Lets all have a blast at the Tomsk Oblast :) KRESS is doing his...

Lets all have a blast at the Tomsk Oblast :) KRESS is doing his best.

The Tomsk Innovative forum receives the highest estimations
10/15/08

Addressed to the governor of Tomsk oblast Victor Kress the governmental telegram was acted received by the vice-president of Council of Federation of Federal Assembly of Russia Dmitry Mezentsev.

It says: «I intimately congratulate you on successful end of work of XI Innovative forum with the international participation. The authority and the importance of the forum have left far beyond Tomsk oblast. The forum has shown that in Tomsk oblast there are real conditions and necessary components for innovative development of economy.

I thank you for an opportunity to take part and act at the forum. I am ready to support the plans of social and economic development of Tomsk oblast».

Victor Kress has come in TOP-10 rating of investment appeal of governors of Russia
10/16/08

Dynamics of investments into a fixed capital in Tomsk oblast has positively affected the investment rating of the governor Victor Kress.

By results of research of the magazine "Finance" Victor Kress has got the 10 th place in a rating of investment appeal of chapters of subjects of federation, having outstripped, in particular, the mayor of Moscow Jury Luzhkov and the chapter of Novosibirsk oblast Victor Tolokonsky.

Successes and achievements of 66 governors who have entered a post not later than on the 1 st of January 2007 have been analysed in this rating. The three of leaders are: Valentine Matvienko (Saint Petersburg), Oleg Korolev (Lipetsk oblast), Alexander Hloponin (Krasnoyarsk region).

The governor of Tomsk oblast Victor Kress in comparison with 2007 has moved on 16 items - from the 26 th place to the 10 th, having added more than 200 points.

At drawing up of a rating a number of parameters was taken into account. As the basic criteria were estimated: a business image of the governor, volume and dynamics of investments in region for 2007 and January-June of 2008, volumes of housing construction, presence on the territory of the subject of Federation of a special economic zone.

Overview
Status: Constituent entity of the Russian Federation, part of the Siberian Federal District.

Foundation date: 1944.

Governor of Tomsk Oblast: Mr. Victor M. Kress (since 1991).

Chairman of Tomsk Oblast State Duma: Mr. Boris A. Maltsev (since 1994).

Oblast centre: the city of Tomsk (founded in 1604); (56º30' n.l. and 84º58' e.l., distance to Moscow by railroad is 3500 km).

Acting Head of Tomsk City Administration (mayor): Mr. Nickolay A. Nickolaychuk.

Chairman of Tomsk Duma: Mr. Alexander N. Chuprin.

Administrative and territory division: Tomsk Oblast consists of 4 city districts (Tomsk, Strezhevoy, Kedroviy, Seversk), 16 municipal districts, including 3 towns and 117 rural settlements, 576 country locations.

Geography and Nature
Geographical position: Siberia, South-Eastern part of Siberian plain.

Neighbouring territories: Krasnoyarsk territory, Kemerovo, Omsk, Novosibirsk and Tyumen oblasts.

Total area: 316.9 thousand square km.


Climate: Average temperature (on 1.01.2006): July +19,4 ºС., January – -15,9 ºС.

The highest point is 274 m above the sea level.

The lowest point is 34 m above the sea level.

The swamps total area: 91.573 thousand square km (28.9 per cent of the whole area), Thw Vasyugan Swamp covers 53 thousand square km (the largest swamp in the world).

Natural resources: oil, gas, timber, peat, kaolin, hard melting clay, glass-making sands, ilmenite-zirconium sands, iron ore, bauxite, brown coal, zinc; there are also indications for deposits of gold, platinum, titanium and zirconium.

Population
Total population for 01.01.2008 : 1.0332 million people, 66 per cent are urban. There are more than 80 nationalities. Also, small minorities (fewer than 100 people), such as chulymtzi and keti live on the territory of Tomsk Oblast.

Population density: 3 people per sq. km.

Economic potential
Gross Regional Product (GRP) in 2007: 219,139 bln rubles.

Export in 2007: 918 079,2 thousand US dollars.

Import in 2007: 128 753,0 thousand US dollars.

Transport
Internal transportation is provided basically by river vessels and automobiles.

The length of the local shipping ways along the river Ob and its feeders is about 5 thousand km.

The length of public highways with paved surface (6 405 km) is 20.2 km of the area per 1000 sq. km; 2 district centers (Alexandrovskoe, Beliy Yar) and 2 towns (Strezevoy and Kedroviy) are not have the road connection with the Oblast centre.

The Oblast has 345 km of railways; the main railway is Beliy Jar – Tomsk – Taiga.

Cargo shipment and public transportation (including delivering of newspapers and magazines) are provided to many settlements only by air.

In November and March winter roads are used in order to supply the North of the oblast with cargo.

Time zone: Moscow +3 h., Berlin +5 h., GMT +6 h.

Telephone code: +7-382-2-**-**-**.

Mobile connection: MTS, Beeline, Megaphone.

Voltage: 220 V, 50 Hz.

Tables and graphs

Main Indicators of the Development of the Tomsk Oblast
Information on investments to the Tomsk Oblast from abroad by types of economic activity (for 2007)
Growth of the Gross Regional Product of the Tomsk Oblast in comparison with 2005, %
Links

Official website of Tomsk Oblast Administration
Official Site of the State Duma of the Tomsk Oblast
Strategy of the Tomsk Oblast