Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast (Roushie: Моско́вская о́бласть‎, Moskovskaya Oblast), or Podmoskovye^[1] (Подмоско́вье), is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its aurie, at 45,900 km2 (17,700 sq mi), is relatively sma compared tae ither federal subjects, but it is ane o the maist densely populatit regions in the kintra^[2] an, wi the 2010 population o 7,092,941, is the seicont maist muckle federal subject.^[3] There is nae offeecial admeenistrative center o Moscow Oblast; its public authorities are locatit in Moscow an Krasnogorsk.

The oblast wis foondit in 1929. It borders Tver Oblast in the northwast, Yaroslavl Oblast in the north, Vladimir Oblast in the northeast an east, Ryazan Oblast in the sootheast, Tula Oblast in the sooth, Kaluga Oblast in the soothwast an Smolensk Oblast in the wast. In the center staunds the federal ceety o Moscow, which is a separate federal subject in its awn richt. The oblast is heichly industrialized, wi its main industrial branches being metallurgy, ile refinin, an mechanical ingineerin, fuid, energy, an chemical industries.