Smolensk Oblast
| Smolensk Oblast | |||
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| Смоленская область (Roushie) | |||
| — Oblast — | |||
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| Coordinates: 55°00′N 33°00′E / 55°N 33°E | |||
| Poleetical status | |||
| Kintra | Roushie | ||
| Federal destrict | Central[1] | ||
| Economic region | Central[2] | ||
| Established | 27 September 1937[3] | ||
| Administrative center | Smolensk | ||
| Govrenment (as of Mairch 2011) | |||
| - Governor | Sergey Antufyev[4] | ||
| - Legislature | Oblast Duma | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Aurie Template:Small[5] | |||
| - Total | 49,800 km2 (19,227.9 sq mi) | ||
| Aurie rank | 53rd | ||
| Population (2010 Census)[6] | |||
| - Total | 985,481 | ||
| - Rank | 53rd | ||
| - Density | 19.79 /km2 ({{rnd/cExpression error: Unexpected < operator.decExpression error: Unexpected < operator.|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|(Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[".)}} /sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 72.7% | ||
| - Rural | 27.3% | ||
| Population (2002 Census)[7] | |||
| - Total | 1,049,574 | ||
| - Rank | 50t | ||
| - Density | 21.08 /km2 ({{rnd/cExpression error: Unexpected < operator.decExpression error: Unexpected < operator.|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|(Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[".)}} /sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 70.8% | ||
| - Rural | 29.2% | ||
| Time zone(s) | Template:RussiaTimeZone | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-SMO | ||
| License plates | 67 | ||
| Offeecial leids | Roushie[8] | ||
| http://admin-smolensk.ru/ | |||
Smolensk Oblast (Roushie: Смол́енская о́бласть, Smolenskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its aurie is 49,800 square kilometers ({{rnd/cExpression error: Unexpected < operator.decExpression error: Unexpected < operator.|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|(Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[".)}} sq mi).[3] Population: 985,481 (2010 Census preliminary results);[9] 1,049,574 (2002 Census);[7] 1,158,299 (1989 Census).[10]
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[edit] 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.[3] 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.
[edit] Admeenistrative diveesions
- Main airticle: Admeenistrative diveesions o Smolensk Oblast
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.
[edit] 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 than 0.2% o the population. (1.1% o the population did no state their naitionality in the census.)
[edit] Economy
Smolensk Oblast is pairt o Roushie's Central economic destrict. Industry in this destrict includes sectors such 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 these companies is the Kristall State Unitary enterprise (GUP Kristall) in Smolensk. Smolensk is an aw a major center o the ingineerin an metalwirkin industries, wi the instrument-makkin, electronics, electrical, an auto industries haein the lairgest share o GDP amang ingineerin companies.
[edit] Notable fowk
- Isaac Asimov, born in Petrovichi
- Yuri Gagarin, born in Klushino
- Shmuel Schneersohn, born in Lyubavichi
[edit] See an aw
[edit] References
- ↑ Template:Cite Russian law
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Исполнительный комитет Смоленского областного совета народных депутатов. Государственный архив Смоленской области. "Административно-территориальное устройство Смоленской области. Справочник", изд. "Московский рабочий", Москва 1981. Стр. 8
- ↑ Official website of the Governor of Smolensk Oblast. Sergey Vladimirovich Antufyev (Roushie)
- ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number o Destricts, Inhabitit Localities, an Rural Admeenistration bi Federal Subjects o the Roushie Federation) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 1 November 2011. .
- ↑ Template:Ru-pop-ref
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Template:Ru-pop-ref
- ↑ Offeecial the whole territory o Roushie accordin tae Airticle 68.1 o the Constitution o Roushie.
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[edit] Freemit airtins
- (Inglis) Offeecial wabsteid o Smolensk Oblast.
- (Roushie) News o Smolensk Oblast
