Khakassia

Republic of Khakassia
Республика Хакасия (Russian) Хакасия Республиказы (Khakas)
—  Republic  —
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: none
Coordinates: 53°30′N 90°00′E / 53.5°N 90°E / 53.5; 90Coordinates: 53°30′N 90°00′E / 53.5°N 90°E / 53.5; 90
Political status
Country	Russia
Federal district	Siberian[1]
Economic region	East Siberian[2]
Established	October 20, 1930
Capital	Abakan
Government (as of August 2010)
- Head[3]	Viktor Zimin[4]
- Legislature	Supreme Council[5]
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)[6]
- Total	61,900 km2 (23,899.7 sq mi)
Area rank	46th
Population (2010 Census)[7]
- Total	532,319
- Rank	70th
- Density	8.6 /km2 (22 /sq mi)
- Urban	67.3%
- Rural	32.7%
Population (2002 Census)[8]
- Total	546,072
- Rank	71st
- Density	8.82 /km2 (22.8 /sq mi)
- Urban	70.8%
- Rural	29.2%
Time zone(s)	KRAST (UTC+08:00)[9]
ISO 3166-2	RU-KK
License plates	19
Official languages	Russian;[10] Khakas[11]
http://www.r-19.ru

The Republic of Khakassia (Russian: Респу́блика Хака́сия, Respublika Khakasiya; Khakass: Хакасия Республиказы) or Khakasiya (Хака́сия) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic) located in south-central Siberia. Its capital city is Abakan, which is also the largest city in the republic. Population: 532,319 (2010 Census preliminary results).^[7]

Khakas is a Turkic language with co-official status in the republic.

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Khakassia

Demographics

• Population: 532,319; (2010 Census preliminary results)^[7] 546,072 (2002 Census)^[8]
• Vital statistics

Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service]

	Births	Deaths	Birth rate	Death rate
1970	7,347	3,749	16.4	8.4
1975	9,106	4,485	19.1	9.4
1980	9,994	5,345	19.7	10.5
1985	10,382	5,546	19.2	10.3
1990	8,724	6,060	15.3	10.6
1991	8,114	6,195	14.2	10.8
1992	6,917	6,843	12.0	11.9
1993	6,152	8,387	10.7	14.6
1994	6,219	9,426	10.9	16.5
1995	5,807	8,186	10.2	14.3
1996	5,727	8,093	10.1	14.2
1997	5,309	7,766	9.4	13.7
1998	5,602	7,821	10.0	13.9
1999	5,312	8,304	9.5	14.8
2000	5,634	8,104	10.1	14.6
2001	5,576	8,561	10.1	15.5
2002	6,118	9,280	11.2	17.0
2003	6,417	9,660	11.8	17.8
2004	6,453	8,763	11.9	16.2
2005	6,198	9,411	11.5	17.4
2006	6,465	7,927	12.0	14.8
2007	7,384	7,324	13.8	13.6
2008	7,935	7,427	14.8	13.8

In 2007, the republic recorded a positive natural increase of population for the first time in many years (Although very small, less than +0.01% per year), being one of the 20 Russian regions to have a positive natural population growth rate. [1] [2]

• Ethnic groups

According to the 2002 Russian Census, ethnic Russians make up 80.3% of the republic's population, while ethnic Khakas are only 12.0%. Other groups include ethnic Germans (1.7%), Ukrainians (1.5%), Tatars (0.7%), and a host of smaller groups, each accounting for less than 0.5% of the total population.

	1926 census	1939 census	1959 census	1970 census	1979 census	1989 census	2002 census
Khakas	44,219 (49.8%)	45,799 (16.8%)	48,512 (11.8%)	54,750 (12.3%)	57,281 (11.5%)	62,859 (11.1%)	65,421 (12.0%)
Russians	41,390 (46.6%)	205,254 (75.3%)	314,455 (76.5%)	349,362 (78.4%)	395,953 (79.4%)	450,430 (79.5%)	438,395 (80.3%)
Germans	46 (0.1%)	333 (0.1%)	10,512 (2.6%)	10,547 (2.4%)	11,130 (2.2%)	11,250 (2.0%)	9,161 (1.7%)
Ukrainians	836 (0.9%)	7,788 (2.9%)	14,630 (3.6%)	9,480 (2.1%)	10,398 (2.1%)	13,223 (2.3%)	8,360 (1.5%)
Others	2,381 (2.7%)	13,556 (5.0%)	22,938 (5.6%)	21,685 (4.9%)	23,622 (4.7%)	29,099 (5.4%)	24,735 (4.5%)

History

From the 6th century Khakassia was the core of the old Kyrgyz state. In the thirteenth century, following defeat by the Mongols, the majority of the Kyrgyz people migrated southwest to their current homeland in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan). Modern Khakassians regard themselves as the descendants of those Kyrgyz who remained in Siberia. Khakassia was incorporated into the Russian state in 1707. In 1727 this was confirmed in a treaty between Russia and China. Tsarist policy was to deport convicted criminals from European Russia to Siberia and prisons were quickly constructed in Khakassia (1707 and 1718). Many prisoners stayed in the area on their release. Many of the indigenous Khakassian people converted to the Russian Orthodox church and were gradually forced to abandon their nomadic way of life. By the time of the Russian Revolution Russians made up approximately half of the population. Under Soviet rule autonomy was granted on 10 October 1930. During the 1920s and 1930s the Soviet authorities resettled an estimated quarter of a million Russians in the region. These were followed by 10,000 Volga Germans deported in World War II. By the time of the 1959 census ethnic Khakassians represented little more than one in ten of the population. Khakassia was given full autonomous republic status in 1991.

Economy

The main industries in the republic are coal mining, ore mining, and timber.

Sports

Sayany-Khakasiya has been playing in the highest division of Russian Bandy League for a long time. Last season they played in the 2nd highest division.

Views of Khakassia

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  Khakassia view (photo 2000)

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  Eagle on megalith near village Kazanovka in Republic Khakassia, Russian Federation (photo 2000)

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  Megalith near village Kazanovka in Republic Khakassia, Russian Federation (photo 2000)

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  Megalith near village Safronov in Republic Khakassia, Russian Federation (photo 2000)

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  Megalith near village Safronov in Republic Khakassia, Russian Federation (photo 2000)

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  Sunset near town Askiz in Republic Khakassia, Russian Federation (photo 2000)

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  Rape valley in Republic Khakassia, Russian Federation (photo 2000)

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  Rape valley in Republic Khakassia, Russian Federation (photo 2000)

See also

• List of Chairmen of the Supreme Council of Khakassia
• Music of Khakassia

References

1. ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000).
2. ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
3. ^ Constitution, Article 88
4. ^ Official website of the Republic of Khakassia. Viktor Mikhaylovich Zimin (Russian)
5. ^ Constitution, Article 72
6. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
7. ^ ^{a b c} Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2010). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
9. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication).
10. ^ Official the whole territory of Russia according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
11. ^ Constitution, Article 69

External links

• (Russian) Official website of the Republic of Khakassia
• (English) Khakassia live cam

Sources

• Верховный Совет Республики Хакасия. №45 25 мая 1995 г. «Конституция Республики Хакасия», в ред. Конституционного закона №19-ЗРХ от 13 апреля 2007 г. (Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia. #45 May 25, 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Khakassia, as amended by the Constitutional Law #19-ZRKh of April 13, 2007. ).