Leningrad Oblast: Federal subject o Roushie (an oblast) established on 1 August 1927
Leningrad Oblast (Roushie: Ленингра́дская о́бласть, Leningradskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast).
It wis established on 1 August 1927, awtho it wisna till 1946 that the oblast's borders haed been maistly settled in thair present poseetion. The oblast wis namit efter the ceety o Leningrad (nou Saunt Petersburg).
Leningrad Oblast | |
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| Ленинградская область | |
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| Coordinates: 60°03′N 31°45′E / 60.050°N 31.750°E 31°45′E / 60.050°N 31.750°E | |
| Kintra | Roushie |
| Federal destrict | Northwastren |
| Economic region | Northwastren |
| Established | 1 August 1927 |
| Admeenistrative center | Nane |
| Govrenment | |
| • Bodi | Legislative Assembly |
| • Govrenor | Valery Serdyukov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 84500 km2 (32,600 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 38t |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 1,716,868 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 1,813,816 (+5.6%) |
| • Rank | 26t |
| • Density | 20/km2 (53/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 65.7% |
| • Rural | 34.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time  ) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-LEN |
| License plates | 47 |
| OKTMO ID | 41000000 |
| Offeecial leids | Roushie |
| Website | http://www.lenobl.ru |
The oblast haes mairches wi Finland northwastlins, Estonie wastlins, as weel as five federal subjects o Roushie: the Republic o Karelie northeastlins, Vologda Oblast eastlins, Novgorod Oblast soothlins, Pskov Oblast soothwastlins, an the federal ceety o Saunt Petersburg wastlins.
The first govrenor o Leningrad Oblast wis Vadim Gustov (in 1996–1998). Syne 1999 he haes been succeedit bi Valery Serdyukov.
The oblast haes an aurie o 84,500 square mile (219,000 km2) an a population o 1,716,868 (2010 Census); up frae 1,669,205 recordit in the 2002 Census. The maist populous toun o the oblast is Gatchina, wi 88,659 indwallers (as o the 2002 Census). Leningrad Oblast is heichlie industrializit.
Twin regions
Aarhus Municipality, Denmark
Chungcheongnam-do, Republic o Korea
Kyoto Prefectur, Japan
Lombardy, Italy
Lawer Silesie Voivodeship, Poland
Nordland, Norawa (frae 1987)
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| Wiki Commons haes media relatit tae Leningrad Oblast. |
- Offeecial wabsteid o Leningrad Oblast Archived 2009-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Roushie) Offeecial wabsteid o Leningrad Oblast
- Map of Leningrad Oblast
- (in Roushie) Weather records for Leningrad Oblast Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Roushie) Detailed an historical maps Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Leningrad oblast natur views
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