Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
Republic
Кабардино-Балкарская Республика
Other transcription(s)
 • KabardianКъэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ
 • Karachay-BalkarКъабарты-Малкъар Республика
Tyzyl Gorge
Tyzyl Gorge
Flag of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
Flag
Coat of arms of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
Coat of arms
Anthem: State Anthem of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
[3]
Map of Russia - Kabardino-Balkaria (Crimea disputed).svg
Coordinates: 43°35′N 43°24′E / 43.583°N 43.400°E / 43.583; 43.400Coordinates: 43°35′N 43°24′E / 43.583°N 43.400°E / 43.583; 43.400
CountryRussia
Federal districtNorth Caucasian[1]
Economic regionNorth Caucasus[2]
CapitalNalchik
Government
 • BodyParliament[4]
 • Head[6]Kazbek Kokov[5]
Area
[7]
 • Total12,500 km2 (4,800 sq mi)
 • Rank78th
Population
 (2010 Census)[8]
 • Total859,939
 • Estimate 
(2018)[9]
865,828 (+0.7%)
 • Rank59th
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
 • Urban
54.5%
 • Rural
45.5%
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[10])
ISO 3166 codeRU-KB
License plates07
OKTMO ID83000000
Official languagesRussian;[11] Kabardian, Karachay-Balkar[12]
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The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic[14][15][16][17] (Russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika; Kabardian: Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublikê; Karachay-Balkar: Къабарты-Малкъар Республика, Qabartı-Malqar Respublika) or Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рия, Kabardino-Balkariya), is a federal subject of Russia (a republic) located in the North Caucasus. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 859,939[8] on 12,500 square km. Its capital is Nalchik. The area contains the highest mountain in Europe, Mount Elbrus, at 5,642 m. Mount Elbrus has 22 glaciers that feed three rivers — Baksan, Malka and Kuban. The mountain is covered with snow year-round.

Geography

Cherek-Balkarskaya gorge
Cherek-Balkarskaya gorge

The republic is situated in the North Caucasus mountains, with plains in the northern part. The republic shares an international border with Georgia.

Kabardino-Balkaria is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

Rivers

Major rivers include:

Lakes

Map of the republic.
Map of the republic.
Mount Dykh-Tau.
Mount Dykh-Tau.
Prielbrusye
Prielbrusye

There are about 100 lakes in the Republic, none of which is large. Just over half (55) are located between the Baksan and Malka Rivers, the largest each of an area of no more than 0.01 square kilometers (0.0039 sq mi). Some of the lakes are:

Mountains

Other major mountains include:

Natural resources

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Kabardino-Balkaria's natural resources include molybdenum, tungsten, and coal.

Climate

The republic has a continental type climate.

History

Main article: History of Kabardino-Balkaria
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (March 2022)

Politics

The head of government in Kabardino-Balkaria is the Head. The current Head is Kazbek Kokov.[18] The legislative body of the Republic is the Parliament comprising 72 deputies elected for a five-year term.[4][19]

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Life expectancy at birth in Kabardino-Balkaria
Life expectancy at birth in Kabardino-Balkaria

Population

Population: 859,939 (2010 Census);[8] 901,494 (2002 Census);[20] 759,586 (1989 Census).[21]

Balkars in 1936
Balkars in 1936
Kabardian wrestler Beslan Mudranov won Russia's first gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics
Kabardian wrestler Beslan Mudranov won Russia's first gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics

Vital statistics

Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service
Average population (x 1000) Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Fertility rates
1970 592 11,683 3,913 7,770 19.7 6.6 13.1
1975 634 12,315 4,717 7,598 19.4 7.4 12.0
1980 680 14,098 5,457 8,641 20.7 8.0 12.7
1985 725 15,941 5,854 10,087 22.0 8.1 13.9
1990 772 15,412 6,573 8,839 20.0 8.5 11.5 2,45
1991 788 14,952 6,995 7,957 19.0 8.9 10.1 2,35
1992 799 13,728 7,093 6,635 17.2 8.9 8.3 2,16
1993 807 11,781 7,864 3,917 14.6 9.7 4.9 1,86
1994 816 11,407 8,052 3,355 14.0 9.9 4.1 1,79
1995 828 10,844 8,236 2,608 13.1 9.9 3.2 1,67
1996 840 10,293 8,199 2,094 12.2 9.8 2.5 1,56
1997 853 10,016 7,985 2,031 11.7 9.4 2.4 1,47
1998 866 9,997 8,201 1,796 11.5 9.5 2.1 1,44
1999 875 9,221 8,292 929 10.5 9.5 1.1 1,30
2000 883 9,207 8,792 415 10.4 10.0 0.5 1,26
2001 891 8,892 8,778 114 10.0 9.9 0.1 1,19
2002 897 9,119 8,954 165 10.2 10.0 0.2 1,20
2003 896 9,294 9,202 92 10.4 10.3 0.1 1,20
2004 889 9,414 8,695 719 10.6 9.8 0.8 1,22
2005 882 8,991 9,034 - 43 10.2 10.2 -0.0 1,13
2006 875 9,308 8,764 544 10.6 10.0 0.6 1,16
2007 870 11,397 8,441 2,956 13.1 9.7 3.4 1,41
2008 866 12,052 8,095 3,957 13.9 9.3 4.6 1,49
2009 863 12,143 8,406 3,737 14.1 9.7 4.3 1,62
2010 860 12,576 8,080 4,496 14.6 9.4 5.2 1,66
2011 860 12,848 8,136 4,712 14.9 9.4 5.5 1,70
2012 859 13,786 7,709 6,077 16.0 9.0 7.0 1,83
2013 859 13,365 7,712 5,653 15.6 9.0 6.6 1,80
2014 860 13,397 7,571 5,826 15.6 8.8 6.8 1,83
2015 861 12,627 7,582 5,045 14.6 8.8 5.8 1,75
2016 863 12,191 7,386 4,805 14.1 8.5 5.6 1,73(e)
2017 865 11,092 7,391 3,701 12.8 8.5 4.3
2018 865 10,881 7,044 3,837 12.5 8.1 4.4
2019 866 9,973 7,142 2,831 11.5 8.2 3.3
2020 10,531 8,770 1,761 12.1 10.1 2.0

Note: TFR 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 source.[22]

Ethnic groups

Kabardino-Balkaria includes two major ethnic communities, the Kabardins (Circassians), who speak a North-West Caucasian language, and the Balkars who speak a Turkic language. According to the 2010 Census,[8] Kabardins make up 57.2% of the republic's population, followed by Russians (22.5%) and Balkars (12.7%). Other groups include Ossetians (1.1%), Turks (1.6%), Ukrainians (0.6%), Armenians (0.6%), Koreans (0.5%), Chechens (0.2%), and a host of smaller groups, each accounting for less than 0.5% of the total population.

Ethnic
group 		1926 Census1 1939 Census 1959 Census 1970 Census 1979 Census 1989 Census 2002 Census 2010 Census3
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Kabardin 122,237 54.2% 152,237 42.4% 190,284 45.3% 264,675 45.0% 303,604 45.5% 364,494 48.2% 498,7022 55.3% 490,453 57.2%
Balkars 33,197 14.7% 40,747 11.3% 34,088 8.1% 51,356 8.7% 59,710 9.0% 70,793 9.4% 104,951 11.6% 108,577 12.7%
Russians 32,622 14.5% 129,067 35.9% 162,586 38.7% 218,595 37.2% 234,137 35.1% 240,750 31.9% 226,620 25.1% 193,155 22.5%
Ossetians 3,839 1.7% 4,608 1.3% 6,442 1.5% 9,167 1.6% 9,710 1.5% 9,996 1.3% 9,845 1.1% 9,129 1.1%
Ukrainians 24,723 11.0% 11,142 3.1% 8,400 2.0% 10,620 1.8% 12,139 1.8% 12,826 1.7% 7,592 0.8% 4,800 0.6%
Others 8,803 3.9% 21,328 5.9% 18,315 4.4% 33,790 5.7% 47,246 7.1% 55,672 7.4% 53,784 6.0% 51,556 6.0%
1 The results of the 1926 census refer to the present territory, which is a combination of the Kabardo-Balkarian AO and a part of the Terek district. The latter area was mainly inhabited by Russians and Ukrainians.[23]

2 In view of the results of the 1989 census and the 2010 census, the number of Kabardins in 2002 seems unlikely high.

3 2,269 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.[24]

Religion

Religion in Kabardino-Balkaria as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)[25][26]
Islam
 
 70.8%
Russian Orthodoxy
 
 11.6%
Other Christians
 
 4%
Native faiths
 
 1.8%
Spiritual but not religious
 
 5.6%
Atheism and irreligion
 
 4.4%
Other and undeclared
 
 1.8%
Mosque in Kabardino-Balkaria
Mosque in Kabardino-Balkaria
Catholic church in Kabardino-Balkaria (Diocese of Saratov, Blagoveshchenka)
Catholic church in Kabardino-Balkaria (Diocese of Saratov, Blagoveshchenka)

According to a 2012 survey which interviewed 56,900 people,[25] 70.8% of the population of Kabardino-Balkaria adheres to Islam, 11.6% to the Russian Orthodox Church, 1.8% to Adyghe (Kabardian) folk religion and other indigenous faiths, 3.8% are unaffiliated generic Christians. In addition, 12% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 5.6% is Atheist or follows other religions including Jehovah's Witnesses.[25]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
  2. ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
  3. ^ Law #13-RZ
  4. ^ a b Constitution of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Article 91
  5. ^ Official website of the Head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Biography Archived October 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  6. ^ Constitution of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Article 78
  7. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (May 21, 2004). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  8. ^ a b c d Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  9. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  10. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  11. ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
  12. ^ Constitution of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Article 76
  13. ^ USSR. Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Union Republics, p. 35
  14. ^ "Head of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic reported to the President on the situation in Mount Elbrus region". President of Russia. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  15. ^ "Russia's federal constituent entities". Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  16. ^ Skutsch, Carl (November 7, 2013). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-19388-1.
  17. ^ "Territorial divisions of the MIA of Russia". en.mvd.ru. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  18. ^ Путин опять увольняет губернаторов, а на их место назначает однофамильцев или бывших губернаторов. А-а-а! Как не запутаться? Вот шпаргалка. Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  19. ^ Constitution, Article 94.
  20. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  21. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  22. ^ "Каталог публикаций::Федеральная служба государственной статистики". Archived from the original on March 24, 2013.
  23. ^ "население кабардино-балкарии".
  24. ^ "ВПН-2010".
  25. ^ a b c "Arena: Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia". Sreda, 2012.
  26. ^ 2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27/08/2012. Retrieved 21/04/2017. Archived.

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