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THE
REPUBLIC OF KOMI
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The Republic of Komi was founded on August 22, 1921
The Republic of Komi is located in the far North-East of European Russia
The territory is 416,800 km² (2,4% of Russia territory)
The length from the South-West to the North-East is 1,275 km
Population – about 1 mln people
The capital is Syktyvkar (population 245,000). It is located 1,410 km to the North-East from Moscow
The republic borders with Arkhangel, Sverdlovsk, Kirov and Perm regions, Nenets, Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansy autonomous districts
The Strategy of the Republic of Komi Economic and Social Development for 2006-2010 till 2015 was developed and adopted by the Komi Government. The Strategy defines the main aims and priorities of the regional economic and social development |
GRP dynamics, RUR bln
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Regional development priorities
- efficient natural resources use
- transport infrastructure development
- fostering investments
- priority development of processing industries
- SME development
- agricultural potential development
- intensive housing construction
- income growth of the population
- public services quality growth
- state-private partnership development |
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Industry, transport, communications, trade and construction bring the main input into GRP creation and growth |
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Foreign trade
Foreign trade partners represent over 80 countries of the world
Foreign trade turnover is USD 1188,3 mln.
Export USD 1015,4 mln.
Import USD 172,9 mln. |
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Industrial Potential
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The Republic of Komi is an industrial region of
Russia.
Industry is represented by more than 30 branches. Industrial companies employ 26% of the total labor, they also concentrate 25% of capital funds. |
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- Coal and peat mining
- Oil and gas extraction
- Food production
- Textile production
- Woodworking
- Pulp and paper
- Oil refinery
- Electric power generation
- Machinery, equipment, hardware production |
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Timber industry ranks second in the economy of the region. It is represented by forestry, harvesting, woodworking, pulp and paper companies |
Transport infrastructure
Extension of
railways – 2,300 km
waterways – 4,100 km
highways – 11,800 km
gas pipelines – 3,700 km
oil pipelines – 700 km
airlines – 45,700 km |
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Natural and Recreation Resources
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Mineral resources include fuels, ferrous, non-ferrous minerals and underground waters.
The fields tested on the republican territory contain about 80% of quartz fibers, 50% of titanium, 30% of bauxites, 50% of barites, 4.5% of coal and 3% of oil from the all Russia
stocks.
Due to its reserves and extraction volumes the republic is the main fuel supplier (coal, oil) for the Russian European
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Forest is one of the main treasures in Komi
Total forest area is 38,678 mln hectares that is 93% of the Komi territory. Annual cut is 26,4 mln м³ |
Accessible timber resources
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Natural parks. Protected areas
Protected areas cover 15% of the total area of the region. It is the biggest European virgin woodland
remained.
Pechora-Ilych State Reserve (721,300 hectares);
Yugyd-Va National Park (about 1,9 mln hectares) |
Tourism
Presently the internal and external tourist routes are being developed. The most perspective project here is “The Taiga Ring” tourist area that covers 9 municipalities in Komi
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