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Chelyabinsk Oblast (Chelyabinskaya oblast) is a federal subject
Federal subjects of Russia

Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation?two delegates each?in the Federation Council of Russia ....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (an oblast
Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
). Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, located just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on Miass River. It is the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast....
.

Area: 87,900 km²; population: 3,603,339 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
); 3,623,732 (1989 Census
Soviet Census (1989)

The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive Soviet Census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....
).

yabinsk Oblast is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone
Yekaterinburg Time

Yekaterinburg Time is the time zone 5 hours ahead of UTC and 2 hours ahead of Moscow Time . Yekaterinburg Summer Time is UTC+6, but remains constant as regards Moscow Time ....
 (YEKT/YEKST).






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Chelyabinsk Oblast (Chelyabinskaya oblast) is a federal subject
Federal subjects of Russia

Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation?two delegates each?in the Federation Council of Russia ....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (an oblast
Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
). Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, located just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on Miass River. It is the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast....
.

Area: 87,900 km²; population: 3,603,339 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
); 3,623,732 (1989 Census
Soviet Census (1989)

The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive Soviet Census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....
).

Geography


Time zone

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Chelyabinsk Oblast is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone
Yekaterinburg Time

Yekaterinburg Time is the time zone 5 hours ahead of UTC and 2 hours ahead of Moscow Time . Yekaterinburg Summer Time is UTC+6, but remains constant as regards Moscow Time ....
 (YEKT/YEKST). UTC
Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time is a time standard based on International Atomic Time with leap seconds added at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation....
 offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).

Administrative divisions


Demographics

Population: 3,603,339 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
).

The census counted the following seventeen recognised ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each in Chelyabinsk Oblast:
• 2,965,568 Russians
Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
 (82.3%);
• 205,041 Tatars
Tatars

Tatars , sometimes spelled Tartars, refers to a Turkic people ethnic group mainly inhabiting Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, and Poland....
 (5.69%);
• 166,372 Bashkirs
Bashkirs

The Bashkirs, a Turkic people, live in Russia, mostly in the republic of Bashkortostan. Some Bashkirs also live in the republic of Tatarstan, as well as in Perm Krai and Chelyabinsk Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Samara Oblast, and Saratov Oblasts of Russia....
 (4.62%);
• 76,994 Ukrainians
Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavs ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly?citizens of Ukraine . Some 200 years ago and times prior to that, Ukrainians were usually referred to and known as Rusyny ....
 (2.14%);
• 36,219 Kazakhs
Kazakhs

The Kazakhs are a Turkic peoples of the northern parts of Central Asia ....
 (1.00%);
• 28,457 Germans
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
 (0.79%);
• 20,355 Belarusians
Belarusians

Belarusians or Belorussians are an East Slavs ethnic group who populate the majority of the Belarus and form minorities in neighboring Poland , Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine....
 (0.56%);
• 18,055 Mordvins (0.50%);
• 9,483 Chuvash
Chuvash

Chuvash may refer to:*Chuvash people*Chuvash language*?uvas, AzerbaijanExcess long comment to prevent listing on...
 (0.26%);
• 8,601 Armenians
Armenians

The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
 (0.24%);
• 7,379 Azeris
Azeris in Russia

Aside from the large Azeri community native to Russia's Dagestan Republic, the majority of Azeris in Russia are fairly recent immigrants. Azeris started settling in Russia around the late 19th century, but their migration became intensive after World War II....
 (0.20%);
• 5,125 Tajiks
Tajiks

Tajik is a general designation for a wide range of mostly Persian language peoples of Iranian peoples, with traditional homelands in present-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan, southern Uzbekistan, north west Pakistan and western China....
 (0.14%);
• 4,930 Jews (0.14%);
• 3,486 Mari
Mari people

The Mari are a Volga Finns people who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama River rivers in Russia. The majority of Maris today live in the Mari El Republic, with significant populations in the Tatarstan and Bashkortostan republics....
 (0.10%);
• 3,344 Udmurts (0.09%);
• 3,324 Roma
Roma people

The Romani are an ethnic group of Europe tracing their Origins of the Romani people to middle kingdoms of India.The Romani are Romani diaspora with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe, with more recent diaspora populations in the Americas and, to a lesser extent, in other par...
 (0.09%);
• 3,057 Uzbeks
Uzbeks

The Uzbeks are a Turkic peoples people of Central Asia. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, and large populations can also be found in Afghanistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China....
 (0.08%).
In addition, a further 0.24% of residents declined to state their ethnicity on the census questionnaire.

  • Births (2008): 45,091 (12.8 per 1000)
  • Deaths (2008): 52,795 (15.0 per 1000)


Religion

Majority are Orthodox Christians, with a minority following Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
 at around 15%.

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