Khabarovsk Krai

Khabarovsk Krai shares its borders with Magadan Oblast in the north; with the Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast in the west; with the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, China (Heilongjiang), and Primorsky Krai in the south; and is limited by the Sea of Okhotsk in the east. In terms of area, it is the fourth-largest federal subject within Russia. Major islands include the Shantar Islands.

Taiga and tundra in the north, swampy forest in the central depression, and deciduous forest in the south are the natural vegetation in the area. The main rivers are the Amur, Amgun, Uda, and Tugur, among others. There are also lakes such as Bokon, Bolon, Chukchagir, Evoron, Kizi, Khummi, Orel, and Udyl, among others.[http://mapn53.narod.ru/indexn53.html Topographic map N-53; M 1: 1,000,00]

Khabarovsk Krai has a severely continental climate with its northern areas being subarctic with stronger maritime summer moderation in the north. In its southerly areas, especially inland, annual swings are extremely strong, with Khabarovsk itself having hot, wet, and humid summers which rapidly transform into severely cold and long winters, where temperatures hardly ever go above freezing. This is because of the influence of the East Asian monsoon in summer and the bitterly cold Siberian High in winter. The second-largest city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur has even more violent temperature swings than Khabarovsk, with winter average lows below {{convert|-30|C|F}}, but in spite of this, avoiding being subarctic because of the significant heat in summer.

The main mountain ranges in the region are the Bureya Range, the Badzhal Range (highest point {{convert|2221|m|ft}} high, the Gora Ulun), the Yam-Alin, the Dusse-Alin, the Sikhote-Alin, the Dzhugdzhur Mountains, the Kondyor Massif, as well as a small section of the Suntar-Khayata Range, the Yudoma-Maya Highlands, and the Sette-Daban in the western border regions. The highest point is {{convert|2933|m|ft}} high, Berill Mountain.[https://peakvisor.com/adm/khabarovsk-krai.html Khabarovsk Krai Mountains - PeakVisor]Google Earth

There are a number of peninsulas along the krai's extensive coast, the main ones being (north to south) the Lisyansky Peninsula, Nurki Peninsula, Tugurskiy Peninsula, and the Tokhareu Peninsula.

The main islands of Khabarovsk Krai (north to south) are Malminskiye Island, the Shantar Islands, Menshikov Island, Reyneke Island (Sea of Okhotsk), Chkalov Island, Baydukov Island, and the Chastye Islands. The island of Sakhalin (Russia's largest) is administered separately as Sakhalin Oblast, along with the Kuril Islands.

The charts below detail climate averages from various locations in the krai. Khabarovsk is set near the Chinese border at a lower latitude far inland, while Komsomolsk-on-Amur being further downstream on the Amur river at a higher latitude. Sovetskaya Gavan and Okhotsk are coastal settlements in the deep south and far north, respectively.

{{Weather box

|location = Khabarovsk (1991–2020, extremes 1878–2023)

|collapsed = yes

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan record high C = 0.6

|Feb record high C = 6.3

|Mar record high C = 17.0

|Apr record high C = 28.6

|May record high C = 31.5

|Jun record high C = 36.4

|Jul record high C = 35.7

|Aug record high C = 35.6

|Sep record high C = 29.8

|Oct record high C = 26.4

|Nov record high C = 15.5

|Dec record high C = 6.6

|year record high C = 36.4

|Jan high C = -14.9

|Feb high C = -9.9

|Mar high C = -1.0

|Apr high C = 10.5

|May high C = 19.2

|Jun high C = 23.8

|Jul high C = 26.8

|Aug high C = 24.9

|Sep high C = 19.7

|Oct high C = 10.6

|Nov high C = -2.8

|Dec high C = -13.6

|year high C = 7.8

|Jan mean C = -19.2

|Feb mean C = -14.9

|Mar mean C = -5.9

|Apr mean C = 4.8

|May mean C = 12.9

|Jun mean C = 18.0

|Jul mean C = 21.4

|Aug mean C = 19.9

|Sep mean C = 14.1

|Oct mean C = 5.4

|Nov mean C = -6.9

|Dec mean C = -17.4

|year mean C = 2.7

|Jan low C = -23.1

|Feb low C = -19.6

|Mar low C = -10.7

|Apr low C = -0.1

|May low C = 7.3

|Jun low C = 12.8

|Jul low C = 16.8

|Aug low C = 15.7

|Sep low C = 9.4

|Oct low C = 1.0

|Nov low C = -10.4

|Dec low C = -20.9

|year low C = -1.8

|Jan record low C = -40.0

|Feb record low C = -35.1

|Mar record low C = -28.9

|Apr record low C = -15.1

|May record low C = -3.1

|Jun record low C = 2.2

|Jul record low C = 6.8

|Aug record low C = 4.9

|Sep record low C = -3.3

|Oct record low C = -15.6

|Nov record low C = -27.7

|Dec record low C = -38.1

|year record low C = -40.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 13

|Feb precipitation mm = 12

|Mar precipitation mm = 22

|Apr precipitation mm = 37

|May precipitation mm = 70

|Jun precipitation mm = 84

|Jul precipitation mm = 137

|Aug precipitation mm = 143

|Sep precipitation mm = 85

|Oct precipitation mm = 48

|Nov precipitation mm = 26

|Dec precipitation mm = 19

|year precipitation mm = 696

|Jan snow depth cm = 14

|Feb snow depth cm = 16

|Mar snow depth cm = 12

|Apr snow depth cm = 1

|May snow depth cm = 0

|Jun snow depth cm = 0

|Jul snow depth cm = 0

|Aug snow depth cm = 0

|Sep snow depth cm = 0

|Oct snow depth cm = 1

|Nov snow depth cm = 5

|Dec snow depth cm = 10

|year snow depth cm = 16

|Jan humidity = 75

|Feb humidity = 72

|Mar humidity = 68

|Apr humidity = 63

|May humidity = 65

|Jun humidity = 74

|Jul humidity = 79

|Aug humidity = 83

|Sep humidity = 78

|Oct humidity = 67

|Nov humidity = 69

|Dec humidity = 73

|year humidity = 72

|Jan rain days = 0

|Feb rain days = 0

|Mar rain days = 1

|Apr rain days = 10

|May rain days = 16

|Jun rain days = 15

|Jul rain days = 15

|Aug rain days = 17

|Sep rain days = 15

|Oct rain days = 11

|Nov rain days = 2

|Dec rain days = 0

|year rain days = 102

|Jan snow days = 14

|Feb snow days = 11

|Mar snow days = 11

|Apr snow days = 6

|May snow days = 1

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0.1

|Oct snow days = 4

|Nov snow days = 12

|Dec snow days = 14

|year snow days = 73

|Jan sun = 147

|Feb sun = 181

|Mar sun = 231

|Apr sun = 213

|May sun = 242

|Jun sun = 262

|Jul sun = 248

|Aug sun = 217

|Sep sun = 212

|Oct sun = 189

|Nov sun = 159

|Dec sun = 145

|year sun = 2446

|source 1 = Pogoda.ru.net{{cite web |title=Pogoda.ru.net |url=http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/31735.htm |access-date=8 November 2021 |language=ru}}

|date=August 2010

|source 2 = NOAA (sun, 1961–1990){{cite web |title=Habarovsk/Novy (Khabarovsk) Climate Normals 1961–1990 |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/TABLES/REG_II/RA/31735.TXT |access-date=2 November 2021 |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration}}

}}

{{Weather box|width = auto

|location=Komsomolsk-on-Amur

|collapsed=yes

|metric first=yes

|single line=yes

|Jan record high C=0.7

|Feb record high C=0.0

|Mar record high C=13.6

|Apr record high C=23.9

|May record high C=31.0

|Jun record high C=33.2

|Jul record high C=36.2

|Aug record high C=38.0

|Sep record high C=30.0

|Oct record high C=20.5

|Nov record high C=8.3

|Dec record high C=1.0

|year record high C=38.0

|Jan high C=-19.6

|Feb high C=-13.9

|Mar high C=-4.0

|Apr high C = 7.5

|May high C = 16.1

|Jun high C = 22.8

|Jul high C = 25.1

|Aug high C = 23.4

|Sep high C = 17.1

|Oct high C = 7.4

|Nov high C = -6.4

|Dec high C = -17.2

|year high C = 4.6

|Jan mean C = -24.7

|Feb mean C = -19.8

|Mar mean C = -9.5

|Apr mean C = 2.3

|May mean C = 10.4

|Jun mean C = 17.3

|Jul mean C = 20.3

|Aug mean C = 18.5

|Sep mean C = 11.9

|Oct mean C = 2.5

|Nov mean C = -10.5

|Dec mean C = -21.8

|year mean C = -0.6

|Jan low C = -30.8

|Feb low C = -27.2

|Mar low C = -17.1

|Apr low C = -3.4

|May low C = 3.7

|Jun low C = 10.8

|Jul low C = 15.2

|Aug low C = 13.5

|Sep low C = 6.4

|Oct low C = -2.9

|Nov low C = -16.1

|Dec low C = -27.4

|year low C = -6.6

|Jan record low C = -47.0

|Feb record low C = -42.0

|Mar record low C = -33.9

|Apr record low C = -20.8

|May record low C = -7.5

|Jun record low C = -2.2

|Jul record low C = 0.0

|Aug record low C = -8.9

|Sep record low C = -6.0

|Oct record low C = -22.0

|Nov record low C = -34.0

|Dec record low C = -42.0

|year record low C = -47.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 30

|Feb precipitation mm = 19

|Mar precipitation mm = 30

|Apr precipitation mm = 43

|May precipitation mm = 63

|Jun precipitation mm = 65

|Jul precipitation mm = 95

|Aug precipitation mm = 110

|Sep precipitation mm = 74

|Oct precipitation mm = 62

|Nov precipitation mm = 49

|Dec precipitation mm = 32

|Jan precipitation days = 14

|Feb precipitation days = 12

|Mar precipitation days = 13

|Apr precipitation days = 15

|May precipitation days = 15

|Jun precipitation days = 13

|Jul precipitation days = 15

|Aug precipitation days = 14

|Sep precipitation days = 14

|Oct precipitation days = 13

|Nov precipitation days = 16

|Dec precipitation days = 15

|Jan rain days = 0

|Feb rain days = 0

|Mar rain days = 1

|Apr rain days = 7

|May rain days = 14

|Jun rain days = 13

|Jul rain days = 15

|Aug rain days = 14

|Sep rain days = 14

|Oct rain days = 8

|Nov rain days = 1

|Dec rain days = 0

|Jan snow days = 14

|Feb snow days = 12

|Mar snow days = 13

|Apr snow days = 11

|May snow days = 3

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 8

|Nov snow days = 15

|Dec snow days = 15

|source 1 = climatebase.ru{{cite web

| url = http://climatebase.ru/station/31561/?lang=en | title = climatebase.ru (1948-2011) | access-date = April 28, 2012

}}

|source 2 = Weatherbase

{{cite web

|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=16513&refer=&cityname=Komsomol%27sk-na-Amure-Russia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia

|publisher=Weatherbase

|year=2012

}}

Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

}}

{{Weather box|width=auto

|location=Sovetskaya Gavan (1914–2012)

|collapsed=yes

|single line=yes

|metric first=yes

|Jan record high C= 2.6

|Feb record high C= 12.2

|Mar record high C= 18.9

|Apr record high C= 25.1

|May record high C= 31.8

|Jun record high C= 35.1

|Jul record high C= 34.2

|Aug record high C= 35.8

|Sep record high C= 30.2

|Oct record high C= 26.8

|Nov record high C= 16.5

|Dec record high C= 9.4

|Jan high C=−11.4

|Feb high C=−8.3

|Mar high C=−1.8

|Apr high C= 5.6

|May high C=11.6

|Jun high C=16.8

|Jul high C=20.5

|Aug high C=21.9

|Sep high C=18.2

|Oct high C = 10.9

|Nov high C = 0.0

|Dec high C = −8.7

|year high C= 6.3

|Jan mean C = -16.8

|Feb mean C = -14.2

|Mar mean C = -7.4

|Apr mean C = 1.1

|May mean C = 6.6

|Jun mean C = 11.5

|Jul mean C = 15.6

|Aug mean C = 17.4

|Sep mean C = 13.3

|Oct mean C = 6.0

|Nov mean C = -4.7

|Dec mean C = -13.5

|year mean C = 1.3

|Jan low C = −22.2

|Feb low C = −20.1

|Mar low C = −12.9

|Apr low C = −3.5

|May low C = 1.5

|Jun low C = 6.2

|Jul low C = 10.7

|Aug low C = 12.9

|Sep low C = 8.4

|Oct low C = 1.0

|Nov low C = -9.3

|Dec low C = −18.3

|year low C =

|Jan record low C = -40.0

|Feb record low C = -38.6

|Mar record low C = -30.3

|Apr record low C = -26.4

|May record low C = -9.5

|Jun record low C = -3.0

|Jul record low C = 2.4

|Aug record low C = 4.0

|Sep record low C = -1.7

|Oct record low C = -14.7

|Nov record low C = -31.3

|Dec record low C = -38.4

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 19.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 20.7

|Mar precipitation mm = 42.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 47.5

|May precipitation mm = 73.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 70.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 82.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 109.6

|Sep precipitation mm = 117.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 87.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 43.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 32.7

|year precipitation mm =

|Jan precipitation days = 6.8

|Feb precipitation days = 7.0

|Mar precipitation days = 9.6

|Apr precipitation days = 10.3

|May precipitation days = 13.2

|Jun precipitation days = 12.9

|Jul precipitation days = 13.4

|Aug precipitation days = 14.7

|Sep precipitation days = 13.1

|Oct precipitation days = 9.2

|Nov precipitation days = 6.1

|Dec precipitation days = 6.6

|source 1 = [http://climatebase.ru/station/31770/?lang=en]

|date=December 2011}}

{{Weather box

|location= Okhotsk (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1891–present)

|collapsed= yes

|metric first=yes

|single line=yes

|Jan record high C = 5.5

|Feb record high C = 2.0

|Mar record high C = 6.4

|Apr record high C = 16.0

|May record high C = 26.2

|Jun record high C = 31.3

|Jul record high C = 31.0

|Aug record high C = 32.1

|Sep record high C = 24.8

|Oct record high C = 15.7

|Nov record high C = 6.2

|Dec record high C = 2.8

|year record high C = 32.1

|Jan high C = -16.8

|Feb high C = -14.2

|Mar high C = -6.3

|Apr high C = 0.4

|May high C = 6.2

|Jun high C = 11.4

|Jul high C = 15.7

|Aug high C = 17.1

|Sep high C = 12.9

|Oct high C = 2.7

|Nov high C = -9.7

|Dec high C = -16.4

|year high C =

|Jan mean C = -19.9

|Feb mean C = -18.5

|Mar mean C = -12.1

|Apr mean C = -3.8

|May mean C = 2.6

|Jun mean C = 8.1

|Jul mean C = 12.9

|Aug mean C = 13.7

|Sep mean C = 8.9

|Oct mean C = -1.2

|Nov mean C = -12.7

|Dec mean C = -19.0

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = -22.7

|Feb low C = -22.2

|Mar low C = -17.8

|Apr low C = -8.2

|May low C = -0.2

|Jun low C = 5.7

|Jul low C = 10.6

|Aug low C = 10.6

|Sep low C = 4.9

|Oct low C = -4.6

|Nov low C = -15.3

|Dec low C = -21.4

|year low C =

|Jan record low C = -41.3

|Feb record low C = -45.7

|Mar record low C = -36.9

|Apr record low C = -29.2

|May record low C = -16.0

|Jun record low C = -2.6

|Jul record low C = 1.7

|Aug record low C = -0.1

|Sep record low C = -6.6

|Oct record low C = -27.5

|Nov record low C = -37.4

|Dec record low C = -37.7

|year record low C = -45.7

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 15

|Feb precipitation mm = 7

|Mar precipitation mm = 16

|Apr precipitation mm = 24

|May precipitation mm = 40

|Jun precipitation mm = 55

|Jul precipitation mm = 85

|Aug precipitation mm = 94

|Sep precipitation mm = 92

|Oct precipitation mm = 66

|Nov precipitation mm = 32

|Dec precipitation mm = 14

|year precipitation mm =

|Jan rain days = 0.1

|Feb rain days = 0.2

|Mar rain days = 0.3

|Apr rain days = 2

|May rain days = 11

|Jun rain days = 16

|Jul rain days = 18

|Aug rain days = 15

|Sep rain days = 16

|Oct rain days = 7

|Nov rain days = 1

|Dec rain days = 0.2

|year rain days = 87

|Jan snow days = 9

|Feb snow days = 9

|Mar snow days = 11

|Apr snow days = 13

|May snow days = 10

|Jun snow days = 0.4

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0.3

|Oct snow days = 9

|Nov snow days = 11

|Dec snow days = 8

|year snow days = 81

|Jan humidity = 63

|Feb humidity = 63

|Mar humidity = 68

|Apr humidity = 77

|May humidity = 84

|Jun humidity = 88

|Jul humidity = 89

|Aug humidity = 86

|Sep humidity = 80

|Oct humidity = 70

|Nov humidity = 66

|Dec humidity = 63

|year humidity = 75

|Jan sun = 86

|Feb sun = 147

|Mar sun = 241

|Apr sun = 230

|May sun = 195

|Jun sun = 200

|Jul sun = 179

|Aug sun = 182

|Sep sun = 172

|Oct sun = 157

|Nov sun = 107

|Dec sun = 54

|year sun = 1950

|source 1 = Pogoda.ru.net{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191203150140/http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/31088.htm

| archive-date = 3 December 2019

| url = http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/31088.htm

| title = Weather and Climate-The Climate of Okhotsk

| language = ru

| publisher = Weather and Climate (Погода и климат)

| access-date = 3 December 2019}}

|source 2 = NOAA (sun 1961–1990){{cite web

| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/RA-II/RA/31088.TXT

| title = Ohotsk (Okhotsk) Climate Normals 1961–1990

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = 3 December 2019}}

|date=December 2011

}}

According to various Chinese and Korean records, the southern part of Khabarovsk Krai was originally occupied by one of the five semi-nomadic Shiwei, the Bo Shiwei tribes, and the Black Water Mohe tribes living, respectively, on the west and the east of the Bureya and the Lesser Khingan ranges.

In 1643, Vassili Poyarkov's boats descended the Amur, returning to Yakutsk by the Sea of Okhotsk and the Aldan River, and in 1649–1650, Yerofey Khabarov occupied the banks of the Amur. The resistance of the Chinese, however, obliged the Cossacks to quit their forts, and by the Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689), Russia abandoned its advance into the basin of the river.

Although the Russians were thus deprived of the right to navigate the Amur River, the territorial claim over the lower courses of the river was not settled in the Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689. The area between the Uda River and the Greater Khingan mountain range (i.e. most of Lower Amuria) was left undemarcated and the Sino-Russian border was allowed to fluctuate.{{cite web |url=http://www.chinaforeignrelations.net/node/200 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503044804/http://www.chinaforeignrelations.net/node/200 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 3, 2013 |title=1689, Nerchinsk – Russia |work=China's External Relations }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbbBHsDYpewC&pg=PA107 |title=Russia and China: A Theory of Inter-State Relations|author= Alexei D. Voskressenski |pages=107–108 | publisher=Routledge |year= 2002 |isbn=978-0700714957 }}

Later in the nineteenth century, Nikolay Muravyov conducted an aggressive policy with China by claiming that the lower reaches of the Amur River belonged to Russia. In 1852, a Russian military expedition under Muravyov explored the Amur, and by 1857, a chain of Russian Cossacks and peasants had been settled along the whole course of the river. In 1858, in the Treaty of Aigun, China recognized the Amur River downstream as far as the Ussuri River as the boundary between Russia and the Qing Empire, and granted Russia free access to the Pacific Ocean.{{cite web |url=http://www.chinaforeignrelations.net/node/204 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055349/http://www.chinaforeignrelations.net/node/204 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title =1858, Aigun – Russia |work=China's External Relations}} The Sino-Russian border was later further delineated in the Treaty of Peking of 1860 when the Ussuri Territory (the Maritime Territory), which was previously a joint possession, became Russian.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbbBHsDYpewC&pg=PA113 |title=Russia and China: A Theory of Inter-State Relations|author= Alexei D. Voskressenski |pages=112–113 | publisher=Routledge |year= 2002 |isbn=978-0700714957 }}

Khabarovsk Krai was established on 20 October 1938, when the Far Eastern Krai was split into the Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais.Decree of October 20, 1938 Kamchatka Oblast, which was originally subordinated to the Far Eastern Krai, fell under the Jurisdiction of Khabarovsk Krai, along with its two National Okrugs, Chukotka and Koryak. In 1947, the northern part of Sakhalin was removed from the Krai to join the southern part and form Sakhalin Oblast. In 1948, parts of its southwestern territories were removed from the Krai to form Amur Oblast. In 1953, Magadan Oblast was established from the northern parts of the Krai and was given jurisdiction over Chukotka National Okrug, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Kamchatka oblast. In 1956, Kamchatka Oblast became its own region and took Koryak National Okrug with it. The Krai took its modern form in 1991, just before the USSR's collapse when the Jewish Autonomous Oblast was separated from its jurisdiction and made into a direct federal subject of Russia. On 24 April 1996, Khabarovsk signed a power-sharing agreement with the federal government, granting it autonomy.{{Cite journal |last=Solnick |first=Steven |date=29 May 1996 |title=Asymmetries in Russian Federation Bargaining |url=https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/nceeer/1996-810-08-Solnick.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/nceeer/1996-810-08-Solnick.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |journal=The National Council for Soviet and East European Research |page=12}} This agreement would be abolished on 12 August 2002.{{Cite journal|last=Chuman|first=Mizuki|title=The Rise and Fall of Power-Sharing Treaties Between Center and Regions in Post-Soviet Russia |url=http://demokratizatsiya.pub/archives/19_2_L7H017206G216817.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://demokratizatsiya.pub/archives/19_2_L7H017206G216817.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |journal=Demokratizatsiya |page=146}}

{{Main|Administrative divisions of Khabarovsk Krai}}

File:Здание администрации Хабаровского края.JPG

During the Soviet period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: The first secretary of the Khabarovsk CPSU Committee (who, in reality, had the biggest authority), the chairman of the oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since 1991, CPSU lost all the power, and the head of the Oblast administration, and eventually the governor, was appointed/elected alongside elected regional parliament.

The Charter of Khabarovsk Krai is the fundamental law of the krai. The Legislative Duma of Khabarovsk Krai is the regional standing legislative (representative) body. The Legislative Duma exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. The highest executive body is the Krai Government, which includes territorial executive bodies, such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run the day to day matters of the province. The Krai Administration supports the activities of the Governor, who is the highest official and acts as guarantor of the observance of the Charter in accordance with the Constitution of Russia.

On 9 July 2020, the governor of the region, Sergei Furgal, was arrested and flown to Moscow. The 2020 Khabarovsk Krai protests began on 11 July 2020, in support of Furgal.{{cite news |title=Anger at Kremlin Grows in Latest Massive Russian Far East Protest |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/07/25/mass-anti-kremlin-rallies-grip-russias-far-east-a70977 |work=The Moscow Times |date=25 July 2020}}

File:Amur bridge in Khabarovsk.jpg

Khabarovsk Krai is the most industrialized territory of the Far East of Russia, producing 30% of the total industrial products in the Far Eastern Economic Region.

The machine construction industry consists primarily of a highly developed military–industrial complex of large-scale aircraft- and shipbuilding enterprises.{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/knaapo.htm|title=KNAAPO Komsomolsk na Amure Aviation Industrial Association named after Gagarin - Russian|website=www.globalsecurity.org}} The Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association is currently among the krai's most successful enterprises, and for years has been the largest taxpayer of the territory. Other major industries include timber-working and fishing, along with metallurgy in the main cities. Komsomolsk-on-Amur is the iron and steel centre of the Far East; a pipeline from northern Sakhalin supplies the petroleum-refining industry in the city of Khabarovsk. In the Amur basin, there is also some cultivation of wheat and soybeans. The administrative centre, Khabarovsk, is at the junction of the Amur River and the Trans-Siberian Railway.

The region's mineral resources are relatively underdeveloped. Khabarovsk Krai contains large gold mining operations (Highland Gold, Polus Gold), a major but low-grade copper deposit being explored by [http://www.eurasianminerals.com/s/strategic-investments.asp?ReportID=620472 IG Integro Group], and a world-class tin district which was a major contributor to the Soviet industrial complex and is currently being revitalised by Far Eastern Tin (Festivalnoye mine) and by {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170313220157/http://tinresources.com/ Sable Tin Resources]}}, which is developing the Sable Tin Deposit (Sobolinoye), a large high-grade deposit, 25 km from Solnechny town.

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{{Historical populations

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|footnote = Source: Census data, estimate{{cite web|title=Предварительная оценка численности постоянного населения на 1 января 2025 года|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/PrPopul2025_Site.xlsx|publisher=Federal State Statistics Service|accessdate=3 February 2025}}

|1926 | 184700

|1939 | 657400

|1959 | 979679

|1970 | 1173458

|1979 | 1369277

|1989 | 1597373

|2002 | 1436570

|2010 | 1343869

|2021 | 1292944

|2025 | 1273093

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Population: {{ru-census|p2021=1,292,944|p2010=1,343,869|p2002=1,436,570|p1989=1,824,506}}

Vital statistics for 2024:{{Cite web |date=21 February 2025 |title=Естественное движение населения в разрезе субъектов российской федерации за декабрь 2024 года |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/EDN_12-2024.htm |url-status=live |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Rosstat}}

• Births: 11,142 (8.7 per 1,000)
• Deaths: 17,880 (14.0 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2024):{{Cite web |date=2025-02-25 |title=Рейтинг рождаемости в регионах: кто в лидерах, а кто в аутсайдерах {{!}} Москва |url=https://fedpress.ru/article/3365231 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=ФедералПресс |language=ru-RU}}

1.44 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021):{{cite web|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/folder/210/document/13207 |title=Демографический ежегодник России |publisher=Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat) |access-date=2022-06-01 |language=ru |trans-title=The Demographic Yearbook of Russia}}

Total — 67.85 years (male — 62.91, female — 72.94)

{{Largest cities

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| stat_ref = 2010 Russian Census

| list_by_pop =

| div_name =

| div_link = Administrative divisions of Khabarovsk Krai{{!}}Administrative Division

| city_1 = Khabarovsk

| div_1 = Khabarovsky District

| pop_1 = 577,441

| img_1 = Уссурийский бульвар.jpg

| city_2 = Komsomolsk-on-Amur

| div_2 = Komsomolsky District, Khabarovsk Krai{{!}}Komsomolsky District

| pop_2 = 263,906

| img_2 = Komsomolsk na Amuru.jpg

| city_3 = Amursk

| div_3 = Amursky District

| pop_3 = 42,970

| img_3 = Amursk P7270013 2300.jpg

| city_4 = Nikolayevsk-on-Amur

| div_4 = Nikolayevsky District, Khabarovsk Krai{{!}}Nikolayevsky District

| pop_4 = 22,752

| img_4 = Николаевск-на-Амуре вид с Лыжной базы отдыха.jpg

| city_5 = Sovetskaya Gavan

| div_5 = Sovetsko-Gavansky District

| pop_5 = 27,712

| city_6 = Bikin

| div_6 = Bikinsky District

| pop_6 = 17,154

| city_7 = Vanino, Khabarovsk Krai{{!}}Vanino

| div_7 = Vaninsky District

| pop_7 = 17,001

| city_8 = Vyazemsky, Khabarovsk Krai{{!}}Vyazemsky

| div_8 = Vyazemsky District, Khabarovsk Krai{{!}}Vyazemsky District

| pop_8 = 14,555

| city_9 = Solnechny, Khabarovsk Krai{{!}}Solnechny

| div_9 = Solnechny District

| pop_9 = 13,306

| city_10 = Chegdomyn

| div_10 = Verkhnebureinsky District

| pop_10 = 13,048

}}

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According to a 2012 survey, 26.2% of the population of Khabarovsk Krai adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 4% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1% adhere to other Orthodox churches or are believers in Orthodox Christianity who do not belong to any church, while 1% are adherents of Islam. In addition, 28% of the population declared to be "spiritual but not religious", 23% are atheist, and 16.8% follow other religions or did not give an answer to the question.

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There are the following institutions of higher education in Khabarovsk Krai.[http://adm.khv.ru/invest2.nsf/edd578ced75448e2ca256524001a00c2/6ea7ef189fc9473fca25665100159738?OpenDocument The Institutions of Higher Education in Khabarovsk Krai] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228031353/http://www.adm.khv.ru/invest2.nsf/edd578ced75448e2ca256524001a00c2/6ea7ef189fc9473fca25665100159738?OpenDocument |date=December 28, 2005 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rusmoose.com/|title=Independent Russian and Ukrainian Interpreters|website=RusMoose.com}}

• Pacific National University
• Far Eastern State University of Humanities
• Far Eastern State Medical University
• {{ill|Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law|ru|Хабаровский государственный университет экономики и права}}
• Far Eastern State Transport University
• Far Eastern Academy of Government Services
• Far Eastern State Physical Education University
• Khabarovsk State Institute of Arts and Culture
• Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University
• Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Pedagogical institute

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• Amur Khabarovsk, a professional hockey club of the international Kontinental Hockey League and plays its home games at the Platinum Arena.
• FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk is a professional association football team playing in the Russian Football National League, the second tier of Russian association football.
• SKA-Neftyanik is a professional bandy club which plays in the top-tier Russian Bandy Super League at its own indoor venue Arena Yerofey. In the 2016–17 season, the club became Russian champion for the first time.{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/news/10616|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.co.uk}}

The city was a host to the 1981 Bandy World Championship as well as to the 2015 Bandy World Championship. For the 2015 games, twenty-one teams originally were expected, which would have been four more than the record-making seventeen from the 2014 tournament, but eventually, only sixteen teams came. The A Division of the 2018 Bandy World Championship was again to be played in Khabarovsk.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbandy.com/filer/Agenda_for_Annual_Congress.pdf|title=Annual Congress in Sandviken, Sweden on Jan 30 2017 2017-01-28|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171204144410/http://www.worldbandy.com/filer/Agenda_for_Annual_Congress.pdf|archive-date=December 4, 2017|url-status=dead}}

• {{Flagicon|South Korea}} South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea[http://english.gsnd.net/default.jsp Gyeongsangnam-do official website English] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921110926/http://english.gsnd.net/default.jsp |date=September 21, 2008 }}
• {{Flagicon|Japan}} Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan{{Cite web|url=http://www.hyogo-kobe.jp/english/area/location/shimai.html|title=Sister cities of the Hyogo Prefecture|access-date=January 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029221759/http://www.hyogo-kobe.jp/english/area/location/shimai.html|archive-date=October 29, 2007|url-status=dead}}

• List of Chairmen of the Legislative Duma of Khabarovsk Krai
• Tourism in Khabarovsk Krai
• History of Primorye

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• {{RussiaBasicLawRef|kha}}
• {{Cite Soviet law

|ru_entity=Президиум Верховного Совета СССР

|ru_type=Указ

|ru_date=20 октября 1938 г.

|ru_title=О разделении Дальневосточного края на Приморский и Хабаровский края

|ru_effective_date=

|ru_url=

|en_entity=Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

|en_type=Decree

|en_date=October 20, 1938

|en_title=On Splitting Far Eastern Krai into Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais

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|en_url=

}}

• Chaussonnet, Valerie (1995) Native Cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Arctic Studies Center. Washington, D.C. 112p. {{ISBN|1-56098-661-1}}

{{Wikivoyage|Khabarovsk Krai}}

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• {{in lang|ru}}—[http://www.khabkrai.ru Official website of Khabarovsk Krai]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926190143/https://oa.doria.fi/dspace/bitstream/10024/829/1/historic.pdf Information concerning the Shiwei tribes and their relationship with the Khitans]
• {{in lang|ru}}—[https://archive.today/20121221134954/http://hbr.moigorod.ru/info/region/khabarovsk/history.asp Brief history of Khabaovsk Krai]

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