Moscow Oblast
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Moscow Oblast (Russian: Моско́вская о́бласть, Moskovskaya oblast), or Podmoskovye[1] (Подмоско́вье, Podmoskovye) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) officially established on January 14, 1929. It is the second most populous Russian federal subject after the city of Moscow (pop. 6,618,538 as of the 2002 Census). Its area, at 45,900 km², is relatively small comparing to other federal subjects, so it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country [2].
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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[edit] 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), and Smolensk Oblast (W).
[edit] Law and government
The current Governor is Boris Gromov; Vice Governor is Alexey Panteleyev.
[edit] Time zone
Moscow oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).
[edit] Administrative divisions
[edit] 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: • Russian 91.0% • Ukrainian 2.23% • Tatar 0.80% • Belarusan 0.64% • Armenian 0.60%% • Mordovian 0.33% • Azeri 0.22% • Chuvash 0.19% • Moldovan 0.16% • Jewish 0.15% • Georgian 0.15% • German 0.07% • Uzbek 0.06% • Bashkir 0.05% • Tajik 0.05% • Korean 0.05% • Polish 0.04% • Mari 0.04% • Kazakh 0.04% • Ossetian 0.04% • Lezgin 0.03%, and 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]
[edit] References
- ^ Molnet.ru (2006-05-29). "Московскую область назвали официально" (Moscow Oblast gets {another} official name) (Russian). Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
- ^ http://www.sci.aha.ru/ATL/ra13a.htm
- ^ (2002). "National Composition of Population for Regions of the Russian Federation" (XLS). 2002 Russian All-Population Census. Retrieved on 2006-07-20.
[edit] External link
- (Russian) Official website of Moscow Oblast
- (Russian) Weather records for Moscow Oblast
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