Taymyr Autonomous Okrug


Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets Autonomous Okrug was a federal subject of Russia, the northernmost in Siberian Russia. It was named after the Taymyr Peninsula. It was also called Dolgan-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, by the name of the indigenous people Dolgans and Nenets.
With an area of 862,100 km2 and a population of 39,786, the autonomous okrug was one of the least densely populated areas of Russia as of 2006. Dudinka, with more than half of Taymyr's inhabitants, was the administrative center.
Following a referendum on the issue held on April 17, 2005, Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets and Evenk Autonomous Okrugs were merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai effective January 1, 2007. Taymyr was given a special status within Krasnoyarsk Krai and incorporated as Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District.

Administrative divisions

The city of Norilsk, even though it is geographically located within Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, was administratively subordinated directly to Krasnoyarsk Krai prior to the merger. This also applied to the urban-type settlement of Snezhnogorsk, which was administratively subordinated to Norilsk. Therefore, the okrug's population reported by the Census authorities does not include the populations of Norilsk and Snezhnogorsk.

In popular culture

Although not actually having been filmed in Taymyr, it is depicted in the 1985 film White Nights, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines. During the opening moments of the film, Baryshnikov's character Nikolai Rodchenko – a Soviet defector – is on a passenger plane that crash lands at "Norilsk Air Base". He later is taken into the home of Hines' character – a US defector – and his wife, where they advise him that he is in Taymyr upon regaining consciousness.
Taymyr is featured in the 2020 simulation video game SnowRunner as the third playable region of the game.

Demographics

Population

: 39,786.

Vital statistics

Average population Live birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rate Crude death rate Natural change
19703876129946220.07.912.2
19754285731754020.47.512.9
19804699633366321.77.214.4
1985511 10437073421.67.314.4
19905184236048216.47.09.4
19915078933545415.86.79.1
19924869240129114.48.36.0
19934661744816913.49.73.7
1994445855186713.311.81.5
1995435375013612.611.80.8
1996424864414511.710.61.1
19974148337410911.99.22.7
19984049836813012.69.33.3
1999394483767211.69.71.9
2000384604382212.011.40.6
20013956243812414.511.33.2
20023960839721115.510.15.4
20033962538623915.99.86.1
20043963734529216.58.97.6
20053854836917914.59.74.7
20063754034719314.59.35.2

Ethnic groups

Of the 39,786 residents 1,018 chose not to specify their ethnic background. A quarter of the population identified themselves as indigenous Siberians. 58.6% of the population were ethnic Russians. Other nationalities included 2,423 Ukrainians, 587 Volga Germans, 425 Volga Tatars, 294 Belarusians and 239 Azeris