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The East Siberian Economic Region [a] is one of twelve economic regions of Russia. In this area of plateaus, mountains, and river basins, the major cities—Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk—are located along the Trans-Siberian Railroad. There are hydroelectric stations at Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Irkutsk.
The world's lowest temperatures for inhabited places have been recorded in this region. In the south of the East Siberian Mountain System lies the area of the famous Oymyakon Depression, where record low temperatures are registered, even though the region is about 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) to the south of the geographic North Pole. [5]
East Russia economic zone (Восточно-Российская экономическая зона, Vostochno-Rossiyskaya ekonomicheskaya zona) East Siberian economic region Far Eastern economic region
East Siberian Lowland, a vast alluvial plain, swampy and dotted with thousands of lakes. The region includes the Yana-Indigirka, Kolyma and Aby lowlands, as well as the New Siberian Islands. Area about 1,100,000 km 2 (420,000 sq mi). [4] East Siberian Mountains, a large mountainous area located in
An economic region or its parts can belong to more than one economic zone. Establishment and abolition of economic regions and economic zones or any changes in their composition are decided upon by the federal government of Russia.
The worst hit areas in Russia are just to the south of the Ural Mountains, about 1,200 km (750 miles) east of Moscow. Emergencies have been declared in the Orenburg and Kurgan regions of the Urals ...
Economically, the East Siberian region was an important fuel and raw materials region. During the industrialization of the 1930s, the region's economy experienced rapid growth. From 1931 to 1934, gold mining more than doubled, and coal mining increased by 88%.
A drone flies low over a snow-covered shipyard in Russia's Far East, where workers toil in subzero temperatures to maintain the hulking vessels during the bitter Siberian winter. The process of ...