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Founded: 1936
Governor: Anatoly Ivanovich Lisistsyn (re-elected to a third term on December 7, 2003)
Federation Council Representatives: Viktor Konstantinovich Glukhikh (executive, term expires December 2007); Nikolai Ivanovich Tonkov (legislative, term expires March 2008)
Duma deputy: Anatoly Nikolaeyvich Greshnevikov (Rybinsky region)(People’s Will-SEPR); Yevgeny Nikolaevich Zayashnikov (Kirov region)(United Russia)
Population: 1,367,700 (2002 census)
Capital: Yaroslavl (population 613,200), 280 km from Moscow
Other major cities: Rybinsk (222,800)
Federal district: Central
Economic region: Central
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Yaroslavl is located in south-central European Russia. The region shares a border with Vladimir, Vologda, Kostroma, Moscow and Tver regions. The Volga river flows through the area.
Urban population: 81%, Rural population: 19%
Ethnic make-up:
Economy: Engineering and metalworking are the region's primary industrial sectors. Agriculture in Yaroslavl Region is mainly concerned with growing potatoes, vegetables, and flax; raising beef and dairy cattle, pigs, and sheep. Yaroslavl also has a developed tourist industry.
In December 2006 a delegation to Luxemburg from the Yaroslavl Region led by Governor Anatoly Lisitsyn signed an agreement on the construction of a new plant in Tutayevo. The plant producing light metal structures for industrial and civil construction will be built with the assistance of Astron, a Luxembourg-based market leader in pre-engineered steel construction in Europe. Investment in the project is to reach €16 mln by late 2008.
Official website: http://www.adm.yar.ru
Contact Information
Governor
Anatoly Ivanovich Lisitsyn
3 Sovetskaya ploshad
Yaroslavl 150000
Tel.: +7 (485) 272 81 28
Fax: +7 (485) 232 84 14
Email: gubern@adm.yar.ru
Press service contact
Dmitry Vladimirovich Karabchukov
Tel.: +7 (485) 230 45 39
Chairman of the Regional Duma
Andrey Gennadyevich Krutikov
5 Sovetskaya ploshad
Yaroslavl 150000
Tel.: +7 (485) 230 50 83; 230 39 36
last updated December 1, 2005
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