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The capital city of Khakassia republic: Abakan.
Khakassia Republic (also spelled Khakasia, Khakasiya, Khakassiya) is situated in the south of Eastern Siberia, part of Siberian Federal District. The length of the republic territory from north to south is 400 km, from west to east - 200 km. The capital and administrative center of Khakassia region is Abakan city.
Khakassia Republic population is about 538,000 (2009); land area - 61,900 sq. km.
Khakassia republic is divided into two parts: mountainous and steppes. The largest rivers of the region are Enisei and Abakan. More than 40% of Khakassia republic is covered by forests. The native people of Khakassia republic are Khakasses.
Khakassia republic territory is divided into 8 districts with 3 towns of republican submission, 2 towns of district submission, 17 town settlements, 68 villages.
In the 17th century Russian settlers in Siberia found Khakassia divided into 4 principalities - ouluses, inhabited by Khakasses’ and Shorts’ ancestors. The first contacts between the Kyrgyzes and the Russians began while Tomsky stockaded town was built on the lands of Eushtin Tatars. After that for over a 100 years Khakassia went through a complicated and painful process of becoming a part of the Russian state.
August 20th, 1727, might be considered the date of attaching Khakassia to Russia, it was the day when Russia and China signed a boundary treaty. According to it all the lands located on the northern side of the Sayany mountains belonged to Russia, those on the southern side - to Chinese Empire.
In fact Khakassia was joined to Russia later than that. In 1758 Chinese troops invaded Altay and defeated Jungaria. It was a threat of breaking the officially recognized boundaries of Russia. The tsar government hurried to place Cossacks garrisons in this part of the Russian boundaries. Since that time when Cossacks started protecting the boundaries Khakassia became a part of Russia.
Khakasskaya autonomous oblast was formed on October 20th, 1930, it has been a part of Krasnoyarsky krai for a long time; in 1990 it was renamed Khakasskaya ASSR, in 1991 - Khakasskaya SSR. In 1992 Khakasskaya SSR was separated from Krasnoyarsky krai and received the name “The Republic of Khakassia”.
Khakassia is rich in mineral resources. There are supplies of coal, iron ore, different building materials: marble, gypsum, limestone, clay on the territory of the region.
The basis of the whole region economics are technologically related hydro-power engineering and aluminum production. The power engineering system of Khakassia consists of Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro-power station (the most powerful in Russia - 6,400 MWt). Sayanogorsky and Khakasky aluminum plants are located in the Republic. Coal mining is also developed in the region.
Khakassia is a developed agricultural area in Eastern Siberia. Large areas of pastures and hayfields make up a basis of livestock farming (fine-fleeced sheep-breeding, dairy-farming). Horse-breeding is of great importance. The main crops grown are wheat, barley, oats, millet. Also sunflower and sugar-beets are grown. Agricultural lands occupy less than 20% of the region territory.
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