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Chita Oblast

Former federal subject of Russia

Field	Value
conventional_long_name	Chita Oblast
common_name	Chita
subdivision	Oblast
nation	Russia
s1	Zabaykalsky Krai
flag_s1	Flag of Zabaykalsky Krai.svg
image_flag	Flag of Zabaykalsky Krai.svg
image_coat	Coat of arms of Zabaykalsky Krai.svg
image_map	Russia - Chita Oblast (2008-01).svg
date_start	26 September
year_start	1937
date_end	1 March
year_end	2008
today	Russia
Zabaykalsky Krai

Zabaykalsky Krai

Chita Oblast (Чити́нская о́бласть) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. It had extensive international borders with China (998 km) and Mongolia (868 km) and internal borders with Irkutsk and Amur Oblasts, as well as with the republics of Buryatia and Yakutia. Its area was 431500 km2. Population:

The oblast was established on September 26, 1937. On March 1, 2008, Chita Oblast merged with Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug to form Zabaykalsky Krai.

The territory that made up the former Chita Oblast was first explored by Cossacks led by Pyotr Beketov in 1653. People began to move into and develop the area in order to strengthen Russia's border with China and Mongolia, extract mineral resources, and build the Trans-Siberian Railway. In 1920, Chita became the capital of the Far East Republic, which merged with Russia in November 1922, a month before the USSR was constituted.

The oblast was rich in ferrous, non-ferrous, rare, and precious metals, coal, charcoal, and mineral waters. Russia's estimated reserves of ores with a high uranium content are 145,400 tons. Most of these deposits are located in the former Chita Oblast, near Krasnokamensk, site of the Priargunsky Mining and Chemical Combine (PMCC). Forests cover about 60% of its territory. As a result, the oblast's main industries were metallurgy, fuel, and timber. It also had advanced light and food industries. Local agriculture focused on cattle, sheep, and reindeer breeding.

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Chita Oblast

Demographics

Birth rate: Quite high at 13.77 (2004), but still there were more deaths than births (2005 official figures).

The population were mostly Russians and Buryats, along with some Ukrainians and a few Evenks. There were 1,000 Jews, who mostly speak Yiddish in the regional capital. According to the 2002 census, Russians made up 89.8% of the population while Buryats were 6.1%. Other significant groups were Tatars (0.71%), Armenians (0.31%), Belarusians (0.26%), Azeri (0.18%), Evenks (0.13%), Nemts (0.11%), Chuvash (0.11%), Bashkirs (0.11%), Moldvins (0.07%), Mordvins (0.06%), Uzbeks (0.06%) and Dargwa (0.05%).

In 2007, Chita Oblast recorded a small natural population increase (+0.03% without taking any migration into account), becoming one of the only two Russian federal subjects to reverse its population decline in 2007. The other federal subject was Kamchatka Oblast, with a NGPR of +0.005%. Chita Oblast is one of only twenty Russian federal subjects to have a positive natural population growth, but the population of Chita actually decreased in 2007 due to very heavy emigration.

Vital Statistics for 2007: Source

Birth rate: 14.63 per 1,000
Death rate: 14.33 per 1,000
Net immigration: -3.2 per 1,000
NGR: +0.03% per year
PGR: -0.29% per year

References

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9082209/Chita
https://web.archive.org/web/20081230012702/http://cip.nsk.su/fund/Chita/ChitaRegion/index.html
http://heraldry.hobby.ru/eng/e.chita.html
http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps3997/9703chit.htm

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20061215042936/http://www.nti.org/db/nisprofs/russia/fissmat/minemill/overview.htm {{Bare URL inline. (August 2024)
"Постоянное население России на начало 2008 года - 142 миллиона человек".
"В 2007 году естественная убыль снизилась до 478 тысяч человек, а миграционный прирост увеличился до 240 тысяч".

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