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43-521: Being dominated by the Siberian High winter cold, the continental climates of the krai see extreme freezing for an area adjacent to the sea near the mid-latitudes, but also warm summers in the interior. The southern region lies mostly in the basin of the lower Amur River , with the mouth of the river located at Nikolaevsk-on-Amur draining into the Strait of Tartary , which separates Khabarovsk Krai from

86-583: A 2012 survey, 26.2% of the population of Khabarovsk Krai adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church , 4% are unaffiliated generic Christians , 1% adhere to other Orthodox churches or are believers in Orthodox Christianity who do not belong to any church, while 1% are adherents of Islam . In addition, 28% of the population declared to be "spiritual but not religious", 23% are atheist , and 16.8% follow other religions or did not give an answer to

129-664: A chain of Russian Cossacks and peasants had been settled along the whole course of the river. In 1858, in the Treaty of Aigun , China recognized the Amur River downstream as far as the Ussuri River as the boundary between Russia and the Qing Empire, and granted Russia free access to the Pacific Ocean. The Sino-Russian border was later further delineated in the Treaty of Peking of 1860 when

172-694: A number of peninsulas along the krai's extensive coast, the main ones being (north to south) the Lisyansky Peninsula , Nurki Peninsula , Tugurskiy Peninsula , and the Tokhareu Peninsula . The main islands of Khabarovsk Krai (north to south) are Malminskiye Island , the Shantar Islands , Menshikov Island , Reyneke Island (Sea of Okhotsk) , Chkalov Island , Baydukov Island , and the Chastye Islands . The island of Sakhalin (Russia's largest)

215-413: A severely continental climate with its northern areas being subarctic with stronger maritime summer moderation in the north. In its southerly areas, especially inland, annual swings are extremely strong, with Khabarovsk itself having hot, wet, and humid summers which rapidly transform into severely cold and long winters, where temperatures hardly ever go above freezing. This is because of the influence of

258-631: Is a chilly −34 °C (−29 °F). The average temperature in the river valleys may reach a maximum of 18 °C (64 °F) in July. In 1829, German physicist Georg Adolf Erman during a round-the-world (1828-1830) journey reported the existence of "Seven Ranges" (Sette Daban) between 135° and 140° E in the area of one of the upper tributaries of the Yudoma. Erman left the valley of the Aldan at Aldanskaia (somewhat south of lat. 62° N.) and travelled east-south-east to

301-699: Is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia . Administratively the range belongs partly to the Sakha Republic and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation . The area of the Sette-Daban is largely uninhabited. The R504 Kolyma Highway passes through the northern part of the range. The climate prevailing in the Sette-Daban is continental and severe. The average air temperature in January

344-675: Is administered separately as Sakhalin Oblast , along with the Kuril Islands . The charts below detail climate averages from various locations in the krai. Khabarovsk is set near the Chinese border at a lower latitude far inland, while Komsomolsk-on-Amur being further downstream on the Amur river at a higher latitude. Sovetskaya Gavan and Okhotsk are coastal settlements in the deep south and far north, respectively. According to various Chinese and Korean records,

387-701: Is at the junction of the Amur River and the Trans-Siberian Railway . The region's mineral resources are relatively underdeveloped. Khabarovsk Krai contains large gold mining operations (Highland Gold, Polus Gold), a major but low-grade copper deposit being explored by IG Integro Group , and a world-class tin district which was a major contributor to the Soviet industrial complex and is currently being revitalised by Far Eastern Tin (Festivalnoye mine) and by Sable Tin Resources Archived March 13, 2017, at

430-587: Is the fundamental law of the krai. The Legislative Duma of Khabarovsk Krai is the regional standing legislative (representative) body. The Legislative Duma exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. The highest executive body is the Krai Government, which includes territorial executive bodies, such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run

473-568: Is the most industrialized territory of the Far East of Russia, producing 30% of the total industrial products in the Far Eastern Economic Region. The machine construction industry consists primarily of a highly developed military–industrial complex of large-scale aircraft- and shipbuilding enterprises. The Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association is currently among the krai's most successful enterprises, and for years has been

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516-502: The 2018 Bandy World Championship was again to be played in Khabarovsk. [REDACTED] Media related to Khabarovsk Krai at Wikimedia Commons Siberian High The Siberian High (also Siberian Anticyclone ; Russian : Азиатский антициклон ( Aziatsky antitsiklon ); Chinese : 西伯利亞高壓 ; Pinyin Xībólìyǎ gāoyā ) is a massive collection of cold dry air that accumulates in

559-976: The Badzhal Range (highest point 2,221 metres (7,287 ft) high, the Gora Ulun ), the Yam-Alin , the Dusse-Alin , the Sikhote-Alin , the Dzhugdzhur Mountains , the Kondyor Massif , as well as a small section of the Suntar-Khayata Range , the Yudoma-Maya Highlands , and the Sette-Daban in the western border regions. The highest point is 2,933 metres (9,623 ft) high, Berill Mountain . There are

602-571: The Coromandel Coast and Sri Lanka . Other studies have suggested that the strength of the Siberian High shows an inverse correlation with the high-pressure systems over North Africa. Another correlation has been noted, a connection of a weaker Siberian High and Arctic oscillation when the Antarctic oscillation (AAO) is stronger. Because increased snow and ice cover enhances the Siberian High,

645-508: The East Asian monsoon in summer and the bitterly cold Siberian High in winter. The second-largest city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur has even more violent temperature swings than Khabarovsk, with winter average lows below −30 °C (−22 °F), but in spite of this, avoiding being subarctic because of the significant heat in summer. The main mountain ranges in the region are the Bureya Range ,

688-937: The East Siberian System of mountains. It is bound in the north by the Tompo River and in the west by the Ulakhan-Bom , in the east by the Skalisty Range and to the south and east flows the Allakh-Yun River valley, beyond which rise the Dzhugdzhur Range and the Stanovoy Highlands , to the west by the Aldan River valley beyond which rises the Lena Plateau . To the northeast rises the Suntar-Khayata Range and to

731-589: The USSR's collapse when the Jewish Autonomous Oblast was separated from its jurisdiction and made into a direct federal subject of Russia. On 24 April 1996, Khabarovsk signed a power-sharing agreement with the federal government, granting it autonomy. This agreement would be abolished on 12 August 2002. During the Soviet period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: The first secretary of

774-580: The Uda River and the Greater Khingan mountain range (i.e. most of Lower Amuria) was left undemarcated and the Sino-Russian border was allowed to fluctuate. Later in the nineteenth century, Nikolay Muravyov conducted an aggressive policy with China by claiming that the lower reaches of the Amur River belonged to Russia . In 1852, a Russian military expedition under Muravyov explored the Amur, and by 1857,

817-729: The Ussuri Territory (the Maritime Territory ), which was previously a joint possession, became Russian. Khabarovsk Krai was established on 20 October 1938, when the Far Eastern Krai was split into the Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais . Kamchatka Oblast , which was originally subordinated to the Far Eastern Krai, fell under the Jurisdiction of Khabarovsk Krai, along with its two National Okrugs, Chukotka and Koryak . In 1947,

860-620: The Wayback Machine , which is developing the Sable Tin Deposit (Sobolinoye) , a large high-grade deposit, 25 km from Solnechny town. Population : 1,292,944 ( 2021 Census ) ; 1,343,869 ( 2010 Census ) ; 1,436,570 ( 2002 Census ) ; 1,824,506 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . Vital statistics for 2022: Total fertility rate (2022): 1.50 children per woman Life expectancy (2021): Total — 67.85 years (male — 62.91, female — 72.94) According to

903-549: The summer , the Siberian High is largely replaced by the Asiatic low . The Siberian High affects the weather patterns in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere : its influence extends as far west as Italy , bringing freezing conditions also in the warm South, and as far southeast as Malaysia , where it is a critical component of the northeast monsoon . Occasionally a strong Siberian High can bring unusually cold weather into

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946-524: The Khabarovsk CPSU Committee (who, in reality, had the biggest authority), the chairman of the oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since 1991, CPSU lost all the power, and the head of the Oblast administration, and eventually the governor, was appointed/elected alongside elected regional parliament . The Charter of Khabarovsk Krai

989-556: The Okhota. It is not impossible that his route lay partly in the foot-hills of the Verkhoiansk mountains. He had hitherto observed, as far as Aldanskaia, horizontal beds of limestone similar to those of the Lena. But beyond this point the limestone becomes affected by violent disturbances, and the country, hitherto low, rises to between 600 and 700 meters. At first, near Garnastach, only grey limestone

1032-643: The Siberian High was both more intense and located further west during the early Middle Pleistocene as a result of the extensive glaciation of mountain ranges across Central Asia. The decrease in magnitude of the Siberian High during the Holocene enabled eastward encroachment of westerlies enriched with water vapour , precipitating an increase in low altitude afforestation of Central Asia. 66°53′N 93°28′E  /  66.883°N 93.467°E  / 66.883; 93.467 Sette-Daban The Sette-Daban ( Russian : Сетте-Дабан , Yakut : Сэттэ Дабаан )

1075-555: The area Bilibin established that this chain consists of three parallel ridges with pointed, often rocky peaks, and that it belongs to the Verkhoyansk Mountain System. Bilibin and Bobin also explored for the first time the Yudoma-Maya Highlands and the Skalisty Range , directly adjacent to Sette-Daban. The Sette-Daban is a range located in southeastern Yakutia, at the southern end of the Verkhoyansk Range , part of

1118-505: The area are numerous, such as the Tungusic peoples ( Evenks , Negidals , Ulchs , Nanai , Oroch , Udege ), Amur Nivkhs , and Ainu . Khabarovsk Krai shares its borders with Magadan Oblast in the north; with the Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast in the west; with the Jewish Autonomous Oblast , China ( Heilongjiang ), and Primorsky Krai in the south; and is limited by the Sea of Okhotsk in

1161-567: The banks of the Amur. The resistance of the Chinese, however, obliged the Cossacks to quit their forts, and by the Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689), Russia abandoned its advance into the basin of the river. Although the Russians were thus deprived of the right to navigate the Amur River, the territorial claim over the lower courses of the river was not settled in the Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689. The area between

1204-588: The day to day matters of the province. The Krai Administration supports the activities of the Governor , who is the highest official and acts as guarantor of the observance of the Charter in accordance with the Constitution of Russia . On 9 July 2020, the governor of the region, Sergei Furgal , was arrested and flown to Moscow. The 2020 Khabarovsk Krai protests began on 11 July 2020, in support of Furgal. Khabarovsk Krai

1247-646: The east, the Yudoma-Maya Highlands . The highest point of the Sette-Daban is an unnamed peak reaching 2,102 metres (6,896 ft). The area of the range is crossed from north to south by the Yudoma river valley. The Eastern Khandyga River, the Tyry and the Khanda have their sources in the range. The slopes of the range are covered by larch forests, giving way to dwarf cedar thickets and mountain tundra at elevations above 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). The lower altitudes of

1290-595: The east. In terms of area, it is the fourth-largest federal subject within Russia. Major islands include the Shantar Islands . Taiga and tundra in the north, swampy forest in the central depression, and deciduous forest in the south are the natural vegetation in the area. The main rivers are the Amur , Amgun , Uda , and Tugur , among others. There are also lakes such as Bokon , Bolon , Chukchagir , Evoron , Kizi , Khummi , Orel , and Udyl , among others. Khabarovsk Krai has

1333-510: The end of April. Its genesis at the end of the Arctic summer is caused by the convergence of summer air flows being cooled over interior northeast Asia as days shorten. In the process of the Siberian High's formation, the upper-level jet is transferred across northern Eurasia by adiabatic cooling and descending advection , which in extreme cases creates " cold domes " that outbreak over warmer parts of East Asia . In spite of its immense influence on

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1376-500: The island of Sakhalin . The north occupies a vast mountainous area along the coastline of the Sea of Okhotsk , a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean . Khabarovsk Krai is bordered by Magadan Oblast to the north; Amur Oblast , Jewish Autonomous Oblast , and the Sakha Republic to the west; Primorsky Krai to the south; and Sakhalin Oblast to the east. The population consists of mostly ethnic Russians , but indigenous people of

1419-436: The largest taxpayer of the territory. Other major industries include timber-working and fishing , along with metallurgy in the main cities. Komsomolsk-on-Amur is the iron and steel centre of the Far East; a pipeline from northern Sakhalin supplies the petroleum-refining industry in the city of Khabarovsk . In the Amur basin, there is also some cultivation of wheat and soybeans . The administrative centre , Khabarovsk,

1462-418: The northeastern part of Eurasia from September until April. It is usually centered on Lake Baikal . It reaches its greatest size and strength in the winter when the air temperature near the center of the high-pressure area is often lower than −40  °C (−40  °F ). The atmospheric pressure is often above 1,040 millibars (31  inHg ). The Siberian High is the strongest semi-permanent high in

1505-587: The northern hemisphere and is responsible for both the lowest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere outside Greenland , of −67.8 °C (−90.0 °F) on 15 January 1885 at Verkhoyansk , and the highest pressure, 1083.8 mbar (108.38 kPa , 32.01 inHg ) at Agata , Krasnoyarsk Krai , on 31 December 1968, ever recorded. The Siberian High is responsible both for severe winter cold and attendant dry conditions with little snow and few or no glaciers across Asian part of Russia , Mongolia , and China . During

1548-592: The northern part of Sakhalin was removed from the Krai to join the southern part and form Sakhalin Oblast . In 1948, parts of its southwestern territories were removed from the Krai to form Amur Oblast . In 1953, Magadan Oblast was established from the northern parts of the Krai and was given jurisdiction over Chukotka National Okrug, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Kamchatka oblast. In 1956, Kamchatka Oblast became its own region and took Koryak National Okrug with it. The Krai took its modern form in 1991, just before

1591-529: The ocean. Siberian air is generally colder than Arctic air, because unlike Arctic air which forms over the sea ice around the North Pole , Siberian air forms over the cold tundra of Siberia, which does not radiate heat the same way the ice of the Arctic does. In general, the Siberian High-pressure system begins to build up at the end of August, reaches its peak in the winter, and remains strong until

1634-477: The question. There are the following institutions of higher education in Khabarovsk Krai. The city was a host to the 1981 Bandy World Championship as well as to the 2015 Bandy World Championship . For the 2015 games, twenty-one teams originally were expected, which would have been four more than the record-making seventeen from the 2014 tournament , but eventually, only sixteen teams came. The A Division of

1677-430: The southern part of Khabarovsk Krai was originally occupied by one of the five semi-nomadic Shiwei , the Bo Shiwei tribes, and the Black Water Mohe tribes living, respectively, on the west and the east of the Bureya and the Lesser Khingan ranges. In 1643, Vassili Poyarkov 's boats descended the Amur , returning to Yakutsk by the Sea of Okhotsk and the Aldan River , and in 1649–1650, Yerofey Khabarov occupied

1720-432: The strongest relationship over the West Siberian Plain and significant relationships as far west as Hungary and as far southeast as Guangdong . Precipitation has also been found to be similarly inversely related to the mean central pressure of the Siberian High over almost all of Eastern Europe during the boreal winter, and similar relationships are found in southern China, whilst the opposite correlation exists over

1763-476: The tropics as far southeast as the Philippines . It may block or reduce the size of low-pressure cells and generate dry weather across much of the Asian landscape with the exception of regions such as Hokuriku and the Caspian Sea coast of Iran that receive orographic rainfall from the winds it generates. As a result of the Siberian High, coastal winters in the main city of Pacific Russia Vladivostok are very cold in relation to its latitude and proximity to

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1806-446: The weather experienced by a large proportion of the world's population, scientific studies of the Siberian High have been late in coming, though variability of its behavior was observed as early as the 1960s. However, recent studies of observed global warming over Asia have shown that weakening of the Siberian High is a prime driver of warmer winters in almost all of inland extra-tropical Asia and even over most parts of Europe , with

1849-429: Was met with, dipping steeply to the south-west. The highest range is formed by the Sem Khrebti (Seven mountains); they consist of clay slates, also dipping to the south-west. The range was surveyed in 1934 by geologist Yuri Bilibin (1901—1952) together with mining engineer Evgeny Bobin (1897—1941) in the course of an expedition sent by the government of the Soviet Union. After conducting the first topographic survey of

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