All Topics  
Tomsk Oblast

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Tomsk Oblast
 
 
  Topics Tomsk Oblast Topic Home

Tomsk Oblast (Tomskaya oblast) 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....
 (an oblast
Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain
West Siberian Plain

The West Siberian Plain is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia and Russia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River in the east, and by the Eastern Sayan Mountains and the Baikal Mountains on the south....
, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District
Siberian Federal District

Siberian Federal District is one of the seven federal districts of Russia of Russia. It is the central of the three Asian districts. Its population was 20,062,938 in the 2002 census, living on an area of 5,114,800 km? ....
. Viktor Kress
Viktor Kress

Viktor Melkiorovich Kress is the governor of Tomsk Oblast, Russia. Both his parents were ethnic Germany.Kress graduated from Novosibirsk Agricultural Institute in 1971....
 has been governor of the oblast since 1991.

The development of the territory which now belongs to the oblast began in the early 17th century. Tomsk
Tomsk

Tomsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia on the Tom River in the southwest of Siberian Federal District, Russia, the administrative centre of Tomsk Oblast....
 itself was founded in 1604. Most of the oblast's 316,900 kmē territory is inaccessible because it is covered with taiga
Taiga

Taiga is a biome characterized by coniferous forests. Covering most of inland Alaska, Canada, Sweden, Finland, inland Norway and Russia , as well as parts of the extreme northern continental United States , northern Kazakhstan and Japan , the taiga is the world's largest terrestrial biome....
 woods and swamp
Swamp

A swamp is a wetland featuring temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land, by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a substantial number of hammock , or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation....
s.






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



Encyclopedia


Tomsk Oblast (Tomskaya oblast) 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....
 (an oblast
Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain
West Siberian Plain

The West Siberian Plain is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia and Russia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River in the east, and by the Eastern Sayan Mountains and the Baikal Mountains on the south....
, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District
Siberian Federal District

Siberian Federal District is one of the seven federal districts of Russia of Russia. It is the central of the three Asian districts. Its population was 20,062,938 in the 2002 census, living on an area of 5,114,800 km? ....
. Viktor Kress
Viktor Kress

Viktor Melkiorovich Kress is the governor of Tomsk Oblast, Russia. Both his parents were ethnic Germany.Kress graduated from Novosibirsk Agricultural Institute in 1971....
 has been governor of the oblast since 1991.

The development of the territory which now belongs to the oblast began in the early 17th century. Tomsk
Tomsk

Tomsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia on the Tom River in the southwest of Siberian Federal District, Russia, the administrative centre of Tomsk Oblast....
 itself was founded in 1604. Most of the oblast's 316,900 kmē territory is inaccessible because it is covered with taiga
Taiga

Taiga is a biome characterized by coniferous forests. Covering most of inland Alaska, Canada, Sweden, Finland, inland Norway and Russia , as well as parts of the extreme northern continental United States , northern Kazakhstan and Japan , the taiga is the world's largest terrestrial biome....
 woods and swamp
Swamp

A swamp is a wetland featuring temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land, by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a substantial number of hammock , or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation....
s. The oblast shares borders with Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is the list of subdivisions of Russia by area Russian region after the Sakha Republic, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory ....
, Tyumen
Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Tyumen. It has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug....
, Omsk
Omsk Oblast

Omsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia. It has an area of 139,700 km? and a population of with 1.1 million living in Omsk, the administrative center....
, Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk Oblast

Novosibirsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Novosibirsk....
, and Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast

Kemerovo Oblast , often called Kuzbass after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , is located in southwestern Siberia, where the West-Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian mountains....
s.

Tomsk Oblast is rich in natural resources, particularly oil
Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid found in rock formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights, plus other organic compounds....
, natural gas
Natural gas

Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills....
, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, peat
Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation biological tissue. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands, variously called bogs, Moorland, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests....
, and underground waters. Forests are also among the most significant assets of the oblast: about 20% of the West Siberian forest resources are located in Tomsk Oblast. Industry makes up about half of the regional GDP
Gross domestic product

File:GDP nominal per capita world map IMF 2008.pngThe gross domestic product or gross domestic income is one of the measures of national income and output for a given country's economy....
, while agriculture
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
 contributes 19% and construction 13%. Chemical and oil industries are the most developed in the region, followed by machine construction. The oblast's major export items are: oil (62.1%), methanol
Methanol

Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, carbinol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha or wood spirits, is a chemical compound with chemical formula carbonhydrogen3oxygenhydrogen ....
 (30.2%), and machines and equipment (4.8%). Oil extraction and lumbering are the major business of the region's joint ventures.

The oblast is home to six state higher education institutions and 47 research institutes.

Demography

  • Births (2008): 13,372 (12.90 per 1000, higher than national average).
  • Deaths (2008): 13,403 (13.00 per 1000, lower than national average).


Birth rate for 2008 is 7.97% higher than that of 2007.

Demographics for January-October 2008

RaionPopulationBirthsDeathsNatural GrowthBRDRNGRBR 2007
Tomsk516,1006,0114,9801,03113.9811.580.24%12.59
Strezhevoy44,50050627822813.647.500.61%13.62
Parabelsky12,2001871523518.3914.950.34%13.44
Kedrovy4,80060402015.0010.000.50%11.67
Kargasoksky
Kargasoksky District

Kargasoksky Raion is the biggest district by area in Tomsk Oblast. 95.7% of the population is ethnic Russians. Selkup at 2.1% and Khant at 0.6% represent the minorities....
22,9002822721014.7814.250.05%14.93
Alexandrovsky
Alexandrovsky District, Tomsk Oblast

Alexandrovsky District is a remote district in Tomsk Oblast, Russia, bordering with Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. District administration seat is located in Alexandrovskoye village ....
10,0008496 -1210.0811.52 -0.14%12.00
Teguldetsky8,00086110 -2412.9016.50 -0.36%13.00
Chainsky13,000147186 -3913.5717.17 -0.36%11.92
Zyryansky15,100150194 -4411.9215.42 -0.35%11.52
Bakcharsky14,200139184 -4511.7515.55 -0.38%12.25
Verkhneketsky18,200171224 -5311.2714.77 -0.35%10.77
Kozhevnikovsky22,300245300 -5513.1816.14 -0.30%11.61
Molchanovsky14,300159240 -8113.3420.14 -0.68%11.61
Pervomaysky20,300211293 -8212.4717.32 -0.48%11.87
Krivosheinsky15,400140238 -9810.9118.55 -0.76%11.36
Kolpashevsky43,700509608 -9913.9816.70 -0.27%13.96
Tomsky66,200507648 -1419.1911.75 -0.26%8.29
Asinovsky38,900411598 -18712.6818.45 -0.58%12.52
Shegarsky21,100179385 -20610.1821.90 -1.17%10.71
Seversk113,8009451,227 -2829.9612.94 -0.30%9.53
Tomsk Oblast1,035,00011,12911,253 -12412.9013.05 -0.01%11.97


Geography


Time zone


Tomsk Oblast is located in the Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOVT/NOVST). 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 +0600 (NOVT)/+0700 (NOVST).

Administrative divisions


Rivers

  • Ob
    Ob River

    Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia, it is the country's fourth longest....
    • Tom
      Tom River

      Tom is a river in Russia, right tributary of Ob River. Its length is 871 km. Its source is in the Abakan mountains , and it flows northward through the Kuznetsk Basin....
    • Chulym
    • Chaya
      Chaya River

      Chaya River may refer to:* Chaya River, Russia in Tomsk Oblast* another name for the Chepelare River in Bulgaria...
    • Ket
      Ket River

      Ket River , also known in its upper reaches as the Big Ket River is a river in the Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tomsk Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob River....
    • Parabel
      Parabel River

      Parabel River is a river in the Tomsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Ob River. The length of the Parabel River is 308 km. The area of its Drainage basin is 25,500 km?....
    • Vasyugan
      Vasyugan River

      Vasyugan is a river in Russia, the left tributary of the Ob River.Its length is 1,082 km, of which 886 km from the mouth is Navigable river....
    • Tym
      Tym River

      Tym River is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tomsk Oblast in Russia, right tributary of the Ob River. The length of the river is 950 km. The area of its basin is 32,300 km?....


See also

  • 2007 Siberian orange snow
    2007 Siberian orange snow

    The 2007 Siberian orange snow was an anomalous phenomenon that happened on February 2, 2007 when an orange-tinted snow fell across an area of in Omsk Oblast, Siberian Federal District, Russia, as well as into the neighbouring oblasts of Tomsk Oblast and Tyumen Oblast....


External links