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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Amur Oblast
		Amur Oblast (Russian: Аму́рская о́бласть, Amurskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).
		Amur Oblast nor its not like scrubs rules whoooooo is situated about 8,000 km east of Moscow on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers.
		Flag of Astrakhan Oblast Astrakhan Oblast (Russian:, Astrakhanskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), with an area of 44,100 kmÂ²;, and a population of 1,005,276 (according to the 2002 Census).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Amur-Oblast (3619 words)

	Amur Oblast - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Amur has an area of 363,700 sq km (140,425 sq mi).
		Amur, river, east central Asia, formed by the junction of the Shilka and Argun rivers.
		Blagoveshchensk, city in far eastern Russia and capital of Amur Oblast.
	encarta.msn.com /Amur_Oblast.html (116 words)

	OVERVIEW OF AMURSKAYA OBLAST
		The Oblast is divided in to 20 administrative districts.
		The Oblast’s major industries are electric power (42.8 percent), ferrous metallurgy (15 percent), food industry, timber and wood processing (6.2 percent), machine-building and metalworking industry, fuel industry and construction materials industry.
		The share of the Amurskaya Oblast in the overall amount of foreign capital invested in to the economy of the Russian Far East is less than 1 percent.
	www.prognozadvisor.ru /pages/amurobleng.html (1235 words)

	Amurskaya Oblast'
		The main rivers are the Amur River, the Zeya River and the Bureya River.
		One to the negative natural increase and migration from the region the total population of the Amurskaya Oblast intensively decreasing.
		Nevertheless, there are considerable foreign investments in the oblast's economy based apparently on the belief in the future of the Amurskaya Oblast.
	www.bogeria.ru /regions/amur.htm (440 words)

	InvestEgate, Amur Minerals Corp - Land Position Doubled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The addition of this project area expands Amur's holdings by 1,034 square kilometres in the immediate area representing an increase of 109% to a total of 1,984 kilometres.
		The boundary between the Kun-Manie and Kustakskaya licences is the Russian Federation provincial border between the Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai.
		The Amur - Khabarovsk provincial boundary is the western edge of the Kustakskaya licence area and the eastern edge of the Kun-Manie licence area.
	www.investegate.co.uk /Article.aspx?id=200702140844382278R (1579 words)

	Amur information - Search.com
		The Amur River (Russian: Амур; Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江; Pinyin: Hēilóng Jiāng, or "Black Dragon River"; Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or "Black River"; Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning "Black River") is one of the world’s ten longest rivers, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Manchuria in China.
		Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur used to be the longest in Imperial Russia and Eurasia.
		The Amur is bordered by Heilongjiang province of China in the south, and Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and Khabarovsk Krai of Russia in the north.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Amur (438 words)

	Mining in the Russian Far East, June 1998
		The oblast administration is building a gold refinery in the settlement of Khasyn (Kolyma Gold Refinery), as the RFE does not have of its own.
		The Amur oblast is the first in Russia to conduct tenders for sale of gold drilling licenses.
		The Amur Gold Mining Company is the largest artel in Khabarovsk krai (it mines about 45% of all gold extracted in the region), and it mines gold and platinum in Ayano-Maya district.
	russia.shaps.hawaii.edu /economic/rfemining.html (3556 words)

	Amur Oblast
		He became the fifth oblast governor in the last five years, replacing the previous executive head, Vladimir Dyachenko, who had been dismissed in May for misuse of budgetary funds and high wage arrears.
		At the same time, he headed the oblast soviet, which was disbanded in October 1993 after it supported the Supreme Soviet in its confrontation with the president.
		According to a survey by Bank Austria, the oblast is ranked 62nd among Russia's 89 regions in terms of investment climate.
	www.hf.uib.no /andre/vesti/AMUR.HTM (426 words)

	Amur Region (Russia)
		About Amur Region it says flag and arms adopted 26 April, 1999; width of the wavy stripe is 1/15 of the flag hoist, width of the lower blue stripe is 1/3 of the hoist, flag ratio is 2:3.
		The flag of the oblast is a rectangular bunting with the ratio of breadth to length 2:3.
		The upper part of the flag is red in color, symbolizing the rich history of the Amur basin and the laborious and hard-won achievements of the Amur-folk.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ru-amu.html (359 words)

	Circumpolar Expeditions - Arctic Tours - Russian Travel - Custom Tours
		The Stanovoy Mountains form the dividing line between Yakutia and the Amur Oblast and spread across the entire northern border of the territory.
		Along the eastern border of the Amur Oblast is another series of mountains separating Amur from the Khabarovski Krai.
		The Republic of Yakutia (Sakha) is situated in northeastern Siberia, stretches to the Henrietta Islands in the far north and is washed by the Arctic Ocean (Laptev and Eastern Siberian Seas).
	www.arctictravel.net /russia.htm (2553 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Amur Oblast Governor Leonid Korotkov issued a decree on 27 February pertaining to the opening of an office in Blagoveshchensk for registering visas to China, Interfax-Eurasia reported.
		According to a press release issued by the oblast administration, the association was created with the goal of raising the role of men in the upbringing of children and also in work with troubled teenagers.
		Oblast administration spokesman Dmitrii Isupov said the project was endorsed by Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and Arkhangelsk Governor Anatolii Yefremov.
	www.rferl.org /reports/russianreport/2002/03/8-060302.asp (3115 words)

	Resources on Amur Tiger academic institutions
		The Biogeography of Yellow Starthistle: The Siberian tiger, also known as the Amur tiger, is the largest of five surviving subspecies of tiger.
		The Siberian or Amur tiger lives primarily in eastern Russia, and a few are found in northeastern China and northern North Korea.
		PAW- September 13, 1995: The Siberian, or Amur, tiger (Pt altaica) was one of the world's rarest animals a half century ago, with no more than an estimated two or three dozen remaining...
	mongabay.org /conservation/Amur_Tiger.htm (1061 words)

	The Wild East - Part 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Timber may be exported from Amur Oblast, including to China, by temporary permits, issued by a special working group that was established by the governor.
		Chinese Timber Importers from Amur Oblast in 2000
		There is a trend among JAO timber traders not to use Amur river border crossings for their operations, but to use railroad based timber depots in Birobidjan or Khabarovsk to send timber to the main international border crossing in the RFE — Grodekovo-Suifenhe.
	www.forestsmonitor.org /reports/russia/twe4b.htm (1758 words)

	ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: R-078
		[Administration for Archival Affairs of the Administration of Amur Oblast]
		[Archival Division of the Administration of Amur Oblast]
		[Amur Archival Section of the Archival Division of UNKVD-UMVD of Khabarovsk Krai]
	www.iisg.nl /~abb/obl/R-078.html (113 words)

	Khabarovsk Kray :: Regions & Cities :: Russia-InfoCentre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Khabarovsk, the capital of the region, lies at the broad confluence of the Amur River and its tributary, the Ussuri River, and the city almost has the atmosphere of a coastal resort.
		The city of Khabarovsk, on the junction of the giant Ussuri and Amur Rivers in Russia’s Far East, is an unexpectedly gracious city famous for its historical and cultural heritage.
		From the old times on, the Amur river territories, coastal areas of the Okhotsk Sea and the Arctic Ocean were populated by numerous ethnic groups: Nanai, Ulchi, Nivkhi, and many others.
	www.russia-ic.com /regions/2226 (574 words)

	Amur Region (Russia)
		About Amur Region it says flag and arms adopted 26 April, 1999; width of the wavy stripe is 1/15 of the flag hoist, width of the lower blue stripe is 1/3 of the hoist, flag ratio is 2:3.
		The flag of the oblast is a rectangular bunting with the ratio of breadth to length 2:3.
		The upper part of the flag is red in color, symbolizing the rich history of the Amur basin and the laborious and hard-won achievements of the Amur-folk.
	www.fotw.net /FLagS/ru-amu.html (386 words)

	Society
		At the same time RAIPON received another letter from the Amur Oblast, by Arkadiy Okhlopkov, President of the clan community “Aborigen”, concerning violations of environmental legislation and indigenous peoples’ rights in the Selemdzhin Rayon of the region.
		Okhlopkov wrote that he had addressed the authorities of the Amur Oblast more than once, requesting the suspension of the illegal gold-diggers who were turning the Evenks’ pastures and hunting grounds into a desert, but in vain.
		The despair of the Evenks who are now deprived of means of subsistence after having lost their reindeer and the possibility to hunt is so great that they are ready to resort to self-immolation to draw the attention of the authorities.
	www.npolar.no /ansipra/english/Items/Amur_Evenks.html (1671 words)

	Khingansky Zapovednik
		The current population of this species is estimated at 1,000 on the mainland and 600 on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
		Khingansky is situated in the extreme southeast of Amur Province where the spurs of the Maly Khingan Mountains gradually recede into the flat Arkharinskaya lowlands of the Amur River basin.
		The Amur River is the second largest in Russia, stretching 4,345 km (2,700 miles), and forms much of the eastern border between China and Russia.
	www.wild-russia.org /bioregion13/khingansky/13_khingansky.htm (2175 words)

	Federation Council Membership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chairman of the Deputies Assembly of Arkhangelsk Oblast
		Chairman of the Deputies Assembly of Lipetsk Oblast
		Chairman of the Deputies Assembly of Pskov Oblast
	archive.tol.cz /Elections/Duma/FedCouncil.html (383 words)

	Russia, Government, Putin Power - JRL 4-22-05
		In Tula Oblast, a bloc comprising the Motherland Party and the For Holy Rus party picked up 12 percent after receiving support from Duma Deputy Andrei Samoshin, who recently resigned from the Unified Russia party although he remains a member of its Duma faction.
		In addition, in regional elections in Amur Oblast, the Republic of Khakasia, Bryansk Oblast, and Ryazan Oblast, governors with strained relations with Unified Russia were able to put together blocs that won between 8 and 17 percent of the vote.
		And blocs of small parties in Irkutsk Oblast, Amur Oblast, and Arkhangelsk Oblast were able to overcome the 5-percent hurdle and gain party-list seats.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/9126-9.cfm (660 words)

	A Global View of the Russian Far East
		The region comprises ten relatively independent geopolitical subregions: the Amur Oblast, the Chukotka Autonomous Region, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, the Kamchatka Oblast, the Khabarovski Krai, the Koryak Republic, the Magadan Oblast, the Primorski Krai, the Sakhalin Oblast and the Republic of Yakutia.
		Khabarovsk is a small country town on the Amur River at the crossing of the Trans Siberian railroad.
		Small cruise ships ply the Amur River which are used both by the local people visiting their dachas along the banks of the River Amur on weekends and also by visitors.
	www.traveleastrussia.com /overview.html (642 words)

	rfenmay04
		At the 22 nd session of the oblast Council, which lasted for two days, it was decided that the former town of Klyuchi should be demoted to the status of a village.
		In Khabarovsk Krai the average is 11,672 rubles ($409), while in Amur Oblast it is 9,835 rubles ($345) and in Sakha 9,372 rubles ($328).
		A total of 87 cows on a farm in Amur Oblast’s Tambovsky District have been found to be infected with hoof-and-mouth disease, the oblast administration announced in April.
	www.arc.uaa.alaska.edu /pages/rfenmay04.htm (13679 words)

	UNHCR - Cross-Border Migration in the Russian Far East
		During the same period the population decrease in Camchatka oblast was 15 per cent, in Sakhalin oblast 12 per cent, and in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) 8 per cent.
		Northern areas such as Magadan oblast, the Chukotka Autonomous Area and the northern part of Khabarovsk kray as well as Sakhalin oblast are suffering the largest losses from migration, part of which is accounted for by population movements to the southern areas of the Far East region, situated near the border.
		In Amur oblast visa are issued for a term of two weeks, while in Primorsky kray the term is three days only.
	www.unhcr.org /publ/RSDCOI/3ae6a6b90.html (10438 words)

	Amur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Amur River (Russian: Амур; Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江; pinyin: Hēilóng Jiāng, or "Black Dragon River"; Mayan; Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or "Black River"; Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning "Black River") is Earth's eighth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Manchuria in China.
		Northern tributary: the Shilka, originating from the eastern slopes of Kente Mountain in Mongolia.
		In a RPG game namely Suikoden III, Amur is one of the region in Grasslands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amur (454 words)

	COMMUNISTS SCORE UPSET WHY DID BELYAKOV LOSE IN LENINGRAD OBLAST
		Leningrad Oblast Governor Aleksandr Belyakov surprised observers by losing to his Communistsupported challenger Vadim Gustov, the former chairman of the oblast soviet until 1993 and then a member of the Federation Council, by a margin of 32% to 53% in the 29 September vote.
		In Amur Oblast, the results were comparable: Zyuganov outpoured Yeltsin by a margin of 53% to 41% in July, and the main Communist-backed challenger was able to defeat the Yeltsin appointee (albeit by the slimmest of margins) despite facing competition from another Communist Party member.
		Vologda Oblast is situated in the southwest of the East European plain.
	sartraccc.sgap.ru /Pub/rrr961002.htm (4355 words)

	Travel East Russia - Amur Oblast
		The Amur Oblast is a small territory on the left upper corner of the Khabarovski Krai and is bordered by Yakutia to the north.
		The territory is also crossed by the Amur River, which is the natural border with China.
		The middle reaches of this great river were dammed to create the huge Zeysky Reservoir, which sprawls over 2,500 sq.
	www.traveleastrussia.com /amur.html (570 words)

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