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Kangaskhan (Pokémon)

Kangaskhan ( Japanese : ガルーラ Garura ) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I .

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Kangaskhan can Mega Evolve into Mega Kangaskhan using the Kangaskhanite .

• 2.1 NPC appearances
• 2.2 Pokédex entries
• 2.3.1 In side games
• 2.3.2 In events
• 2.4 Held items
• 2.5.1.1 Kangaskhan
• 2.5.1.2 Mega Kangaskhan
• 2.5.2 Pokéathlon stats
• 2.6 Type effectiveness
• 2.7.1 By leveling up
• 2.7.2 By TM/TR
• 2.7.3 By breeding
• 2.7.4 By tutoring
• 2.7.5 By transfer from another generation
• 2.8.1 Kangaskhan
• 2.8.2 Mega Kangaskhan
• 2.9.1 Mega Evolution
• 2.10 Evolution data
• 2.11.1 Other sprites
• 3.1.1 Major appearances
• 3.1.2 Minor appearances
• 3.1.3 Pokédex entries
• 3.2 Pokémon Evolutions
• 4.1 The Electric Tale of Pikachu
• 4.2.1 Red, Green & Blue arc
• 4.2.2 Yellow arc
• 4.2.3 Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
• 4.2.4 FireRed & LeafGreen arc
• 4.2.5 Diamond & Pearl arc
• 4.2.6 HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
• 4.2.7 X & Y arc
• 4.3 Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
• 4.4 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team
• 4.5 Pokémon Zensho
• 5 In the TCG
• 6.1.1 Trophy information
• 6.2 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• 7.1.1 Name origin
• 8 In other languages
• 9 Related articles
• 10 References
• 11 External links

Kangaskhan is a large, bipedal marsupial Pokémon that vaguely resembles a kangaroo . It has a brown hide with several raised patches and a cream-colored belly. It has large, cream-colored ears, narrow, red eyes, and a short, rounded snout with two fangs in the back of its upper jaw. On top of its head is a thick, black plate. There are epaulette -like growths over its shoulders and a row of spikes down its back. It has three clawed digits on each hand and foot and a thick tail. On its belly is a pouch that contains a baby Kangaskhan. Unlike its parent, the baby is light purple and has smooth skin. Kangaskhan is a female-only species with no male counterpart.

Kangaskhan is a nurturing Pokémon that protects its young at all costs. It can move really fast, even with the baby in its pouch. The baby leaves the pouch only rarely until it is three years old. In order to avoid crushing the baby, Kangaskhan sleeps standing up. If the mother feels the environment is safe, it will allow its young out to play. However, it will violently attack anything that it sees as a threat to its young. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep , Kangaskhan will defend the baby in its pouch, even while it sleeps. [1] If the baby is awake but the parent wants to sleep, Kangaskhan will lie down to sleep while the baby sits on top of its back. They are known to raise other species of Pokémon alongside their own children, and records exist which describe a childless Kangaskhan raising a lost human child. Regardless of how badly injured it becomes, the mother will not cease fighting until its young is safe. It uses quick jabs to intimidate its enemies. Although it was nearly hunted to extinction, Kangaskhan can be found in savannahs and other grasslands .

Prior to Generation III , Dizzy Punch was its signature move .

Kangaskhan can Mega Evolve into Mega Kangaskhan.

As Mega Kangaskhan, the mother Kangaskhan appears unchanged. However, the baby temporarily grows and gains some new features. There are now raised patches on its knees similar to those seen on its mother. These patches also appear aligned horizontally along its waist with a larger patch on its belly. Small, spiked growths appear underneath its ears. The child is feisty, hates to lose, and will boldly challenge its opponents to protect its mother. [2] The mother's happiness over its child's growth is the source of its additional strength. However, it feels uneasy about the child's future, as it is only skilled at fighting and nothing else. It is also saddened by the reminder that its child will one day leave.

Mega Kangaskhan is the only known Pokémon that can have Parental Bond as an Ability .

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team : Kangaskhan oversees the item storage at her shop in Pokémon Square .
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness : Kangaskhan oversees the item storage at her shop in Treasure Town .
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl : Johanna has a Kangaskhan named Jumpy that she uses in Pokémon Contests.
• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon : Kangaskhan oversees the Café Connection shops across the various towns on the continents in the game.

Pokédex entries

Game locations, in side games, mega kangaskhan, pokéathlon stats, type effectiveness.

Kangaskhan is available in Sword and Shield Version 1.2.0+ and Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl .

By leveling up

• Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Kangaskhan
• Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Kangaskhan
• Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
• Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

• Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Kangaskhan in Generation VIII
• Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
• Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Kangaskhan in that game.
• Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

• Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By transfer from another generation

• Transferred Pokémon only retain these moves in Pokémon Sword and Shield
• A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
• × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield
• Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations

Side game data

• Mega Evolution

Evolution data

Other sprites

In animation, main series.

Major appearances

Multiple Kangaskhan debuted in The Kangaskhan Kid , where they were watching over a wild boy named Tommy , who in turn was protecting them as well. An injured baby Kangaskhan also appeared in the same episode.

In Kanga Games , a Kangaskhan allowed her child to play with Pikachu and his friends.

In An EGG-sighting Adventure! , a wild Kangaskhan found Ash's Egg in the forest.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate! , a Kangaskhan known as "Aunty Kangaskhan" owns a warehouse. She gave Team Go-Getters Pecha Scarves and Corsola twigs for their mission to save Pikachu .

In Heart of Fire! Heart of Stone! , a wild Kangaskhan was a resident of Paniola Ranch . Her baby had injured her foot, but she soon received treatment from Brock and recovered.

In Battling Besties! , Ilima owns a Kangaskhan that can Mega Evolve . She battled Guzma and his Scizor in the Manalo Conference , but she was defeated through Guzma's dirty tricks, thus eliminating Ilima from the competition. Kangaskhan reappeared in a flashback in The Wisdom Not to Run! .

Multiple Kangaskhan appeared in Enter Pikachu! . One of them raised a wild Pichu in addition to her child, but the Pichu eventually left the herd after becoming too big for Kangaskhan to hold in her pouch. She also appeared in a flashback in Mind-Boggling Dynamax! .

Minor appearances

In Pikachu's Vacation , a Kangaskhan was at the Pokémon Theme Park .

In The Power of One , a Kangaskhan sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III .

A Kangaskhan appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure .

In Ring Masters , a Kangaskhan competed in Rikishii Town 's Sumo Conference .

A Kangaskhan appeared in The Green Guardian .

In Two Degrees of Separation! , a Kangaskhan was a character in a console fighting game.

A Kangaskhan appeared in Jessie 's fantasy in One Big Happiny Family! .

A Kangaskhan appeared in Giratina and the Sky Warrior .

In a flashback in Aiding the Enemy! , a Kangaskhan was under Reggie 's care.

A Kangaskhan that can Mega Evolve appeared in the opening of Mega Evolution Special I .

A Kangaskhan appeared in I Choose You! .

In Getting a Jump on the Competition! , a Trainer 's Kangaskhan participated in the Pokémon Sled Jump Games .

Two Kangaskhan appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big! .

A Trainer's Kangaskhan appeared in HZ050 .

Pokémon Evolutions

A Kangaskhan appeared in The Discovery , under the ownership of Green . She used it alongside her Gengar in her battle against the Trainers of Nugget Bridge and won easily.

In the manga

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

A Kangaskhan was seen with Tommy in Pikachu's Excellent Adventure .

Pokémon Adventures

Red, Green & Blue arc

Kangaskhan debuted in The Secret of Kangaskhan . Here, Blue tries to catch one but is stopped by Red when the latter realizes Kangaskhan is protecting her baby. The baby was poisoned , so Red used an Antidote to heal her. Kangaskhan is grateful and leaves; Blue watched this in amazement, but was still angry at Red for allowing Kangaskhan to escape, thus starting their rivalry .

In Take a Chance on Chansey , during a flashback of Agatha 's, Professor Oak is seen with a Kangaskhan, nicknamed Kanga, on his team from their league battle over two decades ago, and uses her to fight the bitter woman's Gengar , winning the match after hours.

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In Quilava Quandary , the Day-Care Couple used a Kangaskhan to train Gold .

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

Professor Oak 's Kangaskhan is beaten both by the Team Rocket member Orm and Guile Hideout along with most of his other Pokémon, including his newly evolved Fearow . She has not been seen since.

Diamond & Pearl arc

Diamond 's mother, Johanna , owns a Kangaskhan, who first appeared in Stopping Sableye .

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

A Trainer 's Kangaskhan appeared in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down as one of the Pokémon seen at the Safari Zone .

X & Y arc

Kanga, the mother Kangaskhan, and Li'l Kanga, the baby Kangaskhan, are the first known Pokémon of X . Using X's Mega Ring , Li'l Kanga can Mega Evolve and fight on her mother's behalf. They both debuted in An X-cuse to Come Out and Play .

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

In Deoxys, The Phantom Pokémon! (Part 2) , Mars has a Kangaskhan which she uses against Deoxys . Kangaskhan succeeded in critically wounding it. After using Outrage on Deoxys, she became confused and started to attack everything around her due to the side effect of Outrage. She also smashed her own Poké Ball while on rampage. Kangaskhan was eventually defeated by Deoxys in Attack Forme.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team

A Kangaskhan appeared in Goodbye to a Peaceful Village! .

Pokémon Zensho

A Kangaskhan appeared in PZ06 .

Other appearances

Super smash bros. for wii u.

Mega Kangaskhan appears as a trophy.

Trophy information

NA: What happens when Kangaskhan, the Parent Pokémon, Mega Evolves? The baby in its pouch jumps out and joins in the battle! All grown up, that baby is ready to protect its mother! "It's just a baby!" you might say, but look into those eyes - there is a ferocity there that will be tough to beat. Here comes a one-two combo from mom and baby!

PAL: You may feel underwhelmed the first time you see the Parent Pokémon Mega Evolve. "What, the kid just jumped out of the pouch? Is that it?" But take a closer look at its face - the child's brimming with a fierce determination to protect its mother. With this brave new partner, Mega Kangaskhan gains the ability to attack twice in one turn!

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Kangaskhan and its Mega Evolved form appear as Spirits .

• Some early Pokédex entries specifically mention female Kangaskhan. ("The female raises its offspring in a pouch on its belly.", from Japanese Pokémon Red and Green , as well as FireRed ; "The female raises its young in its belly pouch for around three years.", from Japanese Pokémon Stadium , as well as Pokémon Stadium ) This may imply that there are male Kangaskhan as well, although they are not seen in Pokémon media.

Kangaskhan seems to be based on a kangaroo with elements of Mongolian laminar armor , evident in its helmet-like plate with ear flaps and its epaulets. Its appearance may also be based on Kaiju . The fact that the move Dizzy Punch originally used to be Kangaskhan's signature move may come from the cartoonish depiction of kangaroos as boxers .

It may also be based on a tree-kangaroo given its stockier build, wider face, and larger nails in comparison to a terrestrial kangaroo, or the procoptodon , an extinct prehistoric genus of terrestrial kangaroo known for their short faces, specifically the species of P. goliah , the largest known kangaroo species to have ever lived.

Name origin

Kangaskhan may be a combination of kangaroo and khan , possibly in reference to Genghis Khan .

Garura may be a combination of kangaroo and ruler .

In other languages

Related articles.

• Kanga and Li'l Kanga
• Kangaskhan Storage
• Café Connection
• Pokémon fusion
• ↑ Sleep Style Dex
• ↑ Pokémon X and Y site | Mega Pokémon (archived)

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How to Catch Pokémon in Safari Zone

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In the Pokémon series of games, Safari Zones are special unique areas in each game where rare Pokémon that don't appear anywhere else in the game can be caught. Safari Zones always operate with different rules than the rest of the game world - instead of battling Pokémon in the wild like you normally would, you'll need to carefully use baits and deterrents to get Pokémon to let down their guards so you can catch them. This can be quite challenging, so knowing the ins and outs of Safari Zone mechanics in each game is vital for success.

Navigating the Safari Zone

Fighting and capturing pokémon.

• Note that the "run away" option functions as normal, so we won't be discussing it.

• However, using bait will also make the Pokémon more difficult to catch in a safari ball. Thus, striking a balance here can be difficult — the longer you get the Pokémon to stick around for, the harder it will be to actually capture it.

• However, there's an important downside: using rocks will also make the Pokémon more likely to run away. In fact, after taking more than a few rocks, a Pokémon is virtually guaranteed to run away — some will exit the battle sooner. Thus, once again, using rocks means striking a delicate balance as you try to capture your Pokémon.

• Note that you only have a limited supply of safari balls (depending on the game, usually 30), so save them for Pokémon you want to catch. It's generally the best use of your time to use your safari balls for Pokémon that are only found in the safari zone.

• Note that safari balls are weak compared to the pokéballs you can use in the rest of the game. In addition to this, especially rare Safari Zone Pokémon are extra-difficult to catch. [2] X Research source This can lead to some very frustrating situations — for instance, it can easily take 20 or more tries to catch an exceptionally rare Pokémon like Clefairy.

General Tips

• Bulbapedia, an online user-supported Pokémon encyclopedia, has extensive information about each game's Safari Zone, including maps and guides covering where to look for the Pokémon in each zone. See the Bulbapedia Safari Zone article to get started. [3] X Research source
• Note that there is no step limit in the Safari Zone in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. [4] X Research source

• Across all of the games in the series, the entrance fee has stayed the same: 500 P . This includes the Great Marsh in Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, which is not technically a Safari Zone but behaves very similarly.
• One smart strategy is to save your game before you enter the Safari Zone. This way, if you don't catch any Pokémon you want, you can re-load to avoid paying the entrance fee again.

• As an example of the sort of equation used in the games to determine whether certain Pokémon are captured, consider the equation from the Generation games (Gold and Silver): a = max((3 × HP max - 2 × HP current ) × rate modified / (3 × HP max ), 1) + bonus status where HP max is the Pokémon's maximum HP, HP current is the Pokémon's current HP, rate modified is the catch rate of the Pokémon modified by the ball used (every Pokémon and every ball modifies this in a certain way, and bonus status is the modifier for any status condition (sleep and freeze are 10, all others are 0). [5] X Research source When you throw a ball, a random number between 0 and 255 is generated. If this number is less than or equal to a, the Pokémon is caught.

Catching Pokémon in the Kanto Safari Zone

In the following sections, we'll highlight the rare Pokémon in each Safari zone and give specific advice where applicable. To keep these tables to a reasonable size, we've included only the rarest Pokémon in each area — for exhaustive information, consult the Safari Zone guides at Serebii.net and Bulbapedia.

Catching Pokémon in the Hoenn Safari Zone

Note that the Generation 4 Hoenn Safari Zone (Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire) won't be covered here as the player is allowed to engage in ordinary battles in this zone.

Catching Pokémon in the Sinnoh Great Marsh

Though Sinnoh's Pokémon preserve has a different name, it functions virtually identically to Safari Zones in other regions.

Catching Pokémon in the Johto Safari Zone

Note that the Safari Zone is not available in Generation 2 (Gold/Silver) but is available in the Generation IV games that visit Johto (HeartGold/SoulSilver). Note also that in this Safari Zone the player can arrange the six different areas in any arrangement desired. Finally, many of the areas in the Johto Safari Zones have Pokémon appearance rates that are not yet known — only data for the known areas has been included. See Bulbapedia for more information. [6] X Research source

Expert Q&A

• Once again, the data in the tables above only deals with the most noteworthy Pokémon in each area. In fact, many more Pokémon appear in each Safari Zone. Thanks Helpful 3 Not Helpful 3
• Remember — you have a limited number of steps inside the Safari Zone, not a limited amount of time. Thus, you can take as long as you like if you control your movement carefully. Thanks Helpful 1 Not Helpful 4

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• ↑ http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Kanto_Safari_Zone
• ↑ https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Red_and_Blue/Safari_Zone
• ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Safari_Zone
• ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Johto_Safari_Zone#Areas
• ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Catch_rate#Capture_method_.28Generation_II.29

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Natural resources

Rich in natural resources, the oblast is especially famous for metals ( iron , copper , gold , platinum ), minerals ( asbestos , gemstones , talcum ), marble and coal . It is mostly here that the bulk of Russian industry was concentrated in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The area has continental climate patterns, with long cold winters (average temperatures reaching −15 °C (5 °F) to −25 °C (−13 °F) on the Western Siberian Plain) and short warm summers. Only in the southeast of the oblast do temperatures reach +30 °C (86 °F) in July.

Early history

The territory of the region has been inhabited since ancient times. Numerous sites of ancient people were discovered, dating from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age. The Upper Paleolithic includes the Garinsky site on the right bank of the Sosva river near the village of Gari , the site in the Shaitansky grotto, and the site in the Bezymyanny cave (X millennium BC). In 1890, the 11 thousand years old (Mesolithic) Shigir idol was discovered.

A settlement and a burial ground in the Kalmatsky Brod tract are located on the right bank of the Iset river and date back to the Sarmatian time (from the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD). They belong to the Kalmak archaeological culture. In the Kalmatsky Brod burial ground, the skeletal skulls were strongly deformed by tight bandaging in early childhood, which indicates the penetration of steppe ethnic elements to the north.

There are numerous pictograms on the Koptelovsky stone, on the Oblique stone, on the Two-eyed stone, Starichnaya, Serginskaya, the rock paintings of the Bronze Age on the Neyva River, Tagil River (villages Brekhovaya, Gaevaya, Komelskaya), rock carvings on Shaitan-Kamen on the right bank of the Rezh river tied to indigenous Ural population, possibly speakers of a Ugric language . The Gostkovskaya Pisanitsa refers to the Middle Ages.

Medieval history and Russian expansion

Before the first Russian colonists arrived to the region, it was populated by various Turkic and Ugrian tribes. By the 16th century, when the Middle Urals were under influence of various Tatar khanates, the strongest local state was the Vogul Pelym principality with its center in Pelym .

The Russian conquest of the Khanate of Kazan in the 1550s paved the way further east, which was now free from Tatar depredations (see Yermak Timofeyevich ). The first surviving Russian settlements in the area date back to the late 16th – early 17th centuries ( Verkhoturye , 1598; Turinsk , 1600; Irbit , 1633; Alapayevsk , 1639). At that time, those small trading posts were governed under Siberian administration in Tobolsk . After the 1708 administrative reform, Verkhoturye, Pelym and Turinsk became a part of the new Siberian Governorate , in 1737 their territories were assigned to the Kazan Governorate .

Rise of the mining-metallurgical era

During the 18th century, rich resources of iron and coal made Ural an industrial heartland of Russia. After getting control over Ural mines, the Demidov family put the region in the forefront of Russian industrialization. Yekaterinburg , Nevyansk and Tagil ironworks, founded in the 1700s to 1720s, soon joined the ranks of the major producers in Europe. Throughout the 18th and 19th century those newly founded factory towns enjoyed a status of special mining-metallurgical districts allowed to have a certain rate of financial and proprietary autonomy. During the 1781 reform middle Ural finally got its own regional administration in the form of the Perm Governorate .

When in 1812 the Russian government legalized gold digging for its citizens, Middle Ural became a center of gold mining. Entrepreneurs of the Perm Governorate also started the gold rush in West Siberia, soon Yekaterinburgers began to dominate the Russian market of precious metals and gemstones.

After the emancipation reform of 1861 , major Middle Uralian industries that were heavily dependent on serf labor entered decline, although it also allowed light industry to thrive. In 1878, Perm and Yekaterinburg were connected with a railroad, in 1888, railroads reached Tyumen , and ultimately, in 1897, Yekaterinburg joined the Trans-Siberian network . Emergence of railroad transportation helped to revitalize economy of Ural.

Soviet Ural

The Bolsheviks established their power in Yekaterinburg and Perm during the first days of the October Revolution of 1917. In early 1918 the dethroned Czar Nicholas II and his family were transferred under custody to Yekaterinburg. Local Bolsheviks decided autonomously to execute the royal family on July 17, 1918, to prevent its rescue of by the approaching White Army forces. Ten days later Yekaterinburg was captured by the Czechoslovak troops of Sergei Wojciechowski . For the next year the Anti-bolshevik forces took control over the region. On 19 August 1918, Provisional Government of Ural was formed in Yekaterinburg by a coalition of liberal and democratic socialist parties, it was supposed to serve as a buffer between the Komuch and Provisional Siberian governments. After the Kolchak coup d'état in Omsk in November 1918, the Government of Ural was disbanded.

In July 1919, in the course of the Yekaterinburg offense, Yekaterinburg and the surrounding areas were recaptured by the Red Army forces under command of Vasily Shorin . On the July 15th, the Perm Governorate was split by the Soviets and the east, for the first time in history, became a separate region, the Yekaterinburg Governorate. It was soon abolished and replaced by the Ural Oblast (1923-1934).

In the 1930s many industrial enterprises were established and built with the help of forced labour. Local industry received another impetus during World War II, when important producing facilities were relocated here from the European part of Russia to safeguard them from the advancing Germans (for example, IMZ-Ural , Kamensk-Uralsky Metallurgical Works ). In the postwar period much of the region was off-limits to foreigners. It was over Sverdlovsk that the American U-2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers was shot down on May 1, 1960, while on a reconnaissance mission.

In 1979, there was an anthrax outbreak caused by an accident in a facility to develop biological weapons.

Post-Soviet transition

In 1993, Governor Eduard Rossel responded to perceived economic inequality by attempting to create a " Ural Republic ." Sverdlovsk led the "Urals Five" ( Kurgan Oblast , Orenburg Oblast , Perm Krai , Chelyabinsk Oblast and Sverdlovsk) in a call for greater regional power. They argued that the oblasts deserved as much power as the ethnic homeland republics . The Urals Republic Constitution went into effect on October 27, 1993. Then Russian President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the Urals Republic and the Sverdlovsk Parliament 10 days later (on November 9).

Administrative divisions

Demographics.

Population : 4,268,998 ( 2021 Census ) ; 4,297,747 ( 2010 Census ) ; 4,486,214 ( 2002 Census ) ; 4,716,768 ( 1989 Soviet census ) .

Vital statistics for 2022:

• Births: 39,958 (9.4 per 1,000)
• Deaths: 59,316 (13.9 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2022): 1.56 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021): Total — 68.79 years (male — 63.72, female — 73.80)

Settlements

Ethnic groups.

There were twenty-one recognized ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each in the oblast. Residents identified themselves as belonging to a total of 148 different ethnic groups, including:

• 3,684,843 Russians (90.6%);
• 143,803 Tatars (3.5%);
• 35,563 Ukrainians (0.9%);
• 31,183 Bashkirs (0.8%);
• 23,801 Mari (0.6%);
• 14,914 Germans (0.4%);
• 14,215 Azerbaijanis (0.3%);
• 13,789 Udmurts (0.3%);
• 11,670 Belarusians (0.3%);
• 11,510 Chuvash (0.26%);
• 11,501 Armenians (0.3%);
• 11,138 Tajiks (0.3%);
• 9,702 Mordovians (0.22%);
• 9,358 Uzbeks (0.2%);

232,978 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.

Christianity is the largest religion in Sverdlovsk Oblast. According to a 2012 survey 43% of the population of Sverdlovsk Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church , 5% are nondenominational Christians (excluding Protestant churches), 3% are Muslims , 2% are Orthodox Christian believers without belonging to any Church or are members of other Orthodox churches , 1% are adherents of the Slavic native faith (Rodnovery), and 0.3% are adherents of forms of Hinduism ( Vedism , Krishnaism or Tantrism ). In addition, 36% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", and 9.7% is atheist .

The most important institutions of higher education include Ural Federal University , Ural State Medical University , Ural State University of Economics , Ural State Law University , Ural State Mining University and Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts , all located in the capital Yekaterinburg.

The oblast's Charter, adopted on 17 December 1994, with subsequent amendments, establishes the oblast government. The Governor is the chief executive, who appoints the Government, consisting of ministries and departments. The Chairman of the Government, commonly referred to as the Prime Minister, is appointed with the consent of the lower house of the legislature , a process similar to the appointment of the federal Prime Minister . But the Governor cannot nominate the same candidate more than twice, yet he/she can dismiss the house after three failed attempts to appoint the Premier. [ needs update ]

The Legislative Assembly is the regional parliament of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Until 2011, it was a bicameral legislature consisting of the Oblast Duma, the lower house , and the House of Representatives, the upper house . Before the reform, members of the legislature served four-year terms with half of the Duma re-elected every two years. The Duma (28 members) was elected in party lists. The 21 members of the House of Representatives were elected in single-seat districts in a first-past-the-post system. The Legislative Assembly was the first bicameral legislature outside an autonomous republic, and the first regional legislature in Russia to elect members based on both party lists and single-seat districts . As of 2021, the Legislative Assembly is a unicameral legislature with a total of 50 seats, with half of the members elected by single-mandate constituencies and the other half elected in party lists for five-year terms.

Compliance with the Charter is enforced by the Charter Court. The existence of such regional courts in Russia, formed and functioning outside the federal judiciary, although challenged, has been upheld and persisted successfully in most constituent members of the Federation where they were established.

Until President Putin 's reforms of 2004, the Governor was elected by direct vote for terms of four years. Eduard Rossel has been the only elected governor (first elected governor for an oblast in Russia) since 1995 (appointed in 1991 and dismissed in 1993 by President Yeltsin ), re-elected in 1999 and 2003.

Since 2012, the oblast's Governor is Yevgeny Kuyvashev .

Chairmen of the Oblast Duma

Chairmen of the house of representatives of the legislative assembly.

In the 1990s, the Oblast's population was distinguished by relatively high support for parties and candidates of the right and democratic persuasion. In the 1996 presidential election, Boris Yeltsin , a native of the region who lived in Sverdlovsk until the 1980s, won over 70% of the vote. In the regional elections in 2010 in the Sverdlovsk Oblast, United Russia received minimal support relative to other regions - only 39.79% of votes.

Economy and transportation

Even though it could do with modernizing, the region's industries are quite diverse. 12% of Russia's iron and steel industry is still concentrated in Sverdlovsk oblast. Iron and copper are mined and processed here, the logging industry and wood-processing are important, too.

The largest companies in the region include Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company , UralVagonZavod , Enel Russia , Nizhniy Tagil Iron and Steel Works , Federal Freight .

Yekaterinburg is a prominent road, rail and air hub in the Ural region. As the economic slump subsided, several European airlines started or resumed flights to the city. These include Lufthansa , British Airways , CSA , Turkish Airlines , Austrian Airlines and Finnair . Malév Hungarian Airlines used to be among those carriers but they had to drop their flights to SVX ( IATA airport code for Sverdlovsk) after a few months.

The Alapaevsk narrow-gauge railway serves the communities around Alapayevsk .

Sister relationships

• Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province , Vietnam
• Harbin , China

External links

• Sverdlovsk Oblast on Facebook
• Investment portal of Sverdlovsk Oblast
• (in Russian) Official website of the Government of Sverdlovsk Oblast
• States and territories established in 1934
• 1934 establishments in Russia

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