MOSCOW OBLAST

'Moscow Oblast' (, ''Moskovskaya oblast''), or 'Podmoskovye'^[1] (Подмоско́вье, ''Podmoskovye'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) officially established on January 14, 1929. It is the second most populous Russian federal subject after the city of Moscow (pop. 6,618,538 as of the 2002 Census). Its area, at 45,900 km², is relatively small comparing to other federal subjects, so it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country ^[2].
Moscow Oblast is highly industrialized with its main industrial branches being metallurgy, oil refining, and mechanical engineering, food, energy and chemical industries.

Contents

Geography

Law and government

Time zone

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Notable People

References

External link

Geography

Moscow oblast borders Tver Oblast (N), Yaroslavl Oblast (at one point NE), Vladimir Oblast (E), Ryazan Oblast (SE), Tula Oblast (S), Kaluga Oblast (SW), and Smolensk Oblast (W).

Law and government

The current Governor is Boris Gromov; Vice Governor is Alexey Panteleyev.

Time zone

Moscow oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

Administrative divisions

Demographics

''Population'': According to the (2002 Census), the population of the oblast was 6,618,538.
''Ethnic groups'': There were twenty-one recognised ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each, and the national composition was as follows:

★ Russians 91.0%

★ Ukrainians 2.23%

★ Tatars 0.80%

★ Belarusians 0.64%

★ Armenians 0.60%%

★ Mordovians 0.33%

★ Azeri 0.22%

★ Chuvash 0.19%

★ Moldovans 0.16%

★ Jewish 0.15%

★ Georgians 0.15%

★ Germans 0.07%

★ Uzbeks 0.06%

★ Bashkir 0.05%

★ Tajik 0.05%

★ Korean 0.05%

★ Poles 0.04%

★ Mari 0.04%

★ Kazakh 0.04%

★ Ossetian 0.04%

★ Lezgin 0.03%
There are also many other ethnic groups of less than two thousand persons each.
In addition, 2.60% of the inhabitants declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire.^[3]

Notable People

★ Birthplace of Russian hockey legend goaltender Vladislav Tretiak.

References

1. {{cite web|url=http://www.molnet.ru/monitor.asp?NewsID={9A032EE2-E74A-4253-9672-C112EA7A7B75}|title="Московскую область назвали официально" (''Moscow Oblast gets {another} official name'')|accessdate=2007-01-18|author=Molnet.ru|date=2006-05-29|language=Russian}}
2. http://www.sci.aha.ru/ATL/ra13a.htm
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External link

★ Official website of Moscow Oblast

★ Weather records for Moscow Oblast