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East Siberian Economic Region Восточно-Сибирский экономический район (Russian)
Economic region
Krasnoyarsk, the largest city in the region
Map of East Siberian Economic Region
Country	Russia
Area
• Total	3,371,816 km (1,301,865 sq mi)
Population
• Total	6,096,127
• Density	1.8/km (4.7/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	₽ 5,386 billion US$ 73.250 billion (2021)

The East Siberian Economic Region is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.

In this area of plateaus, mountains, and river basins, the major cities—Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk—are located along the Trans-Siberian Railroad. There are hydroelectric stations at Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Irkutsk. Coal, gold, graphite, iron ore, aluminum ore, zinc, and lead are mined in the area, and livestock is raised.

Composition

Socio-economic indicators

The East Siberian economic region accounted for 4 per cent of the national GRP in 2008. This sparsely populated region between Europe and Asia has high wage levels and also a relatively large portion of employees in the new private sector. Productivity is also high by Russian standards.

It ranks especially low in the migration of people into the region and population change, and in the expectation of life to improve and evaluation of the national economy.

Notes

1. Russian: Восточно-Сибирский экономический район, IPA: [vɐˈstotɕnə sʲɪˈbʲirskʲɪj ɪkənɐˈmʲitɕɪskʲɪj rɐˈjon]

References

1. "Валовой региональный продукт". rosstat.gov.ru.
2. Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07
3. East Siberia Archived 2007-01-22 at the Wayback Machine

• Economic regions of Russia
• Economy of Siberia