All Topics  
Khakassia

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Khakassia
 
 
  Topics Khakassia Topic Home

Republic of Khakassia (; Khakass
Khakas language

Khakas is a Turkic languages spoken by the Khakas people, who mainly live in the southern Siberian Khakas Republic, or Khakassia, in Russia. The Khakas number 78,500, of whom 60,168 speak the Khakas language; most people are bilingual in Russian language ....
: ??????? ????????????) or Khakasiya is a federal subject
Federal subjects of Russia

Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation?two delegates each?in the Federation Council of Russia ....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (a republic
Republics of Russia

The Russia is divided into 83 federal subjects of Russia , 21 of which are republics. The republics represent areas of non-Russian ethnicity....
) located in south central Siberia
Siberia

Siberia , is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of North Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the Soviet Union from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the 16th century....
.

Abakan
Abakan

Abakan is the capital types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Khakassia in Russia, in South Siberia. It is located in the central part of Minusinsk Depression, at the confluence of the Yenisei River and Abakan Rivers, at approximately the same latitude as Hamburg and Minsk....
 is the administrative centre of Khakassia, and with a population of around 160,000 making it the largest city.

Khakas
Khakas language

Khakas is a Turkic languages spoken by the Khakas people, who mainly live in the southern Siberian Khakas Republic, or Khakassia, in Russia. The Khakas number 78,500, of whom 60,168 speak the Khakas language; most people are bilingual in Russian language ....
 is a Turkic language with co-official status in the republic.

assia is located in the Krasnoyarsk Time Zone
Krasnoyarsk Time

Krasnoyarsk Time is the time zone 7 hours ahead of UTC and 4 hours ahead of Moscow Time . Krasnoyarsk Summer Time is UTC+8, but remains constant as regards Moscow Time ....
 (KRAT/KRAST).






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Khakassia'
Start a new discussion about 'Khakassia'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Republic of Khakassia (; Khakass
Khakas language

Khakas is a Turkic languages spoken by the Khakas people, who mainly live in the southern Siberian Khakas Republic, or Khakassia, in Russia. The Khakas number 78,500, of whom 60,168 speak the Khakas language; most people are bilingual in Russian language ....
: ??????? ????????????) or Khakasiya is a federal subject
Federal subjects of Russia

Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation?two delegates each?in the Federation Council of Russia ....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (a republic
Republics of Russia

The Russia is divided into 83 federal subjects of Russia , 21 of which are republics. The republics represent areas of non-Russian ethnicity....
) located in south central Siberia
Siberia

Siberia , is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of North Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the Soviet Union from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the 16th century....
.

Abakan
Abakan

Abakan is the capital types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Khakassia in Russia, in South Siberia. It is located in the central part of Minusinsk Depression, at the confluence of the Yenisei River and Abakan Rivers, at approximately the same latitude as Hamburg and Minsk....
 is the administrative centre of Khakassia, and with a population of around 160,000 making it the largest city.

Khakas
Khakas language

Khakas is a Turkic languages spoken by the Khakas people, who mainly live in the southern Siberian Khakas Republic, or Khakassia, in Russia. The Khakas number 78,500, of whom 60,168 speak the Khakas language; most people are bilingual in Russian language ....
 is a Turkic language with co-official status in the republic.

Geography


Time zone

Rtz6
Khakassia is located in the Krasnoyarsk Time Zone
Krasnoyarsk Time

Krasnoyarsk Time is the time zone 7 hours ahead of UTC and 4 hours ahead of Moscow Time . Krasnoyarsk Summer Time is UTC+8, but remains constant as regards Moscow Time ....
 (KRAT/KRAST). UTC
Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time is a time standard based on International Atomic Time with leap seconds added at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation....
 offset is +0700 (KRAT)/+0800 (KRAST).

Administrative divisions


Demographics

  • Population: 538,200 (2006 est.); 546,072 (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 Goskomstat ....
    )
  • Vital statistics (2005)
    • Births: 6,198 (birth rate 11.5)
    • Deaths: 9,411 (death rate 17.4)
  • Ethnic groups
According to the 2002 Russian Census, ethnic Russians
Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
 make up 80.3% of the republic's population, while ethnic Khakas
Khakas

The Khakas, or Khakass, are a Turkic people, who live in Russia, in the republic of Khakassia in the southern Siberia. They speak the Khakas language, which belongs to the family of Turkic languages....
 are only 12.0%. Other groups include ethnic German
Ethnic German

Ethnic Germans , also collectively referred to as the German diaspora, are those who are considered, by themselves or others, to be of Germans origin ethnicity, not necessarily born or living within the present-day Germany, holding its citizenship or speaking the German language....
s (1.7%), Ukrainians
Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavs ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly?citizens of Ukraine . Some 200 years ago and times prior to that, Ukrainians were usually referred to and known as Rusyny ....
 (1.5%), Tatars
Tatars

Tatars , sometimes spelled Tartars, refers to a Turkic people ethnic group mainly inhabiting Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, and Poland....
 (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
Khakas

The Khakas, or Khakass, are a Turkic people, who live in Russia, in the republic of Khakassia in the southern Siberia. They speak the Khakas language, which belongs to the family of Turkic languages....
 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
Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
 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
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
 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
Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavs ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly?citizens of Ukraine . Some 200 years ago and times prior to that, Ukrainians were usually referred to and known as Rusyny ....
 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%)


In 2007 Khakassia 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.

Vital Statistics for 2007: Source
Total fertility rates by federal subjects of Russia

TFR by Federal SubjectsThis is a list of values of total fertility rates by federal subjects of Russia of RussiaThe historical variation in TFR in RF is given in the table below....
  • Birth Rate: 13.82 per 1000
  • Death Rate: 13.81 per 1000
  • Net Immigration: +1.1 per 1000
  • NGR: +0.00% per Year
  • PGR: +0.11% per Year


History

From the 6th century Khakassia was the core of the old Kyrgyz
Kyrgyz

The Kyrgyz are a Turkic peoples ethnic group found primarily in Kyrgyzstan....
 state. In the thirteenth century, following defeat by the Mongols
Mongols

The name Mongol specifies one or several ethnic groups, now mainly located in Mongolia, China, and Russia....
, the majority of the Kyrgyz people migrated southwest to their current homeland in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and People's Republic of China to the east....
). Modern Khakassians regard themselves as the descendants of those Kyrgyz who remained in Siberia
Siberia

Siberia , is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of North Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the Soviet Union from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the 16th century....
. 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
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 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
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. 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.

Views of Khakassia


See also

  • Music of Khakassia
    Music of Khakassia

    Khakassia is a region in Russia. The Khakas people are Turkic peoples, and their culture, including music, has some similarities to the Tuva#Culture, a neighboring region in Central Asia....


Sources