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Khakassia or Khakasiya (Russian: Хака́сия or Хака́ссия) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic) located in south central Siberia. Image File history File links Khakassia_Flag. ...
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Russia is a federation which consists of 89 subjects (Russian: Ñубъект(Ñ‹); English transliteration: subyekty, sing. ...
In a broad definition, a republic is a state whose political organization rests on the principle that the citizens or electorate constitute the ultimate root of legitimacy and sovereignty. ...
Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping landâ€) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ...
It has an area of 61,900 km² (ranked 49th) and a population of about 575,400. Abakan is the administrative centre of Khakassia, and with a population of around 160,000 making it the largest city. Here is a list of the 89 federal subjects of Russia in order of size. ...
For the river Abakan see Abakan River City coat of arms Abakan (Russian: ) is the capital of Khakassia in Russia, in South Siberia. ...
Khakas is a Turkic language with co-official status in the republic. Turkish language spoken by Khakas people. ...
The Turkic languages are a group of closely related languages that are spoken by a variety of people distributed across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China. ...
See also: Subdivisions of Russia Being the largest country in the world, and one of the most populated, Russia incorporates several types and levels of subdivisions. ...
Time zone Khakassia is located in the Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRAT/KRAST). UTC offset is +0700 (KRAT)/+0800 (KRAST). Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time or Z, is an atomic realization of Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich Mean Time, the astronomical basis for civil time. ...
Administrative divisions
- Main article: Administrative divisions of Khakassia
Cities and towns under republics jurisdiction: Abakan (Ðбакан) (capital) Abaza (Ðбаза) Chernogorsk (ЧерногорÑк) Urban settlements under the towns jurisdiction: Prigorsk (ПригорÑк) Sayanogorsk (СаÑногорÑк) Urban settlements under the towns jurisdiction: Cheryomushki (Черёмушки) Mayna (Майна) Sorsk (СорÑк) Districts: Altaysky (ÐлтайÑкий) with 10 selsovets under the districts jurisdiction. ...
Demographics Population (2002): 546,072. 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ethnic groups: As per the 2002 census, ethnic Russians at 438,395 (80.27%) constitute by far the largest group of the population, followed by the Khakas at 65,421 (11.98%), Volga Germans at 9,161 (1.68%), Ukrainians at 8,360 (1.53%) and so on. All in all, 117 distinct ethnic groups are listed for the republic. The Khakas, or Khakass, are a Turkic people, who live in Russia, in the republic of Khakassia in the southern Siberia. ...
The Volga Germans are ethnic Germans living near the Volga River and the Black Sea, maintaining German culture, German language, German traditions and religions: Evangelical Lutherans or Roman Catholic. ...
History The Khakas are a Turkic-speaking people related to the Kyrgyz (they may be descendants of Kyrgyz who remained behind when the bulk of that nation began migrating southwest). Traditionally they lived in the middle reaches of the Yenisei river in Siberia and were nomadic herders. In the last two centuries they have become Christianized (converts to Russian Orthodoxy) and forced to become sedentary by the Russian government. The region was established on 10 October 1930. It was given republic status in 1991. The Khakas, or Khakass, are a Turkic people, who live in Russia, in the republic of Khakassia in the southern Siberia. ...
Kirghiz (also Kyrgyz) are a Turkic ethnic group found primarily in Kyrgyzstan. ...
Енисей Length 5,550 (4,102) km Elevation of the source m Average discharge 19,600 m³/s Area watershed 2,580,000 km² Origin ? Mouth Arctic Ocean Basin countries Russia The Yenisei basin, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Yenisei (Енисе́й) is a river...
As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ...
The Russian Orthodox Church (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...
October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ...
1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Economy The main industries in the republic are coal mining, ore mining, and timber.
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