Krasnodar Krai

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Krasnodar Krai

Krasnodar Krai (Krasnodarsky kray) 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 krai

Krai

Krai or kray is a term used to refer to nine of Russia's federal subjects of Russia. The term is often translated as territory, province, country or region....
), located in the Southern Federal District

Southern Federal District

Southern Federal District is one of the seven Federal districts of Russia of Russia. It is located in the extreme southwest, between Ukraine and Kazakhstan....
.

nodar Krai encompasses the western part of the Forecaucasus and a part of the northern slopes of Caucasus Major. Krasnodar Krai borders, clockwise from the west, Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
—from which it is separated by the Strait of Kerch

Strait of Kerch

The Kerch Strait connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Crimean Kerch Peninsula in the west from the Taman Peninsula in the east....
and the Sea of Azov

Sea of Azov

The Sea of Azov is the world's shallowest sea, linked by the Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea to the south. It is bounded on the north by Ukraine, on the east by Russia and on the west by the Crimean peninsula....
—Russia's Rostov Oblast

Rostov Oblast

Rostov Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District. Rostov Oblast lies in the south of Russia with an area of 100,800 km? and a population of 4,404,013 making it the fifth most populous federal subject in Russia....
, Stavropol Krai

Stavropol Krai

Stavropol Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Stavropol....
, and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic

Karachay-Cherkessia

Karachay-Cherkess Republic , or Karachay-Cherkessia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The direct romanization of Russian of the republic's Russian name is Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika or Karachayevo-Cherkessiya....
, and Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
's breakaway republic of Abkhazia

Abkhazia

Abkhazia is a disputed region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian?Abkhaz conflict, it is governed by the International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Republic of Abkhazia....
. The krai territory encompasses the Republic of Adygea

Adygea

The Republic of Adygea is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia enclaved within Krasnodar Krai. Its size is 7,600 km? with a population of almost 450,000....
.

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Krasnodar Krai (Krasnodarsky kray) is a federal subject

Federal subjects 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 krai

Krai

Southern Federal District

Southern Federal District is one of the seven Federal districts of Russia of Russia. It is located in the extreme southwest, between Ukraine and Kazakhstan....
.

Geography

Krasnodar Krai encompasses the western part of the Forecaucasus and a part of the northern slopes of Caucasus Major. Krasnodar Krai borders, clockwise from the west, Ukraine

Ukraine

Strait of Kerch

The Kerch Strait connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Crimean Kerch Peninsula in the west from the Taman Peninsula in the east....
and the Sea of Azov

Sea of Azov

Rostov Oblast

Stavropol Krai

Stavropol Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Stavropol....
, and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic

Karachay-Cherkessia

Georgia (country)

Abkhazia

Adygea

The Republic of Adygea is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia enclaved within Krasnodar Krai. Its size is 7,600 km? with a population of almost 450,000....
. Krasnodar Krai's southern border is formed by what is left of Russia's Black Sea

Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
coast, with the most important port (Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk

File:Black Sea ports -- Odessa, Sevastapol, Novorrisk.pngNovorossiysk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in southern Russia, the main Russian port on the Black Sea, in Krasnodar Krai....
) and resort (Sochi

Sochi

Sochi is a Russian resort types of inhabited localities in Russia, situated in Krasnodar Krai just north of the southern Russian border. It sprawls along the shores of the Black Sea and against the background of the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains....
) in this part of the country.

Geographically, the area is split by the Kuban River

Kuban River

Kuban River is a river in Russia, in the North Caucasus region. It flows through the Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai, Krasnodar Krai, and the Adygeya....
into two distinct parts. The southern, seaward third (historically known as Circassia

Circassia

Circassia, also known as Cherkessia in Russian, is a region in Caucasus. Historically it comprised the southern half of the current Krasnodar Krai and most of the interior of the current Stavropol Krai, but now only refers to a portion of the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, Adyghe Republic and Kabardino-Balkaria Republic of the Russian...
) is the western extremity of the Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
range, lying within the Crimean Submediterranean forest complex

Crimean Submediterranean forest complex

The Crimean Submediterranean forest complex is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of Russia and Ukraine. The ecoregion consists of two coastal enclaves on northern coast of the Black Sea; one occupies the central coast of Crimea, extending into the Crimean Mountains, the other occupies the Black Sea coast of Krasnodar Kray, ex...
ecoregion; the climate

Climate

Climate encompasses the temperatures, humidity, atmospheric pressure, winds, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other Meteorology elements in a given region over long periods of time, as opposed to the term weather, which refers to current activity of these same elements....
is Mediterranean or, in the south-east, subtropical. The northern two-thirds lies on the Pontic Steppe and shares continental climate

Continental climate

Continental climate is a climate that is characterized by winter temperatures cold enough to support a fixed period of snow cover each year, and relatively moderate precipitation occurring mostly in summer, although east coast areas may show an even distribution of precipitation....
patterns. The largest lake is Abrau in the wine-making region of Abrau-Dyurso

Abrau-Dyurso

Abrau-Dyurso or Abrau-Durso is a types of inhabited localities in Russia under the jurisdiction of the city of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia....
.

Time zone

Krasnodar Krai is located in the Moscow Time Zone

Moscow Time

Moscow Time is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second westernmost of the 11 Time in Russia....
(MSK/MSD). 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 +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Population: 5,125,221 (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 ....
); 5,113,148 (1989 Census

Soviet Census (1989)

The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive Soviet Census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....
). The population of Krasnodar Krai is concentrated in the Kuban River

Kuban River

Kuban River is a river in Russia, in the North Caucasus region. It flows through the Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai, Krasnodar Krai, and the Adygeya....
drainage basin, which used to be traditional Cossack

Cossack

The term Cossacks is applied to specific militaristic communities of various ethnicities living in the southern steppe regions of Ukraine and Russia....
land (see History of Cossacks). The Kuban Cossacks

Kuban Cossacks

Kuban Cossacks are Cossacks who live in the Kuban region of Russia. Although numerous Cossack groups came to inhabit the Western Northern Caucasus most of the Kuban Cossacks are descendants of the Black Sea Cossack Host, and the Caucasus Line Cossack Host....
are now generally considered to be ethnic Russians, even though they are still an important minority in their own right in this area. Other notable ethnic groups include the Armenians

Armenians

The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
(mostly Christian Hamsheni) who have lived in the region since at least the 18th century.

Ethnic groups: The 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 ....
counted thirty-three ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each, making this federal subject one of the most multicultural in Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. The inhabitants identified themselves as belonging to more than 140 different ethnic groups, as shown in the following table:

Population	Ethnicity	Percentage of total population
4,418,715	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 ....	86.2%
274,566	Armenians Armenians The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....	5.36%
131,774	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 ....	2.57%
26,540	Greeks Greeks The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....	0.52%
26,260	Belarusians Belarusians Belarusians or Belorussians are an East Slavs ethnic group who populate the majority of the Belarus and form minorities in neighboring Poland , Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine....	0.51%
25,575	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....	0.50%
20,225	Georgians Georgians The Georgians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus, the oldest group of the South Caucasian peoples people mainly centered in Georgia , but also living in Turkey, Russia, the United States, Iran, and other countries....	0.40%
18,469	Germans 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....	0.36%
17,542	Cossacks	0.34%
15,821	Adyghe	0.31%
13,496	Turks Turkish people The Turkish people , also known as "Turks" are defined mainly as citizens of the Republic of Turkey. An early history text provided the definition of being a Turk as "any individual within the Republic of Turkey, whatever his faith who speaks Turkish, grows up with Turkish culture and adopts the Turkish ideal is a Turk." This ideal...	0.26%
11,944	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....	0.23%
10,873	Roma Roma people The Romani are an ethnic group of Europe tracing their Origins of the Romani people to middle kingdoms of India.The Romani are Romani diaspora with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe, with more recent diaspora populations in the Americas and, to a lesser extent, in other par...	0.21%
6,537	Moldovans Moldovans Moldovans or Moldavians are the native population of the medieval Principality of Moldavia, which nowadays corresponds to 8 north-eastern counties of Romania , the Republic of Moldova, and small parts of Ukraine ....	0.13%
5,022	Kurds	0.10%
4,835	Mordovians	0.10%
4,446	Cherkes Cherkes Cherkes are an ethnic group of the northwestern Caucasus region and are a part of the Adyghe people nation. Principally inhabiting northern Karachay-Cherkessia as well as four villages of Adygeya: Khodz, Blechepsin, Koshekhabl, and Ulyap....	0.09%
4,441	Ezids Yazidi The Yazidi is a Kurds religion with ancient Indo-Iranians roots. Yazidis are primarily Kurdish language, and most live in the Mosul region of northern Iraq....	0.09%
4,141	Chuvash Chuvash people The Chuvash are a Turkic languages-speaking people. According to the Russian census of 2002, the Chuvash population in Russia numbered 1 637 200; 889 268 of these lived in Chuvashia....	0.08%
4,133	Ossetians Ossetians The Ossetians are an Iranian peoples ethnic group indigenous peoples to Ossetia, a region that spans the Caucasus Mountains. The Ossetians mostly populate North Ossetia-Alania in Russia, and South Ossetia a large part of which is now de facto independent....	0.08%
3,764	Assyrians Assyrian people The Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people are an ethnic group whose origins lie in the Fertile Crescent, their Assyrian/Syriac homeland today being divided between Northern Iraq, Syria, Western Iran, and Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia....	0.07%
3,752	Lezgins Lezgins The Lezgins are an ethnic group, living predominantly in southern Dagestan and north-eastern Azerbaijan, who speak the Lezgian language.In the 19th century, the term was used more broadly for all ethnic groups speaking Northeast Caucasian languages, including Avars, Laks, and many others....	0.07%
3,425	Udmurts	0.07%
3,289	Koreans	0.06%
3,213	Shapsugs Shapsugs Shapsugs are a people of the Adyghe people branch, whom are currently living in Tuapsinsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Lazarevsky City District of Sochi, and in the Adygea in Russia, those areas are a small part of historical Circassia, in addition to diaspora Jordan, Turkey, Israil, Syria, Europe, United States of America)....	0.06%
3,138	Bulgarians Bulgarians The Bulgarians are a South Slavs people generally associated with the Republic of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language. Emigration has resulted in Bulgarian minorities or immigrant communities in a number of other countries....	0.06%
2,958	Poles Poles The Polish people, or Poles , are a West Slavs ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent....	0.06%
2,945	Jews	0.06%
2,857	Chechens	0.06%
2,723	Mari Mari people The Mari are a Volga Finns people who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama River rivers in Russia. The majority of Maris today live in the Mari El Republic, with significant populations in the Tatarstan and Bashkortostan republics....	0.05%
2,609	Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic peoples ethnic group originally residing in Crimea. They speak the Crimean Tatar language. They are not to be confused with the Volga Tatars....	0.05%
2,210	Uzbeks Uzbeks The Uzbeks are a Turkic peoples people of Central Asia. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, and large populations can also be found in Afghanistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China....	0.04%
2,061	Bashkirs Bashkirs The Bashkirs, a Turkic people, live in Russia, mostly in the republic of Bashkortostan. Some Bashkirs also live in the republic of Tatarstan, as well as in Perm Krai and Chelyabinsk Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Samara Oblast, and Saratov Oblasts of Russia....	0.04%

A further 0.26% of the inhabitants declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire.

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: 11.19 per 1000
Death Rate: 14.39 per 1000
Net Immigration: +7.1 per 1000
NGR: -0.32% per Year
PGR: +0.39% per Year

Vital Statistics for 2008:

Population (Jan 2009): 5,100,000
Births (2008): 62,200
Deaths (2008): 72,900

Krasnodar Krai

Geography

Time zone

Administrative divisions

Demographics

See also

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