Kaluga Oblast: Federal subject of Russia

Kaluga Oblast (Russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, romanized: Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia.

Specifically, it is an oblast. Its administrative center (capital city) is the city of Kaluga. Kaluga Oblast had a population of 1,010,930 in 2010 Russian Census.

Kaluga Oblast
Калужская область (Russian)
—  Oblast  —
Kaluga Oblast: Geography, Demographics, Administrative and municipal divisions
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Kaluga Oblast: Geography, Demographics, Administrative and municipal divisions
Coat of arms
Anthem: Anthem of Kaluga Oblast
Kaluga Oblast: Geography, Demographics, Administrative and municipal divisions
Coordinates: 54°26′N 35°26′E / 54.433°N 35.433°E / 54.433; 35.433
Political status
CountryRussia
Federal districtCentral
Economic regionCentral
EstablishedJuly 5, 1944
Administrative centerKaluga
Government (as of August 2010)
 • GovernorVladislav Shapsha
 • LegislatureLegislative Assembly
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)
 • Total29,800 km2 (11,500 sq mi)
Area rank64th
Population (2010 Census)
 • Total1,010,930
 • Rank51st
 • Density33.92/km2 (87.9/sq mi)
 • Urban76.3%
 • Rural23.7%
Population (January 2013 est.)
 • Total1,005,585
Time zone(s)MSK (UTC+04:00)
ISO 3166-2RU-KLU
License plates40
Official languagesRussian
Official website

Geography

Kaluga Oblast is in the central part of the East European Plain. It is between the Central Russian Upland, the Smolensk-Moscow Upland, and the Dnieper-Desna watershed. Kaluga Oblast borders Bryansk Oblast in the southwest, Oryol Oblast in the south, Tula Oblast in the east, Moscow Oblast in the northeast, the federal city of Moscow, and Smolensk Oblast in the northwest.

Kaluga Oblast has a continental climate.

Demographics

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the population of the oblast is 1,010,930; down from 1,041,641 recorded in the 2002 Census, and further down from 1,066,833 recorded in the 1989 Census.

  • Births: 11 835 (11.8 per 1000)
  • Deaths: 15 806 (15.7 per 1000)
  • Total fertility rate:
    2014 - 1.69 | 2015 - 1.84 | 2016 - 1.79 (e)

Ethnic groups

Ethnic Groups Number in 2010
Russians 869,031 (93.1%)
Ukrainians 16,662 (1.8%)
Armenians 9,962 (1%)
Belarusians 4,557 (0.5%)
Tatars 4,206 (0.4%)
Azerbaijanis 3,498 (0.4%)
Uzbeks 3,482 (0.4%)
Others 22,240 (2.4%)
Only those ethnic groups whose total number exceeds 1,000 people are included in this table


Largest cities and towns

 
 
Largest cities or towns in Kaluga Oblast
2010 Russian Census
Rank Administrative Division Pop.
Kaluga Oblast: Geography, Demographics, Administrative and municipal divisions 
Kaluga
Kaluga Oblast: Geography, Demographics, Administrative and municipal divisions 
Obninsk
1 Kaluga City of oblast significance of Kaluga 324,698
2 Obninsk City of oblast significance of Obninsk 104,739
3 Lyudinovo Lyudinovsky District 40,530
4 Kirov Kirovsky District 31,882
5 Maloyaroslavets Maloyaroslavetsky District 30,392
6 Balabanovo Borovsky District 26,337
7 Kozelsk Kozelsky District 18,245
8 Kondrovo Dzerzhinsky District 16,672
9 Sukhinichi Sukhinichsky District 16,273
10 Tovarkovo Dzerzhinsky District 14,496

Administrative and municipal divisions

Kaluga Oblast is divided into twenty-four districts and four cities of oblast significance.

Notable people

  • Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935) — rocket scientist.
  • Saint Ambrose of Optina (1812–1891) — a minister of the Russian Orthodox Church, Hieromonk.

Born on the territory of modern Kaluga Oblast

  • Georgy Zhukov (1896—1974), Soviet military leader, the Marshal of the Soviet Union (as of 1943)
  • Eudoxia Lopukhina (1669—1731), Tsarina, the first wife of Peter the Great
  • Yevdokiya Streshneva (1608—1645), Tsarina, the second wife of Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov
  • Pafnuty Chebyshev (1821—1894), Russian mathematician and mechanical engineer
  • Mikhail Yanshin (1902—1976), Soviet actor and film director
  • Tatiana Shevtsova (b. 1969), Russian Deputy Minister of Defence

References

Other websites

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