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Founded: 1993
President: Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov(elected on October 2000)
Federation Council Representatives: Viktor Gennadevich Khoroshavtsev (legislative, term expires April 2008); Viktor Yevgrafovich Shudegov (executive, term expires March 2009)
Duma deputies: Yevgeny Isaakovich Bogomolny (Izhevsky district)(United Russia); Svetlana Konstantinovna Smirnova (Udmurt district)(United Russia)
Population: 1,570,500 (2002 census)
Capital: Izhevsk (population 632,100), 1,119 km from Moscow
Other major cities: Sarapul (103,200), Glazov (100,900)
Federal district: Volga
Economic region: Urals
Time zone: Moscow +1, GMT +4, EST +9
Geography: Udmurtia is located in the western part of the Central Urals between the Kama and Vyatka rivers.
Urban population: 70%, Rural population: 30%
Ethnic make-up: includes Russians (58%), Udmurts (31%) and Tatars (7%)
Economy: Engineering and metalworking, ferrous metallurgy, forestry and woodworking, and the chemical, glass, and light industries all operate in Udmurtia. Factories in the republic produce cars and motorcycles, hunting rifles, rockets and space hardware, medical equipment, machinery for the paper industry, and consumer goods. Livestock breeding primarily for the meat and dairy industries, is the republic's leading agricultural sector.
Official website: http://www.udmurt.ru
Contact Information
President
Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov
214 Ulitsa Pushkinskaya
Izhevsk 426007
Tel.: +7 (3412) 49 70 10; 75 39 80
Fax: +7 (3412) 49 72 00; 75 29 87
Email: gov@udmnet.ru
Chairman of the State Council
Igor Nikolaevich Semenov
Tel.: +7 (3412) 75 34 98; 75 05 71
Press-service
Nikolay Ivanovich Nesterenko
Tel.: +7 (3412) 49 72 58
Email: press@gossovet.udm.ru
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Andrei Vladimirovich Sakovich
Tel.: +7 (095) 203 53 52; 203 90 71
last updated August 26, 2005
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