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Taymyr Autonomous Okrug (
Taymyrsky avtonomny okrug), or
Taymyria, was a
federal subject of
Russia (an
autonomous okrug of
Krasnoyarsk Krai), the northernmost in mainland Russia (and thus
Asia). It is named after the
Taymyr Peninsula. It is also called
Dolgan-Nenets Autonomous District, by the name of the indigenous people,
Dolgans and
Nenetses.
With an area of 862,100 km² (
ranked 4th) and a population of 39,786 (
2002 Census), Taymyria was one of the least densely populated areas of Russia as of 2006.
Dudinka, with more than half of Taymyria's inhabitants, is the administrative centre.
Following a referendum on the issue held on
April 17,
2005, Taymyr and
Evenk Autonomous Okrugs were merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai effective
January 1,
2007.
Time zone
Taymyria is located in the
Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRAT/KRAST).
UTC offset is +0700 (KRAT)/+0800 (KRAST).
Administrative divisions
The city of
Norilsk, even though it's geographically located within Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, was administratively subordinated directly to
Krasnoyarsk Krai prior to the merger. This also applied to the
urban-type settlement of
Snezhnogorsk, which was administratively subrodinated to Norilsk. Therefore, the okrug's population reported by the Census authorities doesn't include the populations of Norilsk and Snezhnogorsk.
Taymyr In Popular Culture
Although not actually having been filmed in Taymyr, it's depicted in the 1985 film
White Nights, starring
Mikhail Baryshnikov and
Gregory Hines. During the opening moments of the film, Baryshnikov's character Nikolai Rodchenko-a
Soviet defector-is on a passenger plane that crash lands at "Norilsk Air Base." He inevitably is taken into the home of Hines' character-a US defector-and his wife (played by
Isabella Rossellini), where they advise him that he's in Taymyr upon regaining consciousness.
Demographics
Population (2002): 39,786.
Ethnic groups:
Of the 39,786 residents (as of the 2002 census) 1,018 (2.6%) chose not to specify their ethnic background. A quarter of the population identified themselves as indigenous Siberians (
Dolgans,
Nenets,
Nganasans,
Evenks,
Enets). 58.6% of the population were ethnic
Russians. Other nationalities included 2,423
Ukrainians (6.1%), 587
Volga Germans (1.5%), 425
Tatars (1.1%), 294
Belarusians (0.7%) and 239
Azeris (0.6%)
|
census 1939 |
census 1959 |
census 1970 |
census 1979 |
census 1989 |
census 2002 |
| Dolgans1 |
3,971 (13.8%) |
3,934 (11.8%) |
4,344 (11.4%) |
4,338 (9.7%) |
4,939 (8.9%) |
5,517 (13.9%) |
| Nenets |
2,523 (8.8%) |
1,878 (5.6%) |
2,247 (5.9%) |
2,345 (5.2%) |
2,446 (4.4%) |
3,054 (7.7%) |
| Enets2 |
103 (0.2%) |
197 (0.5%) |
| Nganasans3 |
682 (2.0%) |
765 (2.0%) |
746 (1.7%) |
849 (1.5%) |
766 (1.9%) |
| Evenks |
563 (2.0%) |
412 (1.2%) |
413 (1.1%) |
338 (0.8%) |
311 (0.6%) |
305 (0.8%) |
| Russians |
16,931 (59.0%) |
21,799 (65.3%) |
25,465 (66.9%) |
30,640 (68.2%) |
37,438 (67.1%) |
23,348 (58.6%) |
| Others |
4,723 (16.5%) |
4,677 (14.0%) |
4,826 (12.7%) |
6,546 (14.6%) |
9,717 (17.4%) |
6,629 (16.7%) |
Notes:- In the 1939 and 1959 census Dolgans were counted as Yakuts.
- In the 1939, 1959, 1970 and 1979 census Enets were counted as Nenets.
- In the 1939 census Nganasans were counted as Nenets.
|
Vital statistics (2005)
Births: 548 (birth rate 14.0)
Deaths: 369 (death rate 9.4)
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