Novgorod Oblast

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Novgorod Oblast (Russian: Новгоро́дская о́бласть, Novgorodskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established in 1944. It is located in the Northwestern Federal District, between Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The administrative center is the city of Velikiy Novgorod.

1 Geography
2 Population
- 2.1 Time zone
3 Administrative divisions
4 Demographics
5 External link

[edit] Geography

The area of the oblast is 53,895 km². Novgorod Oblast borders Leningrad Oblast (NW,N), Vologda Oblast (E), Tver Oblast (SE,S) and Pskov Oblast (SW).

The western part is a lowland around the Lake Ilmen, while the eastern part is a highland (northern spurs of the Valdai Hills). The highest point is Mount Ryzhokha (296 m).

[edit] Population

Novgorod Oblast has the lowest population for any oblast
in the European part of Russia: the population was about
694,355 according to the 2002 Census, down from about
753,000 in 1989. One of the reasons for the relatively low
population density is that the area suffered heavily during
World War II. The population is 70% urban. There are ten
cities and towns.

[edit] Time zone

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

[edit] Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Novgorod Oblast

[edit] Demographics

Population: 694,355 (2002 Census).

Ethnic groups: Novgorod Oblast is relatively homogenous, with only five recognised ethnic groups of more than two thousand persons each at the time of the census. The following nationalities were most numerous: 652,152 Russians (93.92%); 10,449 Ukrainians (1.50%); 5,294 Belarusans (0.76%); 3,388 Roma (0.49%); 2,077 Tatars (0.30%); 1,940 Armenians (0.289%); 1,574 Azeris (0.23%); 1,074 Chechens (0.15%); and 1,010 Germans (0.15%); as well as many other smaller groups. In addition, a further 5,575 persons (0.80%) declined to state their nationality on the census questionnaire.^[1]

[edit] External link

(English) Official website of Novgorod Oblast

Administrative divisions of Russia

Federal subjects

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Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk \| Perm \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
Oblasts	Amur \| Arkhangelsk \| Astrakhan \| Belgorod \| Bryansk \| Chelyabinsk \| Chita¹ \| Irkutsk² \| Ivanovo \| Kaliningrad \| Kaluga \| Kamchatka³ \| Kemerovo \| Kirov \| Kostroma \| Kurgan \| Kursk \| Leningrad \| Lipetsk \| Magadan \| Moscow \| Murmansk \| Nizhny Novgorod \| Novgorod \| Novosibirsk \| Omsk \| Orenburg \| Oryol \| Penza \| Pskov \| Rostov \| Ryazan \| Sakhalin \| Samara \| Saratov \| Smolensk \| Sverdlovsk \| Tambov \| Tomsk \| Tula \| Tver \| Tyumen \| Ulyanovsk \| Vladimir \| Volgograd \| Vologda \| Voronezh \| Yaroslavl
Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblast	Jewish
Autonomous okrugs	Aga Buryatia¹ \| Chukotka \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia³ \| Nenetsia \| Ust-Orda Buryatia² \| Yamalia