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Yaroslavl Oblast (Yaroslavskaya 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"....
), which is located in the Central Federal District
Central Federal District

Central Federal District is one of the seven Federal districts of Russia of Russia.The word "Central" is of political and historical meaning; actually the district is situated in the extreme West of Russia....
, surrounded by Tver
Tver Oblast

Tver Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tver.Area: 84,586 km?. Population is estimated at 1,440,002 in 2004, down from about 1,670,000 in 1989....
, Moscow
Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is the list of subdivisions of Russia by population Russian federal subject after the city of Moscow....
, Ivanovo
Ivanovo Oblast

Ivanovo Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia .Its three largest cities are Ivanovo , Kineshma, and Shuya.The principal centre of tourism is Plyos....
, Vladimir
Vladimir Oblast

Vladimir Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the medieval Russian capital Vladimir, which is located 190 km to the east from the present-day capital, Moscow....
, Kostroma
Kostroma Oblast

Kostroma Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Kostroma....
, and Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast

Vologda Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Area: 145,700 km?; population: 1,269,568 . Its largest city is Cherepovets, but the administrative center is Vologda....
s. This geographic location affords the oblast the advantages of proximity to Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 and St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
. Additionally, the administrative center of the oblast—the city of Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located north-east of Moscow....
—is an intersection of major highway
Highway

A highway is a main road intended for travel by the public between important destinations, such as city and towns. Highway designs vary widely and can range from a two-lane road without margins to a multi-lane, grade separated freeway....
s, railroads, and waterway
Waterway

A waterway is any navigable body of water. These include rivers, lakes, seas, oceans, and canals. In order for a waterway to be navigable, it must meet several criteria:...
s.

slavl Oblast was established on March 11, 1936.



Time zone
Yaroslavl Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone
Moscow Time

Moscow Time is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second westernmost of the 11 Time in Russia....
 (MSK/MSD).






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Yaroslavl Oblast (Yaroslavskaya 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"....
), which is located in the Central Federal District
Central Federal District

Central Federal District is one of the seven Federal districts of Russia of Russia.The word "Central" is of political and historical meaning; actually the district is situated in the extreme West of Russia....
, surrounded by Tver
Tver Oblast

Tver Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tver.Area: 84,586 km?. Population is estimated at 1,440,002 in 2004, down from about 1,670,000 in 1989....
, Moscow
Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is the list of subdivisions of Russia by population Russian federal subject after the city of Moscow....
, Ivanovo
Ivanovo Oblast

Ivanovo Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia .Its three largest cities are Ivanovo , Kineshma, and Shuya.The principal centre of tourism is Plyos....
, Vladimir
Vladimir Oblast

Vladimir Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the medieval Russian capital Vladimir, which is located 190 km to the east from the present-day capital, Moscow....
, Kostroma
Kostroma Oblast

Kostroma Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Kostroma....
, and Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast

Vologda Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Area: 145,700 km?; population: 1,269,568 . Its largest city is Cherepovets, but the administrative center is Vologda....
s. This geographic location affords the oblast the advantages of proximity to Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 and St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
. Additionally, the administrative center of the oblast—the city of Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located north-east of Moscow....
—is an intersection of major highway
Highway

A highway is a main road intended for travel by the public between important destinations, such as city and towns. Highway designs vary widely and can range from a two-lane road without margins to a multi-lane, grade separated freeway....
s, railroads, and waterway
Waterway

A waterway is any navigable body of water. These include rivers, lakes, seas, oceans, and canals. In order for a waterway to be navigable, it must meet several criteria:...
s.

Overview

Yaroslavl Oblast was established on March 11, 1936.

  • Oblast territory: 36,400 km˛
  • Population: 1,367,398 (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 ....
    ); 1,470,357 (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....
    ).
  • Governor: Sergey Vakhrukov
  • Administrative center: Yaroslavl
  • Distance from Yaroslavl to Moscow
    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
    : 282 km
  • Urban population: over 80%
  • Number of historical and architectural monuments: over 5,000
  • Number of tourists (1997): 272,500


Time zone


Yaroslavl Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone
Moscow Time

Moscow Time is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second westernmost of the 11 Time in Russia....
 (MSK/MSD). 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 +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).

Nature

The climate is moderate continental, with snowy winters and a short but rather hot summer. Formerly almost all territory was covered with thick conifer forest (fir
Fir

Firs are a genus of between 45-55 species of evergreen Pinophyta in the family Pinaceae. All are trees, reaching heights of 10-80 m tall and trunk diameters of 0.5-4 m when mature....
, pine
Pine

Pines are Pinophyta trees in the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species....
), but now a large portion of it has been replaced with birch
Birch

Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae....
-and-aspen
Aspen

Aspens are trees of the Salicaceae family and comprise a section of the poplar genus, Populus sect. Populus. There are six species in the section, one of them atypical, and one hybrid:...
 secondary forests and crop fields. Swamps also take considerable areas.

Large animals have been much reduced in numbers, but there are still some bear
Bear

Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives....
s, wolves, fox
Fox

A fox is an animal belonging to any one of about 27 species of small to medium-sized Canidae, characterized by possessing a long, narrow snout, and a bushy tail, or brush....
es, elk
Moose

File:Alces alces NA.svgThe moose or elk , , is the largest Extant taxon species in the deer family . Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a "twig-like" configuration....
s, and wild boars.

A great number of wild bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s live and nest in the Oblast.

In cities, most common birds are pigeons, jackdaw
Jackdaw

The Jackdaw , sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw, European Jackdaw, Western Jackdaw, or formerly simply the daw, is one of the smallest species in the genus of crows and ravens....
s, hooded crows
Hooded Crow

The Hooded Crow is a Eurasian bird species in the crow genus. Widely distributed, it is also known locally as Scotch Crow, Danish Crow, and Grey Crow in Ireland, which is what its Welsh name, :cy:Br?n Lwyd, translates as....
, rooks
Rook (bird)

The Rook is a member of the Corvidae family in the passerine order of birds. Named by Linnaeus in 1758, the species name frugilegus is Latin for "food-gathering"....
, house sparrow
House Sparrow

The House Sparrow is a member of the Old World sparrow family sparrow, considered by some to be a relative of the Weaver Finch Family. It occurs naturally in most of Europe and much of Asia....
s, and great tit
Great Tit

The Great Tit is a passerine bird in the titmouse family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe and Asia in any sort of woodland....
s.

The Volga River
Volga River

The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, Discharge , and Drainage basin. It flows through the western part of Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia....
 flows through Yaroslavl Oblast, with two major dams constructed at Uglich
Uglich

Uglich is a historic types of inhabited localities in Russia in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River. Population: A local tradition dates the town's origins to 937....
 and Rybinsk
Rybinsk

Rybinsk is the second largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. It lies at the confluence of the Volga River and Sheksna rivers....
. The Rybinsk Reservoir
Rybinsk Reservoir

Rybinsk Reservoir , informally called the Rybinsk Sea, is a vast water reservoir on the Volga River and its tributary Sheksna River and Mologa River, formed by Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam, located on the territories of Tver Oblast, Vologda Oblast, and Yaroslavl Oblasts....
, filled between 1941 and 1947, is one of the largest in Europe; its filling flooded the town of Mologa
Mologa

Mologa was a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, formerly situated at the confluence of Mologa River and Volga Rivers, but now submerged under the waters of the Rybinsk Reservoir....
 and several hundreds of villages, necessitating the relocation of some 150,000 in Yaroslavl, Vologda, and Kalinin (now Tver) Oblasts.

Mineral resources are limited to construction materials (such as sand
Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.As the term is used by geologists, sand particles range in diameter from 0.0625 to 2 millimeters....
, gravel
Gravel

Gravel is rock that is of a specific particle size range. Specifically, it is is any loose rock that is larger than two millimeters in its largest dimension and no more than 64 millimeters ....
, clay
Clay

Clay is a naturally occurring material composed primarily of fine-grained minerals, which show plasticity through a variable range of water content, and which can be hardened when dried and/or fired....
) and peat
Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation biological tissue. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands, variously called bogs, Moorland, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests....
. There are also mineral water springs and wells.

Demographics

These are population figures according to the 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 ....
 of 2002:
  • Total population: 1,367,398
  • Males: 617,889
  • Females: 749,509
  • Urban population: 1,106,805
  • Rural population: 260,593


Life expectancy:
  • Average: 63 years
  • Males: 57 years
  • Females: 71 years


98% of residents are citizens 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....
.

Economy

  • Total volume of output for 12 months of the year 1997: 15,933.1 billion rubles
    Russian ruble

    The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russia and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire prior to their breakups....
    1)
  • Total balance profit of enterprises for 12 months of the year 1997: 1,227.4 billion roubles2)
  • Total tax collection for 12 month of the year 1997: 4,781.8 billion rubles (including Federal budget accruals in the amount of 1,999.3 billion roubles)
  • Unemployment level: 2.4% of total workforce


1) large and medium-sized enterprises.
2) including industry, agriculture, construction, transport.

Administrative divisions


The oldest town is Rostov
Rostov

Rostov is one of the oldest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero in Yaroslavl Oblast....
.

The town of Mologa (known since the 13th century) has been engulfed by the Rybinsk artificial lake in 1940s.

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