NOVOSIBIRSK OBLAST

'Novosibirsk Oblast' (, ''Novosibirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Novosibirsk.
Novosibirsk Oblast is located in the southeastern Western Siberian plain, at the foothills of low Salair ridge, between the Ob and Irtysh Rivers. Novosibirsk Oblast borders Omsk Oblast (W), Tomsk Oblast (N), and Kemerovo Oblast (E). The southern and the southwestern borders of Novosibirsk Oblast are with Altai Krai and the state of Kazakhstan (Pavlodar Oblysy). The territory of the oblast extends for more than 600 km from west to east, and for over 400 km from north to south. Novosibirsk Oblast is mainly plain; at south the steppes prevail; at north enormous tracts of woodland with great number of marshes prevail. There are many lakes, the largest ones located at the south. The majority of the rivers belong to the Ob basin, many of them falling in dead lakes. Largest lakes are Chani, Sartlan, Ubinskoye, and some others.

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Time zone

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Time zone

Unlike in its immediate neighbors, Decree Time is abolished in Novosibirsk Oblast. This means that the time shift is the same as in Omsk Oblast, which borders it on the west, even though it is technically located in a different timezone, and one hour ahead of Kemerovo Oblast despite it being in the same timezone.
Novosibirsk Oblast is located in the Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOVT/NOVST). UTC offset is +0600 (NOVT)/+0700 (NOVST).

Administrative divisions

Demographics

According to the (2002 Census), the national composition of the oblast was 93.0% Russians; 1.8% Germans; 1.3% Ukrainians; 1.0% Tatars; 0.4% Kazakhs; 0.3% Belarusians; 0.3% Armenians; 0.3% Azeris; and 0.2% Chuvash. Many other groups were also counted, but none were more than 0.2% of the population.