Appendix
Table 1. Metric Conversion Coefficients and Factors
When you know |
Multiply by |
To find |
Millimeters |
0.04 |
inches |
Centimeters |
0.39 |
inches |
Meters |
3.3 |
feet |
Kilometers |
0.62 |
miles |
Hectares (10,000
2
) |
2.47 |
acres |
Square kilometers |
0.39 |
square miles |
Cubic meters |
35.3 |
cubic feet |
Liters |
0.26 |
gallons |
Kilograms |
2.2 |
pounds |
Metric tons |
0.98 |
long tons |
|
1.1 |
short tons |
|
2,204 |
pounds |
Degrees Celsius (Centigrade) |
1.8
and add 32 |
degrees Fahrenheit |
Table 2. Rulers of Muscovy and the Russian Empire, 1462-1917
Period |
Ruler |
Rurik Dynasty |
|
1462-1505 |
Ivan III (the Great) |
1505-33 |
Vasiliy III |
1533-84 |
Ivan IV (the Terrible) |
1584-98 |
Fedor I |
Time of Troubles |
|
1598-1605 |
Boris Godunov |
1605 |
Fedor II |
1605-06 |
First False Dmitriy |
1606-10 |
Vasiliy Shuyskiy |
1610-13 |
Second False Dmitriy |
Romanov Dynasty |
|
1613-45 |
Mikhail Romanov |
1645-76 |
Aleksey |
1676-82 |
Fedor III |
1682-89 |
Sofia (regent) |
1682-96 |
Ivan V (co-tsar) |
1682-1725 |
Peter I (the Great) |
1725-27 |
Catherine I |
1727-30 |
Peter II |
1730-40 |
Anna |
1740-41 |
Ivan VI |
1741-62 |
Elizabeth |
1762 |
Peter III |
1762-96 |
Catherine II (the Great) |
1796-1801 |
Paul I |
1801-25 |
Alexander I |
1825-55 |
Nicholas I |
1855-81 |
Alexander II |
1881-94 |
Alexander III |
1894-1917 |
Nicholas II |
Source: Based on information from Marc Raeff, "History of Russia/Union of Soviet Socialist Republics," Academic American Encyclopedia, 16, Danbury, Connecticut, 1986, 358.
Table 3. Populated Places in European Russia Irradiated by Chernobyl' and Other Industrial Accidents
Jurisdiction |
Populated Places by Degree of Irradiation |
Total |
|
0-1 |
1-5 |
5-15 |
|
Belgorod Oblast |
318 |
232 |
0 |
550 |
Bryansk Oblast |
1,183 |
479 |
264 |
1,926 |
Kaluga Oblast |
262 |
281 |
69 |
612 |
Kursk Oblast |
915 |
201 |
0 |
1,116 |
Leningrad Oblast |
68 |
87 |
0 |
155 |
Lipetsk Oblast |
123 |
92 |
0 |
215 |
Moscow Oblast |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Nizhniy Novgorod Oblast |
137 |
0 |
0 |
137 |
Orel Oblast |
683 |
876 |
15 |
1,574 |
Penza Oblast |
57 |
23 |
0 |
80 |
Republic of Bashkortostan |
16 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Republic of Chuvashia |
34 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
Republic of Mari El |
25 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
Republic of Mordovia |
290 |
48 |
0 |
338 |
Rostov Oblast |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Ryazan' Oblast |
246 |
293 |
0 |
539 |
Smolensk Oblast |
89 |
0 |
0 |
89 |
Tambov Oblast |
116 |
7 |
0 |
123 |
Tula Oblast |
1,072 |
1,150 |
144 |
2,366 |
Ul'yanovsk Oblast |
101 |
8 |
0 |
109 |
Volgograd Oblast |
2 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
Voronezh Oblast |
758 |
214 |
0 |
972 |
TOTAL |
6,506 |
3,994 |
492 |
10,992 |
Source: Based on information from Russia, Committee on Land Resources and Utilization, Zemlya Rossii 1995: Problemy, tsifry, kommentarii, Moscow, 1996, 35-36.
Table 4. Area, Population, and Capitals of the Soviet Republics, 1989 Census
Republic |
Area of Republic
(in square kilometers) |
Population of Republic1 |
Capital |
Population of Capital |
Russia |
17,075,400 |
145,311,000 |
Moscow |
8,815,000 |
Kazakstan |
2,717,300 |
16,244,000 |
Alma-Ata |
1,108,000 |
Ukraine |
603,700 |
51,201,000 |
Kiev |
2,544,000 |
Turkmenistan |
488,100 |
3,361,000 |
Ashkhabad |
382,000 |
Uzbekistan |
447,400 |
19,026,000 |
Tashkent |
2,124,000 |
Belorussia |
207,600 |
10,078,000 |
Minsk |
1,543,000 |
Kyrgyzstan |
198,500 |
4,143,000 |
Frunze |
632,000 |
Tajikistan |
143,100 |
4,807,000 |
Dushanbe |
582,000 |
Azerbaijan |
86,600 |
6,811,000 |
Baku |
1,115,000 |
Georgia |
69,700 |
5,266,000 |
Tbilisi |
1,194,000 |
Lithuania |
65,200 |
3,641,000 |
Vilnius |
566,000 |
Latvia |
64,500 |
2,647,000 |
Riga |
900,000 |
Estonia |
45,100 |
1,556,000 |
Tallin |
478,000 |
Moldavia |
33,700 |
4,185,000 |
Kishinev |
663,000 |
Armenia |
29,800 |
3,412,000 |
Yerevan |
1,168,000 |
TOTAL |
22,403,000 |
286,717,000 |
|
24,008,000 |
Source: Based on information from Izvestiya [Moscow], April 29, 1989, 1-2.
Table 5. Largest Nature Reserves and National Parks, 1992
Name and Location |
Year Established |
Area |
Number of Protected Species |
Animals |
Birds |
Plants |
Putoran Reserve, Krasnoyarsk Territory |
1988 |
1,887 |
38 |
142 |
650 |
Ust'-Lena Reserve, Republic of Sakha |
1986 |
1,433 |
32 |
99 |
523 |
Taymyr Reserve, Krasnoyarsk Territory |
1979 |
1,349 |
16 |
85 |
714 |
Tunka Park, Republic of Buryatia |
1991 |
1,184 |
47 |
200 |
100 |
Kronotskiy Reserve, Kamchatka Oblast |
1967 |
1,142 |
42 |
217 |
810 |
Central Siberian Reserve, Krasnoyarsk Territory |
1931 |
972 |
45 |
241 |
545 |
Magadan Reserve, Magaden Oblast |
1982 |
884 |
46 |
135 |
300 |
Altay Reserve, Republic of Gorno-Altay |
1932 |
881 |
67 |
320 |
1,454 |
Dzhugdzhur Reserve, Khabarovsk Territory |
1990 |
860 |
29 |
69 |
480 |
Olekminsk Reserve, Republic of Sakha |
1984 |
847 |
40 |
180 |
450 |
Wrangel Island Reserve, Magadan Oblast |
1976 |
796 |
15 |
151 |
438 |
Pechero-Il'ich Reserve, Republic of Komi |
1930 |
722 |
46 |
215 |
702 |
Baikal-Lena Reserve, Irkutsk Oblast |
1986 |
660 |
48 |
171 |
679 |
Verkhnetazov Reserve, Tyumen' Oblast |
1986 |
631 |
25 |
55 |
291 |
Yugan Reserve, Tyumen' Oblast |
1982 |
623 |
24 |
180 |
739 |
Source: Based on information from Novaya Rossiya `94: Informatsionno-statisticheskiy al'manakh, Moscow, 1994, 95-96.
Table 6. Per Capita Annual Consumption of Selected Foods, 1991-94 (in kilograms unless otherwise specified)
Food |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
Meat and meat products |
63 |
55 |
54 |
53 |
Milk and milk products |
347 |
281 |
294 |
278 |
Eggs (units) |
288 |
263 |
250 |
234 |
Fish and fish products |
16 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
Sugar and confections |
38 |
30 |
31 |
31 |
Vegetables |
86 |
77 |
71 |
65 |
Fruits |
35 |
32 |
29 |
n.a. |
Potatoes |
112 |
118 |
127 |
122 |
Source: Based on information from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Economic Surveys: The Russian Federation 1995, Paris, 1995, 124.
Table 7. Population by Age and Sex, 1992
Age-Group |
Males |
Females |
Total |
0-1 |
861,576 |
818,432 |
1,680,008 |
1-4 |
4,351,791 |
4,159,567 |
8,511,358 |
5-9 |
6,168,816 |
5,957,872 |
12,126,688 |
10-14 |
5,578,416 |
5,418,283 |
10,996,699 |
15-19 |
5,274,609 |
5,142,603 |
10,417,212 |
20-24 |
4,960,535 |
4,648,853 |
9,609,388 |
25-29 |
5,274,783 |
5,146,580 |
10,421,363 |
30-34 |
6,498,819 |
6,414,389 |
12,913,208 |
35-39 |
6,172,658 |
6,217,575 |
12,390,233 |
40-44 |
5,403,038 |
5,563,779 |
10,966,817 |
45-49 |
2,839,814 |
3,041,791 |
5,881,605 |
50-54 |
4,518,016 |
5,270,041 |
9,788,057 |
55-59 |
3,576,791 |
4,410,415 |
7,987,206 |
60-64 |
3,580,852 |
4,957,475 |
8,538,327 |
65-69 |
2,194,867 |
4,362,140 |
6,557,007 |
70-74 |
966,641 |
2,476,577 |
3,443,218 |
75-79 |
727,427 |
2,254,410 |
2,981,837 |
80-84 |
432,457 |
1,602,017 |
2,034,474 |
85 and over |
180,568 |
884,901 |
1,065,469 |
TOTAL |
69,562,474 |
78,747,700 |
148,310,174 |
Source: Based on information from United Nations, Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Demographic Yearbook, 1993, New York, 1995, 214-15.
Table 8. Major Ethnic Groups, Selected Years, 1959-89 (in thousands of people)
Ethnic Group |
1959 |
1970 |
1979 |
1989 |
Russians |
97,863 |
107,748 |
113,522 |
119,866 |
Tatars |
4,075 |
4,758 |
5,011 |
5,522 |
Ukrainians |
3,359 |
3,346 |
3,658 |
4,368 |
Chuvash |
1,436 |
1,637 |
1,690 |
1,774 |
Dagestanis |
797 |
1,152 |
1,402 |
1,749 |
Bashkirs |
954 |
1,181 |
1,291 |
1,345 |
Belorussians |
844 |
964 |
1,052 |
1,206 |
Mordovians |
1,211 |
1,177 |
1,111 |
1,074 |
Chechens |
261 |
572 |
712 |
899 |
Germans |
820 |
762 |
791 |
842 |
Udmurts |
616 |
678 |
686 |
715 |
Mari |
498 |
581 |
600 |
644 |
Kazaks |
383 |
478 |
518 |
636 |
Jews |
875 |
808 |
701 |
537 |
Armenians |
256 |
299 |
365 |
532 |
Buryats |
252 |
313 |
350 |
417 |
Ossetians |
248 |
313 |
352 |
402 |
Kabardins |
201 |
277 |
319 |
386 |
Yakuts |
233 |
295 |
327 |
380 |
Komi |
283 |
315 |
320 |
336 |
Azerbaijanis |
71 |
96 |
152 |
336 |
Ingush |
56 |
137 |
166 |
215 |
Tuvinians |
100 |
139 |
165 |
206 |
Moldavians |
62 |
88 |
102 |
173 |
Kalmyks |
101 |
131 |
140 |
166 |
Roma |
72 |
98 |
121 |
153 |
Karachay |
71 |
107 |
126 |
150 |
Georgians |
58 |
69 |
89 |
131 |
Karelians |
164 |
141 |
133 |
125 |
Adyghs |
79 |
98 |
107 |
123 |
Khakass |
56 |
65 |
69 |
79 |
Balkars |
35 |
53 |
59 |
69 |
Altays |
45 |
55 |
59 |
69 |
Cherkess |
29 |
38 |
45 |
51 |
Source: Based on information from Novaya Rossiya `94: Informatsionno-statisticheskiy al'manakh, Moscow, 1994, 110.
Table 9. Ethnic Composition of Autonomous Republics, 1989 (in percentages)
Republic |
Russians |
Titular Nationality |
|
Other Major Group |
|
Adygea |
68 |
Adyghs |
22 |
Ukrainians |
3 |
Bashkortostan |
39 |
Bashkirs |
22 |
Tatars |
28 |
Buryatia |
70 |
Buryats |
24 |
-- |
|
Chechnya and Ingushetia |
23 |
Chechens |
53 |
-- |
|
|
|
Ingush |
13 |
-- |
|
Chuvashia |
27 |
Chuvash |
68 |
Tatars |
3 |
Dagestan |
9 |
Dagestanis |
80 |
Azerbaijanis |
4 |
Gorno-Altay (Altay) |
60 |
Altays |
31 |
-- |
|
Kabardino-Balkaria |
32 |
Kabardins |
48 |
-- |
|
|
|
Balkars |
9 |
-- |
|
Kalmykia |
38 |
Kalmyks |
45 |
Dagestanis |
6 |
Karachayevo-Cherkessia |
42 |
Karachay |
31 |
-- |
|
|
|
Cherkess |
10 |
-- |
|
Karelia |
74 |
Karelians |
10 |
Belorussians |
7 |
Khakassia |
80 |
Khakass |
11 |
-- |
|
Komi |
58 |
Komi |
23 |
-- |
|
Mari El |
48 |
Mari |
45 |
Tatars |
6 |
Mordovia |
61 |
Mordovians |
33 |
Tatars |
5 |
North Ossetia (Alania) |
30 |
Ossetians |
53 |
Ingush |
5 |
Sakha (Yakutia) |
50 |
Yakuts |
33 |
Ukrainians |
7 |
Tatarstan |
43 |
Tatars |
49 |
Chuvash |
4 |
Tyva (Tuva) |
32 |
Tuvinians |
64 |
-- |
|
Udmurtia |
59 |
Udmurts |
31 |
Tatars |
7 |
Table 10. Ethnically Designated Jurisdictions, 1996
Jurisdiction |
Area |
Capital |
Population |
Republics |
|
|
|
Adygea |
7,600 |
Maykop |
450,400 |
Bashkortostan |
143,600 |
Ufa |
4,000,000 |
Buryatia |
351,300 |
Ulan-Ude |
1,050,000 |
Chechnya (Chechnya- Ichkeria) |
19,300 |
Groznyy |
n.a. |
Chuvashia |
18,000 |
Cheboksary |
1,361,000 |
Dagestan |
50,300 |
Makhachkala |
2,067,000 |
Gorno-Altay |
92,600 |
Gorno-Altaysk |
200,000 |
Ingushetia |
19,300 |
Nazran |
254,100 |
Kabardino-Balkaria |
12,500 |
Nalchik |
800,000 |
Kalmykia |
75,900 |
Elista |
350,000 |
Karachayevo-Cherkessia |
14,100 |
Cherkessk |
422,000 |
Karelia |
172,400 |
Petrozavodsk |
800,000 |
Khakassia |
61,900 |
Abakan |
600,000 |
Komi |
415,900 |
Syktyvkar |
1,227,900 |
Mari El |
23,300 |
Yoshkar Ola |
754,000 |
Mordovia |
26,200 |
Saransk |
964,000 |
North Ossetia |
8,000 |
Vladikavkaz |
660,000 |
Sakha |
3,100,000 |
Yakutsk |
1,077,000 |
Tatarstan |
68,000 |
Kazan' |
3,800,000 |
Tyva |
170,500 |
Kyzyl |
314,000 |
Udmurtia |
42,100 |
Izhevsk |
1,500,000 |
Autonomous oblast |
|
|
|
Birobidzhan (Yevreyskaya autonomnaya oblast') |
36,000 |
Birobidzhan |
218,000 |
Autonomous regions (okruga
) |
|
|
|
Aga Buryat |
19,000 |
Aga |
77,000 |
Chukchi |
737,700 |
Anadyr |
156,000 |
Evenk |
767,600 |
Tura |
25,000 |
Khanty-Mansi |
523,100 |
Khanty-Mansiysk |
1,301,000 |
Koryak |
301,500 |
Palana |
39,000 |
Nenets |
176,700 |
Naryan-Mar |
55,000 |
Permyak |
32,900 |
Kudymkar |
160,000 |
Taymyr (Dolgan-Nenets) |
862,100 |
Dudinka |
55,000 |
Ust'-Orda Buryat |
22,400 |
Ust'-Ordynskiy |
137,000 |
Yamalo-Nenets |
750,300 |
Salekhard |
495,000 |
Source: Based on information from Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1997, London, 1996, 666-76, 691-94.
Table 11. Indicators of Living Standards, 1991-94
Indicator |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
Life expectancy, males (in years) |
63.5 |
62.0 |
58.9 |
57.3 |
Life expectancy, females (in years) |
74.3 |
73.8 |
71.9 |
71.1 |
Daily caloric intake |
2,527 |
2,438 |
2,552 |
2,427 |
Percentage of consumer expenditure on food |
38.4 |
47.1 |
46.3 |
46.8 |
Automobiles per 1,000 persons |
63.5 |
68.5 |
75.7 |
84.4 |
Telephones per 1,000 persons |
164.0 |
167.0 |
172.0 |
176.0 |
Source: Based on information from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Economic Surveys: The Russian Federation 1995, Paris, 1995, 123.
Table 12. Students in Primary and Secondary Schools, Selected Years, 1986-93 (in millions of students)
|
1986 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
Grades 1 to 4 |
|
|
|
|
Urban |
4.6 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
Rural |
2.0 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
Total grades 1 to 4 |
6.6 |
7.6 |
7.7 |
7.8 |
Grades 5 to 9 |
|
|
|
|
Urban |
7.0 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
Rural |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
Total grades 5 to 9 |
9.8 |
10.3 |
10.3 |
10.4 |
Grades 10 to 11 (or 12) |
|
|
|
|
Urban |
1.2 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
Rural |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
Total grades 10 to 11 (or 12) |
1.9 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
Schools for the mentally or physically handicapped |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
TOTAL |
18.6 |
20.3 |
20.4 |
20.5 |
Source: Based on information from Novaya Rossiya `94: Informatsionno-statisticheskiy al'manakh, Moscow, 1994, 557.
Table 13. Education Statistics for the Autonomous Republics, 1994
Republic |
Number of General Schools |
Number of General School Students |
Vocational Schools |
Higher Schools |
Adygea |
169 |
63,500 |
10 |
1 |
Bashkortostan |
3,264 |
606,300 |
157 |
9 |
Buryatia |
602 |
190,600 |
44 |
4 |
Chechnya and Ingushetia |
554 |
250,700 |
22 |
3 |
Chuvashia |
715 |
210,100 |
35 |
3 |
Dagestan |
1,589 |
395,000 |
29 |
5 |
Gorno-Altay |
135 |
36,700 |
4 |
1 |
Kabardino-Balkaria |
249 |
131,300 |
19 |
3 |
Kalmykia |
250 |
56,300 |
12 |
1 |
Karachayevo-Cherkessia |
186 |
71,600 |
8 |
2 |
Karelia |
336 |
116,400 |
21 |
3 |
Khakassia |
281 |
93,900 |
12 |
1 |
Komi |
591 |
196,200 |
12 |
1 |
Mari El |
435 |
120,500 |
34 |
3 |
Mordovia |
823 |
132,800 |
42 |
2 |
North Ossetia |
210 |
105,900 |
17 |
4 |
Sakha |
711 |
197,900 |
33 |
2 |
Tatarstan |
2,422 |
525,100 |
118 |
15 |
Tyva |
163 |
61,200 |
11 |
1 |
Udmurtia |
882 |
252,700 |
45 |
5 |
Source: Based on information from Russian Business Agency et al., Russia 1994-95: Business, Social, Economic Analytic Profile, 2 and 3, Moscow, 1994.
Table 14. Incidence of Selected Diseases, 1990-94 (rate per 1,000 persons)
Disease |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
Infectious diseases |
34.9 |
33.4 |
34.9 |
38.6 |
44.2 |
Cancer |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
6.1 |
6.5 |
Endocrinological diseases |
3.6 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
5.2 |
Blood diseases |
1.3 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
Diseases of the nervous system |
45.8 |
47.6 |
50.6 |
54.3 |
56.5 |
Circulatory diseases |
11.2 |
11.0 |
11.5 |
11.8 |
12.9 |
Respiratory diseases |
336.2 |
351.9 |
289.7 |
309.2 |
283.2 |
Diseases of the digestive organs |
27.2 |
28.6 |
31.2 |
32.3 |
33.2 |
Diseases of the urinary tract |
19.6 |
20.1 |
22.3 |
24.1 |
26.9 |
Skin diseases |
35.0 |
35.0 |
35.7 |
39.9 |
45.6 |
Bone and muscle diseases |
24.8 |
25.5 |
25.6 |
25.9 |
26.9 |
Source: Based on information from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Economic Surveys: The Russian Federation 1995, Paris, 1995, 129.
Table 15. Land Utilization, 1993 and 1994 (in millions of hectares)
|
1993 |
1994 |
Agricultural (enterprise and individual ownership) |
656.6 |
667.7 |
Under municipal or village jurisdiction |
38.0 |
38.6 |
Designated for industry, transportation, or other nonagricultural purpose |
17.8 |
17.6 |
Protected lands |
26.7 |
27.3 |
Owned by timber companies |
843.3 |
838.6 |
Water resources |
19.0 |
19.4 |
Lands held in reserve |
108.3 |
100.6 |
TOTAL |
1,709.7 |
1,709.8 |
Source: Based on information from Russia, Committee on Land Resources and Utilization, Zemlya Rossii: Problemy, tsifry, kommentarii, 1995, Moscow, 1996, 5.
Table 16. Revenue Sources of Subnational Jurisdictions, 1992, 1993, and 1994 (in millions of United States dollars)
Source |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
Transfers from national and other government levels |
1,419 |
4,686 |
7,345 |
Percentage of total transfers |
(86.0) |
(99.0) |
(98.0) |
Profit taxes |
4,150 |
12,110 |
10,560 |
Percentage of total profit taxes |
(58.5) |
(67.4) |
(64.9) |
Value-added taxes (VAT) |
2,290 |
4,309 |
5,023 |
Percentage of total VAT |
(24.9) |
(35.7) |
(35.0) |
Excise taxes |
500 |
941 |
990 |
Percentage of total excise taxes |
(52.5) |
(49.4) |
(40.0) |
Sales taxes |
21 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Percentage of total sales taxes |
(100.0) |
(n.a.) |
(n.a.) |
Personal income taxes |
1,943 |
4,700 |
5,799 |
Percentage of total personal income taxes |
(100.0) |
(100.0) |
(99.3) |
Property taxes |
247 |
585 |
1,611 |
Percentage of total property taxes |
(100.0) |
(100.0) |
(100.0) |
Foreign economic activity |
36 |
97 |
58 |
Percentage of total foreign economic activity |
(2.1) |
(4.5) |
(0.8) |
Natural resource use payments |
496 |
639 |
681 |
Percentage of total natural resource use payments |
(100.0) |
(70.6) |
(84.3) |
Land taxes |
243 |
293 |
517 |
Percentage of total land taxes |
(76.1) |
(86.8) |
(93.3) |
Government duties |
n.a. |
109 |
60 |
Percentage of total government duties |
(n.a.) |
(71.5) |
(61.7) |
Privatization revenues |
196 |
271 |
n.a. |
Percentage of total privatization revenues |
(69.7) |
(79.2) |
(84.5) |
Other tax and nontax revenue |
392 |
187 |
n.a. |
Percentage of total other revenue |
(n.a.) |
(n.a.) |
(n.a.) |
TOTAL |
11,887 |
30,722 |
36,619 |
Source: Based on information from World Bank, Russian Federation: Toward Medium-Term Viability, Washington, 1996, 44.
Table 17. Labor Force Employment Indicators, 1995 and 1996 (in percentage of workforce unless otherwise indicated)
Date |
Unemployment |
Underemployment |
Vacancies |
|
|
Short-Time |
On administrative leave |
(in thousands) |
1995 |
|
|
|
|
January |
7.3 |
2.8 |
1.6 |
311 |
February |
7.4 |
2.9 |
1.5 |
316 |
March |
7.5 |
3.1 |
1.7 |
329 |
April |
7.7 |
2.8 |
1.4 |
368 |
May |
7.7 |
2.6 |
1.6 |
405 |
June |
7.7 |
2.7 |
1.3 |
445 |
July |
7.8 |
2.5 |
1.3 |
454 |
August |
7.8 |
2.5 |
1.3 |
460 |
September |
7.9 |
2.6 |
1.3 |
446 |
October |
8.1 |
2.5 |
1.3 |
404 |
November |
8.1 |
2.7 |
1.1 |
352 |
December |
8.2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
309 |
1996 |
|
|
|
|
January |
8.3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
294 |
February |
8.4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
287 |
March |
8.5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
286 |
Source: Based on information from Economist Intelligence Unit, Country Report: Russia, 2d Quarter 1996, London, 1996, 27.
Table 18. Production Trends in Selected Branches of Heavy Industry, 1992-96 (January 1990=100)
Date |
All Industry |
Ferrous Metallurgy |
Chemical and Petrochemical |
Machine Building and Metalworking |
1992 |
|
|
|
|
January |
81 |
73 |
80 |
81 |
July |
70 |
65 |
69 |
75 |
1993 |
|
|
|
|
January |
70 |
66 |
67 |
79 |
July |
62 |
58 |
58 |
66 |
1994 |
|
|
|
|
January |
51 |
47 |
40 |
37 |
July |
50 |
52 |
41 |
37 |
1995 |
|
|
|
|
January |
50 |
54 |
49 |
37 |
July |
50 |
55 |
48 |
34 |
1996 |
|
|
|
|
January |
46 |
53 |
44 |
31 |
April |
45 |
54 |
43 |
32 |
Source: Based on information from Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report: Central Eurasia Economic Review, September 3, 1996, 50.
Table 19. Modes of Public Transportation, Selected Years, 1985-92 (in millions of passengers)
Mode |
1985 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
International |
|
|
|
|
Bus |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
Air |
3.4 |
4.4 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
Boat |
n.a. |
n.a. |
0.1 |
0.2 |
Intercity |
|
|
|
|
Bus |
702 |
705 |
790 |
520 |
Railroad |
236 |
261 |
274 |
245 |
Air |
69.9 |
86.4 |
82.4 |
59.1 |
Inland waterway |
20.8 |
20.6 |
17.1 |
7.9 |
Suburban |
|
|
|
|
Bus |
5,498 |
5,052 |
5,153 |
4,531 |
Railroad |
2,799 |
2,882 |
2,421 |
2,127 |
Inland waterway |
30.5 |
26.5 |
36.8 |
21.2 |
Municipal |
|
|
|
|
Bus |
19,818 |
22,869 |
21,359 |
19,739 |
Taxi |
680 |
557 |
526 |
266 |
Trolley |
5,314 |
6,020 |
8,005 |
8,619 |
Tramway |
5,997 |
6,000 |
7,619 |
8,071 |
Subway |
3,319 |
3,659 |
3,229 |
3,567 |
Source: Based on information from Novaya Rossiya `94: Informatsionno-statisticheskiy al'manakh, Moscow, 1994, 481.
Table 20. Modes of Transportation of Selected Products, Selected Years, 1985-92 (in millions of tons)
Product and Mode |
1985 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
Coal |
|
|
|
|
Railroad |
371.6 |
387.4 |
341.0 |
321.4 |
Inland waterway |
16.8 |
14.6 |
12.7 |
10.8 |
Truck |
22.0 |
23.3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sea |
9.8 |
16.2 |
11.7 |
10.4 |
Coke |
|
|
|
|
Railroad |
16.0 |
12.2 |
10.1 |
10.9 |
Truck |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
Petroleum products |
|
|
|
|
Railroad |
265.9 |
246.7 |
234.9 |
212.0 |
Inland waterway |
38.8 |
33.0 |
31.0 |
20.5 |
Truck |
27.4 |
28.3 |
n.a. |
n.a |
Sea |
51.3 |
53.4 |
33.9 |
38.3 |
Iron and manganese ore |
|
|
|
|
Railroad |
110.3 |
113.0 |
96.4 |
89.8 |
Inland waterway |
3.1 |
2.3 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
Truck |
1.4 |
4.5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sea |
3.7 |
4.1 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
Ferrous metals |
|
|
|
|
Railroad |
158.0 |
142.1 |
118.6 |
94.5 |
Inland waterway |
3.4 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
Truck |
n.a. |
30.8 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sea |
0 |
3.0 |
2.2 |
3.1 |
Chemical and mineral fertilizers |
|
|
|
|
Railroad |
79.6 |
76.4 |
69.1 |
51.7 |
Inland waterway |
4.4 |
5.0 |
4.2 |
3.6 |
Truck |
5.5 |
3.7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sea |
4.3 |
2.8 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
Timber |
|
|
|
|
Railroad |
137.5 |
131.7 |
116.3 |
97.2 |
Inland waterway |
67.5 |
49.7 |
37.5 |
27.5 |
Truck |
19.7 |
15.0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sea |
13.2 |
11.3 |
7.1 |
4.7 |
Grains |
|
|
|
|
Railroad |
79.3 |
81.5 |
69.9 |
63.2 |
Inland waterway |
5.6 |
5.9 |
5.3 |
6.3 |
Trucks |
59.6 |
60.5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Source: Based on information from Novaya Rossiya `94: Informatsionno-statisticheskiy al'manakh, Moscow, 1994, 479.
Table 21. Major Import Partners, 1992, 1993, and 1994 (in millions of United States dollars)
Country |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
Germany |
6,725 |
5,142 |
5,597 |
Ukraine |
n.a. |
n.a. |
4,473 |
Belarus |
n.a. |
n.a. |
2,088 |
United States |
2,885 |
2,304 |
2,053 |
Kazakstan |
n.a. |
n.a. |
2,016 |
Finland |
1,223 |
724 |
1,618 |
Netherlands |
368 |
431 |
1,603 |
Italy |
3,052 |
1,106 |
1,510 |
Japan |
1,680 |
1,367 |
1,004 |
Poland |
1,230 |
529 |
1,001 |
Source: Based on information from Economist Intelligence Unit, Country Report: Russia, 2d Quarter 1996, London, 1996, 35.
Table 22. Major Export Partners, 1992, 1993, and 1994 (in millions of United States dollars)
Country |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
Ukraine |
n.a. |
n.a. |
6,602 |
Germany |
5,873 |
5,074 |
5,296 |
Switzerland |
865 |
1,726 |
3,748 |
United States |
694 |
1,998 |
3,694 |
Britain |
2,287 |
3,353 |
3,640 |
Belarus |
n.a. |
n.a. |
3,112 |
China |
2,737 |
3,068 |
2,833 |
Italy |
2,951 |
2,629 |
2,729 |
Netherlands |
2,277 |
979 |
2,389 |
Kazakstan |
n.a. |
n.a. |
2,288 |
Japan |
1,569 |
2,005 |
2,165 |
Finland |
1,564 |
1,364 |
2,028 |
Source: Based on information from Economist Intelligence Unit, Country Report: Russia, 2d Quarter 1996, London, 1996, 35.
Table 23. Trade with the United States by Selected Products, 1995 and 1996 (in thousands of United States dollars)
Product |
1995 |
1996 |
Exports |
|
|
Unwrought aluminum |
782,865 |
588,247 |
Precious metals and related items |
425,348 |
533,856 |
Milled steel products |
462,252 |
461,297 |
Base metals and chemicals |
411,749 |
397,519 |
Uranium and plutonium |
277,010 |
228,484 |
Fertilizers |
208,080 |
169,609 |
Frozen fish |
58,869 |
90,755 |
Petroleum products |
52,129 |
81,686 |
Crude petroleum |
68,055 |
79,698 |
Shellfish |
73,015 |
77,166 |
Ferroalloys |
132,250 |
74,168 |
Inorganic chemicals |
70,282 |
62,897 |
Other |
1,097,975 |
682,437 |
Total exports |
4,019,879 |
3,527,819 |
Imports |
|
|
Poultry |
606,622 |
912,705 |
Cigarettes |
69,874 |
360,792 |
Construction and mining equipment |
191,755 |
174,395 |
Miscellaneous animals and meats |
103,902 |
140,429 |
Vehicles and vehicle chassis |
88,452 |
95,100 |
Commercial and pleasure vessels |
9,326 |
93,323 |
Automatic data processing machines |
113,947 |
92,847 |
Medical goods |
59,488 |
65,392 |
Telephone and telegraph equipment |
53,538 |
59,044 |
Scientific and industrial instruments |
37,537 |
50,579 |
Cereals |
63,289 |
46,211 |
Edible preparations |
33,471 |
44,456 |
Other |
1,322,536 |
1,125,329 |
Total imports |
2,753,737 |
3,260,602 |
Source: Based on official statistics of the United States Department of Commerce.
Table 24. Presidential Election Second-Round Results by Autonomous Republic, 1996
Republic |
Boris Yeltsin |
Gennadiy Zyuganov |
Against Both Candidates |
Absentee |
Voided |
Adygea |
76,146 |
133,665 |
7,575 |
12,595 |
118,457 |
Bashkortostan |
1,170,774 |
990,148 |
83,484 |
81,180 |
535,815 |
Buryatia |
192,933 |
210,791 |
16,036 |
26,454 |
26,448 |
Chechnya |
275,455 |
80,877 |
15,184 |
33,541 |
122,438 |
Chuvashia |
205,959 |
405,129 |
21,614 |
27,596 |
313,864 |
Dagestan |
471,231 |
401,069 |
7,423 |
26,446 |
249,200 |
Gorno-Altay |
40,026 |
48,057 |
3,527 |
5,805 |
35,166 |
Ingushetia |
75,768 |
14,738 |
3,136 |
1,973 |
19,681 |
Kabardino-Balkaria |
259,313 |
135,287 |
7,952 |
16,739 |
95,083 |
Kalmykia |
103,515 |
39,354 |
2,919 |
14,642 |
53,731 |
Karachayevo-Cherkessia |
109,747 |
101,379 |
5,286 |
12,510 |
73,749 |
Karelia |
251,205 |
100,104 |
25,025 |
17,669 |
96,990 |
Khakassia |
116,729 |
116,644 |
11,842 |
11,030 |
96,086 |
Komi |
308,250 |
134,224 |
31,577 |
15,955 |
301,146 |
Mari El |
154,301 |
199,872 |
19,628 |
26,479 |
171,064 |
Mordovia |
238,441 |
249,451 |
16,328 |
29,106 |
167,499 |
North Ossetia |
133,748 |
164,308 |
7,317 |
11,630 |
98,451 |
Sakha |
274,570 |
126,888 |
17,293 |
30,581 |
62,849 |
Tatarstan |
1,253,121 |
658,782 |
74,178 |
73,109 |
569,118 |
Tyva |
73,113 |
37,227 |
2,423 |
11,474 |
33,625 |
Udmurtia |
392,551 |
302,649 |
40,302 |
29,756 |
279,947 |
RUSSIA |
40,208,384 |
30,113,306 |
3,604,550 |
3,615,336 |
31,013,641 |
Source: Based on information from Rossiyskaya gazeta [Moscow], July 16, 1996, translated in Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report: Central Eurasia, July 31, 1996, 1-3.
Table 25. Funding of Government Functions by Jurisdiction, 1994
Function |
Federal |
Republic, Oblast, or Territory |
Rayon
|
Defense |
100 percent, except military housing |
-- |
Military housing |
Internal security |
100 percent |
-- |
-- |
Foreign economic relations |
100 percent |
-- |
-- |
Education |
All expenses of universities and research institutes |
All technical and vocational schools |
Wages and maintenance of primary and secondary schools |
Health |
Medical research institutes |
Tertiary, veterans', and specialized hospitals |
Secondary hospitals |
Public transportation |
-- |
Interjurisdictional highways, air, and railroad facilities (former federal) |
Some facilities such as subways |
Libraries |
Special libraries such as Lenin Library |
Special services |
Most services |
Housing |
A portion of construction |
A portion of construction |
A portion of construction; maintenance |
Price subsidies |
A portion of food and medicine |
-- |
Fuels, mass trans-portation, basic foods, and medicines |
Welfare payments |
A portion |
A portion |
Program management |
Environment |
National issues |
Regional functions such as forest preservation |
-- |
Source: Based on information from World Bank, Russian Federation: Toward Medium-Term Viability, Washington, 1996, 40-41.
Table 26. Political Parties and Groups Receiving Highest Vote Count in State Duma Elections, 1995
Full Name of Party or Group |
National Vote Count |
Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) |
15,432,963 |
Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) |
7,737,431 |
Our Home Is Russia All-Russian Political Movement (NDR) |
7,009,291 |
Yabloko Public Association |
4,767,384 |
Women of Russia Political Movement |
3,188,813 |
Communist Workers of Russia for the Soviet Union |
3,137,406 |
Congress of Russian Communities Public Political Movement (KRO) |
2,980,137 |
Party of Workers' Self-Government |
2,756,954 |
Russia's Democratic Choice-United Democrats (DVR-OD) |
2,674,084 |
Agrarian Party of Russia |
2,613,127 |
Derzhava (State Power) Social-Patriotic Movement |
1,781,233 |
Forward, Russia! Public Political Movement |
1,343,428 |
Power to the People! |
1,112,873 |
Republican Party of the Russian Federation (RPRF-Pamfilova- Gurov-Vladimir Lysenko) |
1,106,812 |
Trade Unions and Industrialists of Russia-Union of Labor |
1,076,072 |
Votes against all federal tickets |
1,918,151 |
Source: Based on information from Rossiyskaya gazeta [Moscow], January 24, 1996, translated in Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report: Central Eurasia: Russia, Results of December 1995 State Duma Elections, April 24, 1996
, 20-21.
Table 27. Major Periodicals, 1995-96
Newspaper |
Type |
Date Established |
Circulation |
Argumenty i fakty
|
Weekly, independent |
1992 |
3,200,000 |
Izvestiya
|
Daily, independent since 1991 |
1917 |
604,765 |
Kommersant Daily
|
Daily, focuses on business, youth |
1990 |
104,400 |
Komsomol'skaya pravd
a |
Daily, lacks former strong ideology |
1925 |
1,547,000 |
Krasnaya zvezda
|
Daily, conservative, mainly military |
1924 |
107,350 |
Literaturnaya gazeta
|
Weekly, liberal, cultural coverage |
1929 |
280,000 |
Megapolis ekspres
|
Weekly, international, neocon- servative |
1990 |
400,000 |
Moskovskiye novosti
|
Weekly, independent, antiestablishment |
1930 |
167,367 |
Moskovskaya pravda
|
Daily |
1918 |
377,000 |
Nezavisimaya gazeta
|
Daily, independent, owned by banker Boris Berezovskiy |
1990 |
50,400 |
Ogonek
|
Weekly, independent, owned by banker Boris Berezovskiy |
1899 |
100,000 |
Pravda
|
Independent, pro-communist |
1912 |
210,000 |
Rossiyskaya gazeta
|
Daily, source of official documents, very pro-government |
1990 |
500,000 |
Rossiyskiye vesti
|
Weekly, highest-quality government voice |
1991 |
131,000 |
Segodnya
|
Daily, political and business emphasis |
1993 |
100,000 |
Sovetskaya Rossiya
|
Daily, communist and nationalist views |
1956 |
250,000 |
Trud
|
Daily, trade union paper |
1921 |
800,000 |
Source: Based on information from Richard F. Staar, The New Military in Russia: Ten Myths That Shape the Image, Annapolis, 1996, 229-32; and Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report: Central Russia, Pre-Election Survey of Major
Russian Media, December 5, 1995, 9-19.
Table 28. Main Directorates of the Armed Forces General Staff, 1994
Directorate |
Function |
Armaments |
Liaison with military industrial complex |
Armor |
Staff supervision of maintenance and modernization of combat vehicles |
Artillery |
Staff supervision of maintenance and modernization of weapons |
Billeting and Maintenance |
Maintenance and operation of military real estate |
Cadres |
Management of careers of professional military officers and warrant officers |
Construction |
Supervision of funding and resources for new military construction |
Construction Industry of Ministry of Defense |
Supervision of classified construction projects |
Education |
Education and training of cadres and specialists |
Foreign Relations |
Direction of foreign assistance programs and military attachés |
Intelligence |
Successor to Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU); collection of strategic, technical, and tactical information for armed forces |
Military Counterintelligence |
Oversight of military security matters |
Motor Vehicles |
Supervision of maintenance and modernization of wheeled vehicles |
Organization-Mobilization |
Development and dissemination of mobilization plans for national emergencies |
Personnel Work |
Successor to Soviet political office, for management of enlisted personnel |
Trade |
Management of foreign military sales |
Source: Based on information from Joint Publications Research Service, JPRS Report: Central Eurasia Military Affairs: Directory of Military Organizations and Personnel, Washington, 1994, 32-53.
Table 29. Strategic Nuclear Forces, 1995
Type |
Number in Inventory |
Description |
Submarines |
|
|
Typhoon |
6 |
20 Sturgeon SS-N-20 missiles |
Delta-IV |
7 |
16 Skiff SS-N-23 missiles each |
Delta-III |
13 |
16 Stingray SS-N-18 missiles each |
Delta-II |
4 |
16 Sawfly SS-N-8 missiles each |
Delta-I |
15 |
12 Sawfly SS-N-8 missiles each |
Total |
45 |
684 missiles |
Intercontinental ballistic missiles |
|
|
SS-17 Spanker (RS-16) |
10 |
All MIRV, all in Russia |
SS-18 Satan (RS-20) |
222 |
10 MIRV, 174 in Russia, remainder without warheads in Kazakstan |
SS-19 Stiletto (RS-18) |
250 |
6 MIRV, 160 in Russia, 90 in Ukraine |
SS-24 Scalpel (RS-22) |
92 |
10 MIRV, 46 in Russia, 46 in Ukraine; in Russia, 10 in silos, 36 on rails |
SS-25 Sickle (RS-12M) |
354 |
Mobile, single-warhead, at 10 bases; 336 in Russia, 18 in Belarus |
Source: Based on information from The Military Balance, 1995-1996, London, 1995, 113-14.
1.
Includes results of 1986 accident at Chernobyl' Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine and three nuclear accidents at Mayak nuclear weapons plant in Chelyabinsk.
2.
In curies per square kilometer.
3.
Bryansk Oblast also has ninety-three populated places with more than fifteen curies per square kilometer.
4.
Estimated.
5.
Estimated. Each republic's capital is also the largest city in the republic.
6.
Includes the area of the White Sea and the Sea of Azov.
7.
Soviet citizens outside the Soviet Union are included.
8.
In thousands of hectares.
9.
n.a.--not available.
10.
Category based on about thirty nationalities.
11.
--indicates no other major group present.
12.
Republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia were united until 1992.
13.
Category includes about thirty nationalities.
14.
In square kilometers.
15.
1995 estimates for all republics except Karachayevo-Cherkessia (1990) and Buryatia, Karelia, Komi, and Sakha (1994); 1990 estimates for autonomous oblast and all autonomous regions.
16.
n.a.--not available.
17.
Combined figures for Chechnya and Ingushetia.
18.
Exchange rate used in calculations: 1992, 222 rubles per US$1; 1993, 933 rubles per US$1; 1994, 3,000 rubles per US$1.
19.
n.a.--not available.
20.
Figures do not add to totals because of "n.a." figures.
21.
As estimated by United Nations International Labour Organisation.
22.
n.a.--not available.
23.
n.a.--not available.
24.
n.a.--not available.
25.
n.a.--not available.
26.
n.a.--not available.
27.
-- no jurisdictional responsibility.
28.
Towns and villages are responsible for paramedical personnel.
29.
KPRF--Kommunisticheskaya partiya Rossiyskoy Federatisii.
30.
LDPR--Liberal'no-demokraticheskaya partiya Rossii.
31.
NDR--Nash dom Rossiya.
32.
KRO--Kongress russkikh obshchin.
33.
DVR-OD--Demokraticheskiy vybor Rossii-Ob"yedinennoye dvizheniye.
34.
RPRF--Respublikanskaya partiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii.
35.
GRU--Glavnoye razvedyvatel'noye upravleniye.
36.
MIRV--multiple-warhead independently targeted reentry vehicle.
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