Ulyanovsk Oblast | |
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Ульяновская область | |
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Coordinates: 53°57′N 47°55′E / 53.950°N 47.917°ECoordinates: 53°57′N 47°55′E / 53.950°N 47.917°E | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal destrict | Volga[1] |
Economic region | Volga[2] |
Established | 19 Januar 1943 |
Admeenistrative center | Ulyanovsk |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Oblast Duma |
• Govrenor | Sergey Morozov[3] |
Area | |
• Total | 37300 km2 (14,400 sq mi) |
Area rank | 62nt |
Population (2010 Census)[5] | |
• Total | 1,292,174 |
• Estimate (2018)[6] | 1,246,618 (−3.5%) |
• Rank | 37t |
• Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) |
• Urban | 73.5% |
• Rural | 26.5% |
Time zone | UTC+4 (UTC+04:00 ![]() |
ISO 3166 code | RU-ULY |
License plates | 73 |
OKTMO ID | 73000000 |
Offeecial leids | Roushie[8] |
Website | http://www.ulgov.ru/ |
Ulyanovsk Oblast (Roushie: Улья́новская о́бласть, Ulyanovskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). It is locatit in the Volga Federal Destrict. Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Ulyanovsk. Population: 1,292,174 (2010 Census);[5] 1,382,811 (2002 Census);[9] 1,400,806 (1989 Census).[10]
Ulyanovsk Oblast borders Chuvashie (N), the Tatarstan (NE), Samara Oblast (E), Saratov Oblast (S), Penza Oblast (W), an Mordovie (NW).
It is locatit on the northren edge o Central Steppes. A quairter o its territory is covered wi deciduous forests; the rest is covered wi steppes an meadows. The oblast is dividit in hauf bi the Volga River. Hilly auries tae the wast o the Volga are kent as Volga Upland (elevations up tae 358 m). Eastren pairt o the oblast is maistly flat. The watter table occupees aboot 6% o territory.
Ulyanovsk Oblast haes moderately continental, heichlie volatile climate. Average temperatur o Julie +19 °C, o Januar−11 °C. As wather seestems muive in an oot o the aurie, average daily temperaturs aften chynge mair nor 25 °C in the maitter o days. Fixed snaw kiver is teepically present frae November tae the beginnin o Aprile. Owernicht frosts occur till late Mey, restrictin agricultur tae cauld-resistant plants lik rye an winter wheat. Annual precipitation draps oot 400 mm a year. Aboot time in three year in aurie thare is a strang drocht whilk causes a damage tae region agricultur.
Ulyanovsk Oblast is locatit in the zones o widdit plain an broad-leavit scaffauldin.
The soils is predominantly chernozem.
Scaffauldin occupee 1/4 territories. In the northwast — lairge massifs o aik scaffauldin wi the pairticipation o linden, maple; in the Transvolga region — meadae steppes, separate pine borons.
Wur preservit moose, marten, squirrel, hare- white hare an ither wur numerous the planktonic an mairshy- coastal birds. In Kuybyshev Reservoir — bream, pike-perch, carp an ithers. The Ulyanovsk region — ane o the Roushie centres o dwellin o wasps.
The protectit auries is foond on the territory o region: naitional pairk Sengiley muntains, the guardin zone o state preserve “Volga woodit plain”, the monuments o natur Undory mineral source, relict scaffauldin etc.
55% o indwallers o Ulyanovsk Oblast stey in twa ceeties wi population abuin 25,000—Ulyanovsk an Dimitrovgrad.
Population is 72% Roushie, 12% Tatar, 8% Chuvash, 4% Mordva, 4% ithers.
For the first hauf o 2007, the birth rate wis 9.0 per 1000 [1] The aurie population is reducit an for 20 years syne 1991 haes decreased on 200 thoosan fowk.
Maistly Roushie Orthodox Christian wi Muslim minority o aboot 13%.
Ulyanovsk an Dimitrovgrad is industrial ceeties an conteen a fair feck o lairge plants an factories. Rural pairt o Ulyanovsk Oblast is agricultural an is focused primarily on animal husbandry, tae the lesser extent on crop fermin. In aurie territory thare are twa resorts - "White Jar" an "Dubki".
Accordin tae Herbert E. Meyer, o the CIA Naitional Intelligence Cooncil, Ulyanovsk implementit a plan tae increase Roushie's dismal population growthe whilk stipulatit that wirkers wad receive the seicont hauf o the wirkday aff in order tae go hame an "produce mair futur patriots." It is govrenor's idea.
Regional automobile code is 73.
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