Petrozavodsk State University
Karelia, Russia
International Days 2010 –
Technology and Communication
University of Applied Sciences, Vaasa, Finland
March 15-18, 2010
Anastasia Kuznetsova akuznetsova@psu.karelia.ru
Natalia Kravchenkova kravchenkova@psu.karelia.ru
Petrozavodsk State University
Karelia, Russia
International Days 2010 –
Technology and Communication
University of Applied Sciences, Vaasa, Finland
March 15-18, 2010
Anastasia Kuznetsova akuznetsova@psu.karelia.ru
Natalia Kravchenkova kravchenkova@psu.karelia.ru
The Russian Federation General Information Northern Eurasia
The largest country in the world - 17,075,400 sq km
11 time zones
Borders: Finland, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, the Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, North Korea, Japan, the USA
142 million of people A multi-ethnic country: Russians – 79.8%, Tatars – 3.8%, Ukrainians – 2%, Bashkirs – 1.2%, Chuvash – 1.1%, Chechen – 0.9%, Armenians – 0.8%, other – 10.4%
The Russian Federation History Rurik Dynasty (Novgorod) – 862 AD
Kievan Rus’ – 882
The Vladimir-Suzdal Principality – 1169
The Grand Duchy of Moscow – 1283
The Tsardom of Russia – 1547
The Russian Empire – 1721
The Russian Federation History The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic – 7 November 1917
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (the USSR) – 10 December 1922
The Russian Federation – 26 December 1991
Federal semi-presidential democratic republic
83 federal subjects
Capital – Moscow
The President – Dmitriy Medvedev (since May, 2008)
The Prime Minister – Vladimir Putin The Russian Federation Government and Politics
The Russian Federation Government and Politics Leading political parties: United Russia,
the Communist Party,
the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia,
Fair Russia. Legislature
The Federal Assembly:
The Lower House – the State Duma (450 members)
The Upper House – the Federation Council (176 members)
The Russian Federation Government and Politics 83 federal subjects:
46 oblasts (provinces)
21 republics (nominally autonomous)
9 krais (territories)
4 autonomous okrugs (autonomous districts)
1 autonomous oblast (the Jewish Autonomous Oblast)
2 federal cities (Moscow and St. Petersburg) 2 delegates each
in the Federation Council.
8 federal districts, each administered by an envoy appointed by the President.
The Russian Federation People and Languages 160 ethnic groups and indigenous peoples
73% of the population – urban
27% of the population – rural
About 100 languages
Official language – Russian
27 co-official languages in various regions
The Russian Federation Culture Diverse and rich culture of Russia:
architecture, visual arts, literature
The Russian Federation Nature 23 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
40 UNESCO Biosphere reserves
40 National Parks
101 nature reserves
The world’s largest forest reserves – "the lungs of Europe"
Lakes – 1/4 of the world’s fresh water
266 mammal species
780 bird species
415 animal species in the Red Data Book of the RF
The Republic of Karelia General Information
The Republic of Karelia is situated in the northwest of Russia; it is a part of the Northwest federal district of the Russian Federation.
The Republic of Karelia General Information
June 8, 1920 - Karelian Labour Commune
July 25, 1923 - Karelian ASSR
March 31, 1940 - Karelian-Finnish SSR
July 16, 1958 - Karelian ASSR
November 13, 1991 – the Republic of Karelia
The Republic of Karelia General Information
The area of Karelia – 180,5 thousand sq km (1.06% of the total territory of Russia)
Population of the Republic of Karelia makes 687.5 thousand people
The republic consists of 16 municipal districts and two urban districts (Petrozavodsk and Kostomuksha), where 109 settlements (22 urban, 87 rural), 808 inhabited localities, including 13 towns, are located.
The Republic of Karelia Nature
Karelia is the country of rocks, boulders and tens of thousands of lakes. Karelia is often figuratively called a severe land of lakes and forests, emphasizing the leading elements of its landscape.
The Republic of Karelia Nature
More than 49% of the area of the republic is covered with forest; fauna comprises brown bears, reindeers, elks, mountain hares, European beavers, Greenland seals (in the White sea); fish species include salmons, trouts, navagas, herrings, cods, flounders.
The Republic of Karelia Nature
Quarter of the republic territory is watery surface. There are more than 61 thousand lakes and 27 thousand rivers in Karelia. The largest are the Ladoga lake (its area is 17,7 thousand square km) and the Onega lake (its area is 9,9 thousand square km). The largest rivers are Vodla (400 km), Vyg, Kovda, Kem, Suna, Shuya. The total length of the river net is about 83 thousand km.
The Republic of Karelia Nature
50 types of minerals located in more than 400 deposits and ore occurrences were discovered in Karelia.
The main minerals are iron ore, titan, vanadium, molybdenum, precious metals, diamonds, mica, construction materials (granites, diabases, marbles), ceramic raw material (pegmatites, spars), appatit-carbonate ores, alkaline amphibole asbestos.
The Republic of Karelia Economy
Basis:
Processing of local natural resources (timber and minerals)
Use of tourist and recreational potential
Favourable economic and geographical border location
The Republic of Karelia Economy
More than 19 thousand enterprises and organizations.
The greatest investment growth rates in recent years have been observed in extraction of metallic ores, timber processing, production of food, electric equipment and vehicles, construction, transport and communication, electric power, financial and bank spheres.
The Republic of Karelia Economy
Economy of Karelia is export-oriented. On the volume of export per capita Karelia is among in the leading regions of Russia.
Now exports account for more than 50% (and up to 100% on a number of branches) of total production.
One third of external turn of the republic falls to the share of Finland.
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