Taymyr Autonomous Okrug
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of Russia
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(an autonomous okrug
Autonomous okrug
Autonomous okrug is a term for an administrative country subdivision in Russia. The term was also used in the Soviet Union.- See also :* Okrug* Autonomous okrugs of Russia* Autonomous okrugs of the Soviet Union...
of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...
), the northernmost in mainland Russia (and thus Asia
Asia
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). It is named after the Taymyr Peninsula
Taymyr Peninsula
The Taymyr Peninsula is a peninsula in the Far North of Russia, in the Siberian Federal District, that forms the northernmost part of mainland Eurasia and Asia...
. It is also called Dolgan-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , by the name of the indigenous people, Dolgans
Dolgans
Dolgans are a Turkic-speaking people, who mostly inhabit Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The 2002 Census counted 7,261 Dolgans. This number includes 5,517 in former Taymyr Autonomous Okrug. There are 26 Dolgans in Ukraine, four of whom speak Dolgan .Dolgans speak Dolgan language. Some believe that it is...
and Nenets
Nenets people
The Nenets are an indigenous people in Russia. According to the latest census in 2002, there are 41,302 Nenets in the Russian Federation, most of them living in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Nenets Autonomous Okrug...
es.
With an area of 862,100 km² (ranked 4th) and a population of 39,786 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)
Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
), Taymyria was one of the least densely populated areas of Russia as of 2006. Dudinka
Dudinka
Dudinka is a town and the administrative center of Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It was the administrative center of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, which was merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai on January 1, 2007. It is a port in the lower reaches of the Yenisei River,...
, with more than half of Taymyria's inhabitants, is the administrative center.
Following a referendum on the issue held on April 17, 2005, Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets and Evenk Autonomous Okrug
Evenk Autonomous Okrug
Evenk Autonomous Okrug , or Evenkia, was a federal subject of Russia . It had been created in 1930. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Tura...
s were merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai effective January 1, 2007. Taymyria was given a special status within Krasnoyarsk Krai and incorporated as Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the northern portion of the krai above the Arctic Circle on Taymyr Peninsula and borders with Laptev and Kara Seas in the north, the Sakha Republic...
.
Time zone
Taymyria is located in the Krasnoyarsk Time ZoneKrasnoyarsk Time
Krasnoyarsk Time is the time zone eight hours ahead of UTC and 4 hours ahead of Moscow Time . KRAT is the official time zone for central and east Siberian regions of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khakassia and Tuva....
(KRAT/KRAST). UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
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offset is +0700 (KRAT)/+0800 (KRAST).
Administrative divisions
Norilsk
Norilsk is an industrial city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located between the Yenisei River and the Taymyr Peninsula. Population: It was granted city status in 1953. It is the northernmost city in Siberia and the world's second largest city north of the Arctic Circle...
, even though it is geographically located within Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, was administratively subordinated directly to Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...
prior to the merger. This also applied to the urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
of Snezhnogorsk, which was administratively subrodinated to Norilsk. Therefore, the okrug's population reported by the Census authorities does not include the populations of Norilsk and Snezhnogorsk.
Taymyr In Popular Culture
Although not actually having been filmed in Taymyr, it is depicted in the 1985 film White Nights, starring Mikhail BaryshnikovMikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov is a Soviet and American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974...
and Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines
Gregory Oliver Hines was an American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer.-Early years:Born in New York City, Hines and his older brother Maurice started dancing at an early age, studying with choreographer Henry LeTang...
. During the opening moments of the film, Baryshnikov's character Nikolai Rodchenko-a Soviet defector-is on a passenger plane that crash lands at "Norilsk Air Base." He inevitably is taken into the home of Hines' character-a US defector-and his wife (played by Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. Rossellini is noted for her 14-year tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her.-Background and early life:Rossellini is a...
), where they advise him that he is in Taymyr upon regaining consciousness.
Demographics
- Population (2002): 39,786.
- Ethnic groups:
Of the 39,786 residents (as of the 2002 census) 1,018 (2.6%) chose not to specify their ethnic background. A quarter of the population identified themselves as indigenous Siberians (Dolgans
Dolgans
Dolgans are a Turkic-speaking people, who mostly inhabit Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The 2002 Census counted 7,261 Dolgans. This number includes 5,517 in former Taymyr Autonomous Okrug. There are 26 Dolgans in Ukraine, four of whom speak Dolgan .Dolgans speak Dolgan language. Some believe that it is...
, Nenets
Nenets people
The Nenets are an indigenous people in Russia. According to the latest census in 2002, there are 41,302 Nenets in the Russian Federation, most of them living in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Nenets Autonomous Okrug...
, Nganasans
Nganasan people
The Nganasans are one of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. They are the northernmost of the Samoyedic peoples, living on the Taymyr Peninsula by the Arctic Ocean. Their territory is part of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Their "capital" is the settlement of Ust-Avam...
, Evenks
Evenks
The Evenks are a Tungusic people of Northern Asia. In Russia, the Evenks are recognized as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North, with a population of 35,527...
, Enets). 58.6% of the population were ethnic Russians
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
. Other nationalities included 2,423 Ukrainians
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
(6.1%), 587 Volga German
Volga German
The Volga Germans were ethnic Germans living along the River Volga in the region of southern European Russia around Saratov and to the south. Recruited as immigrants to Russia in the 18th century, they were allowed to maintain German culture, language, traditions and churches: Lutherans, Reformed,...
s (1.5%), 425 Tatars
Tatars
Tatars are a Turkic speaking ethnic group , numbering roughly 7 million.The majority of Tatars live in the Russian Federation, with a population of around 5.5 million, about 2 million of which in the republic of Tatarstan.Significant minority populations are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
(1.1%), 294 Belarusians
Belarusians
Belarusians ; are an East Slavic ethnic group who populate the majority of the Republic of Belarus. Introduced to the world as a new state in the early 1990s, the Republic of Belarus brought with it the notion of a re-emerging Belarusian ethnicity, drawn upon the lines of the Old Belarusian...
(0.7%) and 239 Azeris
Azeris in Russia
Aside from the large Azeri community native to Russia's Dagestan Republic, the majority of Azeris in Russia are fairly recent immigrants. Azeris started settling in Russia around the late 19th century, but their migration became intensive after World War II. It rapidly increased with the collapse...
(0.6%)
| census 1939 | census 1959 | census 1970 | census 1979 | census 1989 | census 2002 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolgans Dolgans Dolgans are a Turkic-speaking people, who mostly inhabit Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The 2002 Census counted 7,261 Dolgans. This number includes 5,517 in former Taymyr Autonomous Okrug. There are 26 Dolgans in Ukraine, four of whom speak Dolgan .Dolgans speak Dolgan language. Some believe that it is... 1 |
3,971 (13.8%) | 3,934 (11.8%) | 4,344 (11.4%) | 4,338 (9.7%) | 4,939 (8.9%) | 5,517 (13.9%) | |
| Nenets Nenets people The Nenets are an indigenous people in Russia. According to the latest census in 2002, there are 41,302 Nenets in the Russian Federation, most of them living in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Nenets Autonomous Okrug... |
2,523 (8.8%) | 1,878 (5.6%) | 2,247 (5.9%) | 2,345 (5.2%) | 2,446 (4.4%) | 3,054 (7.7%) | |
| Enets2 | 103 (0.2%) | 197 (0.5%) | |||||
| Nganasans3 | 682 (2.0%) | 765 (2.0%) | 746 (1.7%) | 849 (1.5%) | 766 (1.9%) | ||
| Evenks Evenks The Evenks are a Tungusic people of Northern Asia. In Russia, the Evenks are recognized as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North, with a population of 35,527... |
563 (2.0%) | 412 (1.2%) | 413 (1.1%) | 338 (0.8%) | 311 (0.6%) | 305 (0.8%) | |
| Russians Russians The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.... |
16,931 (59.0%) | 21,799 (65.3%) | 25,465 (66.9%) | 30,640 (68.2%) | 37,438 (67.1%) | 23,348 (58.6%) | |
| Others | 4,723 (16.5%) | 4,677 (14.0%) | 4,826 (12.7%) | 6,546 (14.6%) | 9,717 (17.4%) | 6,629 (16.7%) | |
Notes:
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- Vital statistics
- Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service
| Births | Deaths | Birth rate | Death rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 761 | 299 | 20.0 | 7.9 |
| 1975 | 857 | 317 | 20.4 | 7.5 |
| 1980 | 996 | 333 | 21.7 | 7.2 |
| 1985 | 1,104 | 370 | 21.6 | 7.3 |
| 1990 | 842 | 360 | 16.4 | 7.0 |
| 1991 | 789 | 335 | 15.8 | 6.7 |
| 1992 | 692 | 401 | 14.4 | 8.3 |
| 1993 | 617 | 448 | 13.4 | 9.7 |
| 1994 | 585 | 518 | 13.3 | 11.8 |
| 1995 | 537 | 501 | 12.6 | 11.8 |
| 1996 | 486 | 441 | 11.7 | 10.6 |
| 1997 | 483 | 374 | 11.9 | 9.2 |
| 1998 | 498 | 368 | 12.6 | 9.3 |
| 1999 | 448 | 376 | 11.6 | 9.7 |
| 2000 | 460 | 438 | 12.0 | 11.4 |
| 2001 | 562 | 438 | 14.5 | 11.3 |
| 2002 | 608 | 397 | 15.4 | 10.1 |
| 2003 | 625 | 386 | 15.8 | 9.8 |
| 2004 | 637 | 345 | 16.2 | 8.8 |
| 2005 | 548 | 369 | 14.0 | 9.4 |
| 2006 | 540 | 347 | 14.0 | 9.0 |
| 2007 | 592 | 335 | 15.6 | 8.8 |
| 2008 | 586 | 360 | 15.7 | 9.6 |