Smolensk Oblast

Smolensk Oblast
Smolensk Oblast
	Oblast
	Смоленская область
	Banner Coat airms
	Coordinates: 55°00′N 33°00′E / 55.000°N 33.000°E 33°00′E / 55.000°N 33.000°E
Kintra	Roushie
Federal destrict	Central
Economic region	Central
Established	27 September 1937
Administrative center	Smolensk
Govrenment
• Bodi	Oblast Duma
• Governor	Sergey Antufyev
Area
• Total	49800 km2 (19,200 sq mi)
Area rank	53rd
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	985,481
• Estimate (2018)	949,348 (−3.7%)
• Rank	53rd
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
• Urban	72.7%
• Rural	27.3%
Time zone	UTC+3 (Moscow Time )
ISO 3166 code	RU-SMO
License plates	67
OKTMO ID	66000000
Offeecial leids	Roushie
Website	http://admin-smolensk.ru/

Its aurie is 49,800 square kilometer (19,200 sq mi). Population: 985,481 (2010 Census); 1,049,574 (2002 Census); 1,158,299 (1989 Census).

Geography

The admeenistrative center o Smolensk Oblast is the ceety o Smolensk. Ither auncient touns include Vyazma an Dorogobuzh.

The oblast wis foondit on 27 September 1937. It borders Pskov Oblast in the north, Tver Oblast in the northeast, Moscow Oblast in the east, Kaluga an Bryansk Oblasts in the sooth, an Mogilev an Vitebsk Regions o Belaroushie, in the wast an northwast.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Smolensk Oblast is dividit intae 25 destricts (raions an 2 ceeties, which are further dividit intae 15 touns, 12 urban-type settlements, an 302 rural okrugs.

Demographics

Accordin tae the (2002 Census), the naitional composition o the oblast wis as follaes:

Roushies: 93.4%
Ukrainians: 1.7%
Belaroushies: 1.6%
Armenies: 0.4%
Roma: 0.3%
Tatars: 0.2%
Azeris: 0.2%,

an mony ither groups, nane mair nor 0.2% o the population. (1.1% o the population did no state thair naitionality in the census.)

Economy

Smolensk Oblast is pairt o Roushie's Central economic destrict. Industry in this destrict includes sectors sic as ingineerin an metalwirkin (production o measurin an hydrometeorological devices, computer equipment, electrical appliances, refrigerators, automobiles, pouer-generatin an store equipment, an aircraft manufactur), the chemical industry (production o ammonia, saltpeter, fertilizers, an plastics), licht industry (production o clothin, an cotton an linen fabrics), the fuid industry, an broun coal an peat production.

Nearly 40% o the industrial production potential is concentratit in the ceety o Smolensk. Diamond cuttin companies hae the lairgest share o GDP. The lairgest o thir companies is the Kristall State Unitary enterprise (GUP Kristall) in Smolensk. Smolensk is an aw a major centre o the ingineerin an metalwirkin industries, wi the instrument-makkin, electronics, electrical, an auto industries haein the lairgest share o GDP amang ingineerin companies.

Notable fowk

Isaac Asimov, born in Petrovichi
Yuri Gagarin, born in Klushino
Shmuel Schneersohn, born in Lyubavichi

See an aw

Katyn massacre
2010 Pols presidential airplane crash

References

Freemit airtins

(in Inglis) Offeecial wabsteid o Smolensk Oblast Archived 2006-05-20 at the Wayback Machine.
(in Roushie) News o Smolensk Oblast

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