Tambov is a small city, which is the administrative center of the region, located in Central Russia, 480 km from Moscow. In the article we will talk about what this city is like and about its population.
Population of Tambov: dynamics of growth and decline
Perhaps no city has an unambiguous indicator of ever-increasing population. Especially today, when people from small towns are moving en masse to big cities in search of better jobs.
At the beginning of 2016, according to statistics, Tambov was in 70th place among the cities of the Russian Federation (there are 1112 in total) in terms of population. By the way, it is 280 thousand people.
A noticeable increase in this indicator has occurred since 1931, when it increased from 83 thousand people to 106 thousand, and gradually, by 1987, the figure approached 305 thousand people.
Further, the population of Tambov increased by 1000 people annually, but since 1998 the figure began to fall, and in 10 years the number of city residents decreased by 30 thousand people. This demographic situation is associated not only with moving, but also with the excess of mortality over births. Incidentally, the highestthe indicator was recorded in 2009, when the death rate exceeded the birth rate by 1.5 times.
Education and employment
Despite the fact that the population of the city of Tambov is small, here you can get not only secondary education, but also higher education, since the city is considered a scientific and industrial center.
About 20 schools and gymnasiums and about 15 educational institutions have been opened in Tambov, where you can get a secondary special education. For example, College of Education, College of Civil Engineering, College of Business and College of Arts.
Higher education institutions include four local ones, including technical and music-pedagogical universities, as well as about ten institutions that are branches of Moscow universities.
Basically, the population of Tambov is employed in industry and trade. Developed areas such as mechanical engineering, chemical industry, chemical engineering, as well as light and food industries.
In addition to employment in enterprises, people also work in research institutes of various directions, of which there are about 10. So, the city has a research institute for rubber engineering, radio engineering, etc.
Ethnic composition and religion
The population of Tambov is mainly represented by Russians, who make up about 90% of all its inhabitants. Ukrainians, Gypsies, Tatars, Azerbaijanis also live in the city, but their total number does not exceed 5%.
In terms of religion, the bigsome of the locals are Orthodox, although there are also a small percentage of Catholics and Muslims. There are also people here who belong to various religious groups whose religion is not officially recognized throughout the world (Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.).
