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Annual average rate of 2007:
1 USD ($ USD) = 29.39 rub.
1 EUR (€) = 41,42 rub.
Currencies exchange rates (as of 11.06.2010): 1 USD ($ USD) = 31.5742 rub.
1 EUR (€) = 38.0217 rub.
15.01.2010
Inflation 0.7% Изм. 0%
Gold and currency reserves 441.4 bln. USD
Oil Brent (ICE) 71.62 USD/ barrel
GDP II квартал 2009 год 9 326,4 bln. Rub.
Exports 24,5 Изм 1,8 bln. USD
Imports 15.5 Изм. 1.6 bln. USD
Fixed asset investments 01.07.09г. 621,7 Изм. -49.4 bln. Rub.
Consumer price index (as of 01.8 / 31.08.2009) 100 Изм. 0%
- for food commodities 99.1 Изм. - 1.5%
- for non-food products 100.6 Изм. - 0.2%
- for paid services rendered to the population 100.4 Изм. - 0.4%
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Arkhangelsk Region
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Area, km2:
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589 900
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Time zone:
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GMT+3
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Administrative center (city):
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Arkhangelsk
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Population (inhabitants):
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1 276,03
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Share of urban population (%):
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73,3
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Gross regional product, 2005 (million rubles):
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206 406.1
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Gross regional product per capita, 2005 (rubles):
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160 530.0
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Fixed capital investment, 2006 (million rubles) :
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83873
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Foreign direct investment, 2006 (thousands USD):
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148600
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It includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya islands, and also Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Cape Fligely (the northermost point of Russia, Europe and Eurasia) and Cape Zhelaniya (the easternmost point of Europe) administratively belong to Arkhangelsk Oblast.
Including Nenetsia, Arkhangelsk Oblast has the area of 587,400 km². Population (including Nenetsia): 1,336,539 (2002 Census); 1,570,256 (1989 Census).
Arkhangelsk, with a population of 356,051 (2002 Census), is the administrative center of the oblast. Historically, the chief centers were Kholmogory, Kargopol, and Solvychegodsk. One can find medieval wooden chapels and the Antoniev Siysky Monastery lost in impassable woods. The Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea are a World Heritage Site. Severodvinsk is a primary shipyard for the Russian Navy. Plesetsk Cosmodrome is one of three spaceports in Russia (the other two are Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan Oblast and Svobodny in Amur Oblast).
Arkhangelsk Oblast, which includes Nenets Autonomous Okrug, borders Kirov Oblast, Vologda Oblast, the Republic of Karelia, the Komi Republic, and the White Sea.
According to the 2002 Census, ethnic Russians, at 1,258,938, made up 94% of the population. Other prominent ethnic groups in the region include Ukrainians at 27,841 (2%), Belorussians at 10,412 (.8%), and Nenets at 8,326 (.6%). The rest of the respondents identified with 114 ethnic groups, with each group making up less than .5% of the population. A small number of respondents (2,212) chose not to state their ethnicity.
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