 Taymyria (Russian: Таймы́рский автоно́мный о́круг) is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Krasnoyarsk Krai). It is named after the Taymyr Peninsula. It is also called Dolgan-Nenets Autonomous District (Долгано-Ненецкий автономный округ), by the name of the indigenous people, Dolgans and Nenetses. Image File history File links Taymyria_Flag. ...
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Russia is a federation which consists of 89 subjects (Russian: Ñубъект(Ñ‹); English transliteration: subyekty, sing. ...
Okrug is a term to denote administrative subdivision in some Slavic states. ...
Krasnoyarsk Krai (Russian: ) (2002 pop. ...
Taymyr Peninsula is a peninsula in Siberia that forms the most northern part of mainland Asia. ...
The Dolgans (Долганы in Russian; self-designation: долган, тыа-кихи, Ñаха, or dolgan, tya-kikhi, and sakha correspondingly) are a people, which inhabit the Taymyria region in the Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. ...
The Nenets people (Russian name: Ðенцы - Nentsy (plural)) are an indigenous people in Russia. ...
With an area of 862,100 km² (ranked 4th) and a population of slightly less than 40,000 (2002 census), Taymyria is one of the least densely populated areas of Russia. Dudinka, with more than half of Taymyria's inhabitants, is the administrative centre. Here is a list of the 89 federal subjects of Russia in order of size. ...
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Following a referendum on the issue held on April 17, 2005, the districts of Taymyria and Evenkia will be merged into the Krasnoyarsk krai on January 1, 2007. April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Evenkia is an autonomous district of Krasnoyarsk Krai in the Russian Federation. ...
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2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Time zone Taymyria 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
Districts Taymyria Autonomous District consists of the following districts (raions): See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ...
- Diksonsky (Диксонский)
- Khatangsky (Хатангский)
- Ust-Yeniseysky (Усть-Енисейский)
Demographics Population (2002): 39,786.
Ethnic groups: Of the 39,786 residents (as of the 2002 census) 1,018 (2.56%) chose not to specify their ethnic background. Of the rest, residents identified themselves as belonging to 81 ethnic groups, including 23,318 ethnic Russians (58.6%), 5,517 Dolgans (13.86%), 3.054 Nenetses (7.67%), 2,423 Ukrainians (6.09%), 766 Nganasans (1.92%), 587 Volga Germans (1.47%), 425 Tatars (1.07%), 305 Evenks (0.77%), 294 Belarusians (0.74%), 239 Azerbaijanis (0.6%) and so on. The Dolgans (Долганы in Russian; self-designation: долган, тыа-кихи, Ñаха, or dolgan, tya-kikhi, and sakha correspondingly) are a people, which inhabit the Taymyria region in the Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. ...
The Nenets people (Russian name: Ðенцы - Nentsy (plural)) are an indigenous people in Russia. ...
The Nganasans are one of the indigenous peoples of 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. ...
Tatars (Tatar: Tatarlar/Татарлар) is a collective name applied to the Turkic people of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. ...
The Evenks (obsolete: Tungus) are a nomadic indigenous people, one of the Northern Indigenous Peoples (pop. ...
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