3 Appendix to the Kemerovo Region Collegial Organ Decree dated 26 December 2016 No. 667-r PASSPORT OF THE KEMEROVO REGION Kemerovo - 2015 4 Contents General Information............................................................................................................................. 3 Legal Status ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Symbols of the Kemerovo region ........................................................................................................ 3 Local Government Bodies of the Kemerovo Region ............................................................................ 4 Administrative division ....................................................................................................................... 4 Population........................................................................................................................................... 5 Territory and natural conditions........................................................................................................... 5 General information on climatic resources........................................................................................... 6 Natural resources ................................................................................................................................ 6 Economy................................................................................................................................................ 9 Industry .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Agriculture........................................................................................................................................ 10 Retail trading .................................................................................................................................... 10 Foreign trade..................................................................................................................................... 11 Transport infrastructure and communication...................................................................................... 11 Construction ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Investment ........................................................................................................................................ 16 Finances and taxes .............................................................................................................................. 16 Financial results of enterprises’ activity............................................................................................. 16 The Kemerovo Region Tax system.................................................................................................... 16 Regional banking system................................................................................................................... 17 Social sector......................................................................................................................................... 17 Professional education and science.................................................................................................... 17 System of Education ......................................................................................................................... 18 Health care........................................................................................................................................ 19 Social protection ............................................................................................................................... 20 Physical training and sport ................................................................................................................ 20 Youth policy ..................................................................................................................................... 22 National culture and policy................................................................................................................ 22 Tourism ............................................................................................................................................ 25 Mass Media ......................................................................................................................................... 26 Public and Religious Organizations ................................................................................................... 26 Indexes of Social and Economic Development of the Kemerovo Region in 2013-2015..................... 31 3 General Information Legal Status In 1943 the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium issued a Decree No.5 dated 26 January 1943 whereunder the Kemerovo regionwas separated from the Novosibirsk regionand declared an independent Russian Federation territorial entity. According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation the Kemerovo regionis considered to be an equitable constituent territory of the Russian Federation. It possesses all powers of government (Legislative, Executive and Juridical) all over the territory excluding powers given to the Federal Government Bodies by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The status of the region is determined by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and by the Articles of Agreementof the Kemerovo region. Symbols of the Kemerovo region Symbols of the Kemerovo regionwere approved by the Law of Kemerovo regiondated 07 June 2002 No. 42-ОЗ “Kemerovo regionSymbols Act”. The Kemerovo region Coat of Arms The Kemerovo region Flag 4 Local Government Bodies of the Kemerovo Region As of 01.01.2016: Legislative (representative) Body – the Kemerovo Region Congress of People’s Deputies The data of the elections of the 5th Congress deputies – 08.09.2013 Term of office of the deputies – 5 years The Elected Chairman of the Kemerovo Region Congress of People’s Deputies in 08.09.2013 – Kosyanenko Evgeniy Victorovich Postal Address of the Kemerovo Region Congress of People’s Deputies: 650064, Kemerovo, 58, Sovetsky prospect, Tel. +7 3842 45-04-50, 36-43-42/ Fax. 58-54-51 Chief Officer of the Kemerovo Region – the Governor of the Kemerovo Region Aman Tuleyev The data of power granting – 13.09.2015 Term of office – 5 years Supreme Government Executive Body of the Kemerovo Region – Collegial Organ of the Kemerovo Region The head of the Collegial Organ of the Kemerovo Region is the Governor of the Kemerovo Region Postal Address: 650064, Kemerovo, 62, Sovetsky prospect, Tel. 36-34-09/ Fax. 36-34-09 Government Executive Bodies of the Kemerovo Region Kemerovo Region Election Commission Ombudsman for Human Rights in the Kemerovo Region Ombudsman for Children’s Rights in the Kemerovo Region Kemerovo Region Commissioner for the Rights of Business People The Chamber of Control and Accounts of Kemerovo region Administrative division As of 01.01.2016: Total amount of municipalunits – 210, including: urban okrugs – 16, municipal districts (raions) – 18, urban settlements – 22, rural settlements – 154. 5 Administrative center – Kemerovo city (population: 553,100 people) Population As of 01.01.2016, the region had a population of 2,717,600 people (accounting for 14.2% of the Siberian Federal Okrug and 1.9% of the Russian Federation) Total population ratio: Urban population – 85.8%, Rural population – 14.2% Men – 45.9%, Women – 54.1% Territory and natural conditions Territory The Kemerovo Region is locatedin the southeast of Western Siberia. The total area – 95,700 sq. km, which accounts for 4% of Western Siberia and 0.56% of the Russian Federation. The region has only land boundaries. It borders the Tomsk Region in the north, Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Republic of Khakassia in the east, the Republic of Altai and Altai Krai in the south (the boundaries run alongside the main ranges of Gornaya (Mountainous) Shoria and Salair Ridge), the Novosibirsk Region in the west. The most important feature of the geographical position of the Kemerovo region is that it is located in proximity to the center of Eurasia at the junction of Western and Eastern Siberia and in the distance from seas and oceans. Natural conditions (Relief peculiarities) The Kemerovo region is situated in the southeast of Western Siberia; southeast of West Siberian Plain constitutes the northern part of the region, Kuznetsk Alatau - the western and northwestern part, Salair Ridge and ranges of Gorrnaya(Mountainous) Shoria – the southwestern part and Kuznetsk Depression – the central part of the Kemerovo region. Kuznetsk Alatau – the biggest mountain system of the region. The total length exceeds 500 km. The highest point – Amzas-Taskyl (Big Tooth) – 2,178 6 meters above sea level. The main ridge and few spurs are covered with eternal snowfields on the northern slopes, with surviving mountain tundra and alpine flora. There are vast territories covered with preserved dark coniferous and leaf forests. Salair Ridge is an ancient chain of mountains. It stretches from the South to the North for about 300 meterswith breadth of about 15-40 km. The ridge is smooth; its average altitude reaches 400 meters above sea level. Gorrnaya (Mountainous) Shoria is also called Siberian Switzerland for its ski resorts, alpine meadows and incredibly fresh air.