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Kurgan Region   £25

Oleg Bogomolov,
GOVERNOR OF THE KURGAN REGION

Kurgan Region has an advantageous geographic location at the crossroads
of the Trans-Siberian Railroad and other major transportation routes. This
opens an easy connection to the central part of Russia, the Urals (the
Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, and Tyumen regions), and Kazakhstan.

During the past few years, the Kurgan Region has taken a huge step forward.
Macroeconomic indicators have significantly improved, a number of very
important economic projects are underway, and the social and economic stability has been preserved.

Fertile soils of the Kurgan Region are its main natural wealth. Agricultural
lands cover 55% of the Region’s territory, and over 40% of the Region’s inhabitants are rural dwellers. All of this makes the agroindustrial sector one of the most important sectors of the Region’s economy. The Region produces enough staple food products to satisfy its own needs, and sells agricultural products to industrial centers of the Urals. Per-capita production of agricultural products in the Kurgan Region is higher than in any other Urals region. In 2006, the Kurgan Region held the third place among Russian regions in per-capita production of grain and legumes,  seventh place in production of vegetables, 17th place in production of milk, 21st place in production of potatoes, and 34th place in production of animal and poultry meat.

Steady industrial growth is the defining factor of the social and economic
development of the Region. Manufacturing enterprises account for approximately 80% of the Region’s industrial production. Products of the Region’s enterprises (which produce over 5,000 types of goods, including buses, milking machines, valves for chemical plants, pumps, oil extraction and refining equipment, metal structures for construction of plant buildings, railroad and road bridges) are well knows outside the Region.

Our industry is an integral part of the Russia’s industrial potential. The Region
accounts for 46% of total Russian production of construction machines,
including multipurpose municipal construction machines, 30% of fire trucks, 21% of bridge metal structures, and 17.5% of buses.

The Kurgan Region has a wide variety of minerals: in addition to peat, therapeutic mud, fresh and mineral waters, the Region also boasts considerable reserves of uranium ore, bentonite clay, and raw building materials, as well as a large deposit of quartz sand. According to researches, oil and gas reserves are also likely to be found.

The Kurgan Region’s natural resources, opportunities to upgrade and convert
enterprises, its qualified workforce, and assistance of regional authorities in
creating favorable conditions for business –all these factors make the Region attractive to investors.

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