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Kemerovo region
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More photographs of Kuznetsk Alatau (on border of Khakassia and Kemerovo region)
Kemerovo Region (Kuzbass) is located in the southeastern part of Western Siberia where the West Siberian Plain meets the mountains of Southern Siberia. The region borders on Tomsk and Novosibirsk regions, Altai and Krasnoyarsk territories, the Altai Republic, and the Republic of Khakassia. It has an area of 95 700 km2.
The climate is continental with long winters (5 months) and short summers. The average January temperature is -20 °C, and the average summer temperature is +20 °C, although temperatures can range from -40 to +40 °C.
The region was formed on January 26, 1943. It is divided administratively into 19 districts, 20 cities, 46 towns, 235 rural administrations, and 1066 rural communities. The city of Kemerovo is the regional center.
Although it is one of the smallest regions of Siberia and the Urals, Kemerovo Region has a well-developed road network and strong, diversified economy and is one of Siberia's economic leaders. The region's key sectors are the coal, metallurgical, and chemical industries, where nearly one-third of Western Siberia's fixed capital assets are concentrated. Kemerovo Region has abundant natural resources and strong export and investment potential. Foreign economic activity is crucial for successful development of the regional economy; and today, the Kuzbass has foreign trade ties with 60 countries in the CIS and abroad.
The region exports 1200 industrial products, including coal, coke, rolled metal, cast iron, aluminum, zinc, ferroalloys, roofing slate, cement, glass, nitrogen fertilizer, plastics, synthetic fibers and resins, electrical products, and heavy machinery.
The soils of the Kubass are extremely fertile black earths (chernozems), but the long cold winters, short dry summers, and early frosts make harvests unpredictable. Moreover, only 5% of the region's able-bodied population is engaged in agriculture.
The largest cities in Kemerovo Region are Novokuznetsk (576 000) and Kemerovo (530 000), followed by Prokopevsk, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Mezhdurechensk, and Kiselevsk, which have a population of more than 100 000 each.
How to get to Kemerovo region?
You can reach Novokuznetsk by bus, train or plane.