SMOLENSK OBLAST

'Smolensk Oblast' (, ''Smolenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its area is 49,786 square kilometers, population—1,019,000 (2005 est.)[1]; 1,049,574 (2002 Census); 1,158,299 (1989 Census). Its administrative center is the city of Smolensk. Other ancient towns include Vyazma and Dorogobuzh.

Contents

Time zone

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Famous people

External link

Time zone

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

Administrative divisions

Smolensk Oblast is divided into 25 districts (''raions'', Russian: районы) and 2 cities (города), which are further divided into 15 towns (города), 12 urban-type settlements (посёлки городского типа), and 302 rural okrugs (сельские округа).

Demographics

According to the (2002 Census), the national composition of the oblast was as follows:

• Russians: 93.4%
• Ukrainians: 1.7%
• Belarusians: 1.6%
• Armenians: 0.4%
• Roma: 0.3%
• Tatars: 0.2%
• Azeris: 0.2%,
and many other groups, none more than 0.2% of the population. (1.1% of the population did not state their nationality in the census.)

Famous people

★ Isaac Asimov, born in Petrovichi

★ Yuri Gagarin, born in Klushino

External link

★ Official website of Smolensk Oblast.