'Astrakhan Oblast' (, ''Astrakhanskaya oblast'') is a
federal subject of
Russia (an
oblast).
Geography
Time zone
Astrakhan Oblast is located in the
Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD).
UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).
Administrative divisions
Demographics
''Population'':
1,005,276 (
2002 Census); 998,114 (
1989 Census)
''Ethnic groups'':
According to the
2002 Census the ‘national composition’ was •
Russian 69.69% •
Kazakh 14.21% •
Tatar 7.02% •
Ukrainian 1.25% •
Chechen 1.00% •
Azeri 0.82% •
Kalmyk 0.71% •
Armenian 0.63% •
Nogay 0.45% •
Roma 0.43% •
Avar 0.42% •
Lezgin 0.36% •
Dargin 0.35% •
Belarusians 0.26% •
Turkmen 0.21% •
Korean 0.21% •
Astrakhan Tatar 0.20% •
German 0.14% •
Kumyks 0.14% •
Georgian 0.12% •
Chuvash 0.12% •
Turkish 0.11% •
Uzbek 0.10% •
Jewish 0.10% •
Mordvin 0.09% •
Tabasaran 0.08% • with many other groups of less than eight hundred persons each. • An additional 0.29% of residents declined to state their nationality or ethnocultural identity on the census questionnaire.
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History
Astrakhan Governorate (''
guberniya'') of the
Russian Empire was created in 1717. It was on the South-Western outskirts of the empire and was known as Astrakhan
krai.
As of 1917, it bordered
Saratov,
Samara, and
Stavropol Governorates,
Don Cossack Voisko,
Ural Cossack Host,
Terek Oblast, and the
Caspian Sea. It included the
Kalmyk steppe and
Kyrgyz steppe.
Since 1919 the geography of the guberniya/oblast has been changed many times. It assumed its present form in 1957.
See also
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Khazars
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Saqsin
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Kimeks
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Nogays
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Astrakhan Khanate
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Kalmyks
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Music of Astrakhan
Reference
★ "Astrakhan Oblast. A Reference on Administrative-Territorial Subdivision, 1918-1983",
Volgograd, 1984, in Russian. ("Астраханская область. Справочник по административно-территориальному делению, 1918-1983 гг." Волгоград: Ниж.-Волж. кн. изд-во, 1984. – 336 с.)
External links
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Official website of Astrakhan Oblast
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Geographical Domain of Astrakhan Oblast
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The Book of Memory of Victims of Political Represions of Astrakan Oblast, a list of 10,955 names repressed in Astrakhan Oblast in 1918-1986.