Coordinates: 55°45′N 37°38′E / 55.75°N 37.633°E
| Moscow Oblast (English) Московская область (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia |
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| Country | Russia |
| Administrative center | Moscow |
| Established | January 14, 1929 |
| Political status Federal district Economic region |
Oblast Central Central |
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| Area - Rank within Russia |
45,900 km² 54th |
| Population ( 2002) - Rank within Russia - Density - Urban - Rural |
6,618,538 inhabitants 2nd 144.2 inhab. / km² |
| Official language | Russian |
| Governor | Boris Gromov |
| Legislative body | Oblastnaya Duma |
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| Official website | http://www.mosreg.ru/ |
Moscow Oblast (Russian: Моско́вская о́бласть, Moskovskaya oblast), or Podmoskovye[1] (Подмоско́вье, Podmoskovye) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its area, at 45,900 km², is relatively small comparing to other federal subjects, but it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country[2] and the second most populous federal subject (population 6,618,538 as of the 2002 Census)—only surpassed by the federal city of Moscow which, although an enclave of the Oblast, is a separate federal subject.
Moscow Oblast is highly industrialized with its main industrial branches being metallurgy, oil refining, and mechanical engineering, food, energy and chemical industries.
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History
The oblast was established within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on January 14, 1929 as Central Industrial Oblast (Центральнопромышленная область) from the abolished Moscow, Ryazan, Tula, and Tver Governorates, as well as from the parts of Kaluga and Vladimir Governorates. On June 3, 1929 the oblast was given its present name.
In September 1937, the oblast was split into Moscow, Ryazan, and Tula Oblasts, thus establishing itself in its present borders.
Geography
Moscow oblast borders Tver Oblast (N), Yaroslavl Oblast (at one point NE), Vladimir Oblast (E), Ryazan Oblast (SE), Tula Oblast (S), Kaluga Oblast (SW), Smolensk Oblast (W), and the City of Moscow (center), which does not belong to the oblast but is a federal subject in its own right.
Law and government
The current Governor of Moscow Oblast is Boris Gromov; Vice Governor is Alexey Panteleyev.
Time zone
Moscow oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Population: According to the (2002 Census), the population of the oblast was 6,618,538.
Ethnic groups: There were twenty-one recognised ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each, and the national composition was as follows:
- Russians 91.0%
- Ukrainians 2.23%
- Tatars 0.80%
- Belarusians 0.64%
- Armenians 0.60%
- Mordovians 0.33%
- Azeri 0.22%
- Chuvash 0.19%
- Moldovans 0.16%
- Jewish 0.15%
- Georgians 0.15%
- Germans 0.07%
- Uzbeks 0.06%
- Bashkir 0.05%
- Tajik 0.05%
- Korean 0.05%
- Poles 0.04%
- Mari 0.04%
- Kazakh 0.04%
- Ossetian 0.04%
- Lezgin 0.03%
There are also many other ethnic groups of less than two thousand persons each.
In addition, 2.60% of the inhabitants declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire.[3]
Sister regions
References
- ^ Molnet.ru (2006-05-29). ""Московскую область назвали официально" (Moscow Oblast gets {another} official name)" (in Russian). http://www.molnet.ru/monitor.asp?NewsID={9A032EE2-E74A-4253-9672-C112EA7A7B75}. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
- ^ ПЛОТНОСТЬ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ И СИСТЕМА РАССЕЛЕНИЯ (Russian).
- ^ (XLS) National Composition of Population for Regions of the Russian Federation. 2002 Russian All-Population Census. 2002. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/English/4-2.xls. Retrieved 2006-07-20.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:Moscow Oblast |
- (Russian) Official website of Moscow Oblast
- (Russian) Weather records for Moscow Oblast
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