan Mikhailovich Kirichuk (executive, term expires February 2010)
Duma deputies: Yury Mikhailovich Konev (Ishimsky district)(United Russia); Gennady Ivanovich Raikov (Tyumen district)(United Russia)
Population: 3,265,700 (2002 census)
Area: 1,435,200 square km (553,987 sq. miles)
Capital: Tyumen (population 510,700), 2000 km from Moscow
Federal district: Urals
Economic region: West Siberia
Time zone: Moscow +2, GMT +5, EST +10
Geography: Tyumen Region occupies a large part of western Siberia and is part of both European and Asiatic Russia. Two autonomous districts, Khanty-Mansiisk and Yamalo-Nenets are part of the region. The Ob and Irtysh rivers flow through the region.
Urban population: 77%, Rural population: 23%
Ethnic make-up: more than 125 nationalities including Russians, Ukrainians (8.4%), Tatars (7.3%), Belarussians (1.6%) and Bashkirs (1.3%)
Economy: Tyumen Region ranks first in Russia in industrial output. The oil and gas industry is the foundation of the regional economy. A well-developed oil refining industry supplies light hydrocarbon feedstock to the country's petrochemical industry. Agricultural organizations specialize in the production of milk, eggs, greenhouse vegetables, fishing and reindeer herding.
Official website: http://admtyumen.ru
Contact Information
Governor
45 Ulitsa Volodarskogo
Tyumen 625004
Tel.: +7 (3452) 46 51 80
Fax: +7 (3452) 46 55 42
Chairman of the Regional Duma:
Sergei Yevgenievich Korepanov
Tel.: +7 (3452) 45 50 81
Press service contact
Olga Pavlovna Goncharenko
Tel.: +7 (3452) 46 30 74
Email: press-boss@mail.ru
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Mikhailovich Goryunov
Tel.: +7 (095) 953 06 22; 953 07 82
Fax: +7 (095) 953 03 24
last updated August 26, 2005
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