Republic of Tatarstan:

17. social spHeRe
17. SOCIAL SPHERE
In 2009, the per capita income grew by 9.5% compared to the previous
year, to RUR 15,522.7 in nominal terms.
In 2009, monthly average wages of employees (including small businesses)
was RUR 15,208.0, an increase by 2.4% compared to the previous
year. Real wages constituted 93.2%.
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Total workforce potential in the Republic of Tatarstan in 2009 was
2,452,000. Number of employed persons was 1,827,000. Some 510,000
were employed in small businesses.
The positive trends in demographic situation survived throughout 2009.
Increase in birth rates and decrease in death rates resulted in positive
changes in natural losses; they reduced by 30% compared to 2008.
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126,9 123,6 122,50
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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Monthly average income, RUR
129,60
7 068
In percent to previous year
125,2
8 850
129,6 130,00
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14 904
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Monthly average wages (on an annual average), RUR
In percent to previous year
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Contents
1. basic facTs abouT THe Republic of TaTaRsTan . . . . . . . . . . . .1
1.1. STATE SYMBOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2. STATE SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2.1. LEADERSHIP OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2.2. CABINET OF MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN. .1
1.3. GEOGRAPHY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.4. CLIMATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.5. NATURAL RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.6. POPULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.7. RELIGION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.8. STATE LANGUAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.9. HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.10. CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.11. MAJOR CITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.12. CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.13. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.14. TATARSTAN: THE SPORTS REPUBLIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2. economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
2.1. ECONOMIC OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2. BASIC FIGURES OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3. FUEL AND ENERGY SECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4. OIL, GAS, AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.5. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND METALWORKING . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.6. LIGHT, FOOD-PROCESSING, AND TIMBER INDUSTRIES . . . . . . . . 15
2.7. INTRODUCTION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM . . . . . . . 16
3. aGRiculTuRe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4. summaRy of TaTaRsTan lanD maRKeT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1. MONITORING OF UNDEVELOPED LAND PLOTS (LANDS
OF INHABITED LOCALITIES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5. TRanspoRT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6. infoRmaTion anD communicaTions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6.1. INFORMATION SUPPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6.2. TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6.3. COMMUNICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.4. LOCAL, LONG-DISTANCE, AND INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE
COMMUNICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.5. DATA TRANSMISSION NETWORKS, THE INTERNET AND NEW
SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.6. POSTAL SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7. TouRism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8. buDGeTaRy policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9. banKinG sysTem, acTiviTies of cReDiT insTiTuTions . . . . . 26
10. TaRiffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
11. employmenT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
12. aTTRacTion of invesTmenT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
13. special economic Zone in yelabuGa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
14. innovaTion acTiviTies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
15. foReiGn economic anD inTeRReGional acTiviTies . . . . . . 32
15.1. BASIC INDICATORS OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES . . . . 32
15.2. FOREIGN TRADE PARTNERS OF TATARSTAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
15.3. INTERREGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. . . . . . 35
15.4. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
15.5. ACTIVITIES OF REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES AND TRADING
HOUSES OF TATARSTAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
15.6. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC
OF TATARSTAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
16. consumeR maRKeT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
17. social spHeRe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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