| Ulyanovsk Oblast | |||
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| Ульяновская область (Russian) | |||
| — Oblast — | |||
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| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | Volga[1] | ||
| Economic region | Volga[2] | ||
| Established | January 19, 1943 | ||
| Administrative center | Ulyanovsk | ||
| Government (as of March 2011) | |||
| - Governor | Sergey Morozov[3] | ||
| - Legislature | Oblast Duma | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Area (as of the 2002 Census)[4] | |||
| - Total | 37,300 km2 (14,401.6 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 62nd | ||
| Population (2010 Census)[5] | |||
| - Total | 1,292,174 | ||
| - Rank | 37th | ||
| - Density | 34.64 /km2 (89.7 /sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 73.5% | ||
| - Rural | 26.5% | ||
| Population (2002 Census)[6] | |||
| - Total | 1,382,811 | ||
| - Rank | 36th | ||
| - Density | 37.07 /km2 (96.0 /sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 73.2% | ||
| - Rural | 26.8% | ||
| Time zone(s) | MSD (UTC+04:00)[7] | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-ULY | ||
| License plates | 73 | ||
| Official languages | Russian[8] | ||
| http://www.ulgov.ru/ | |||
Ulyanovsk Oblast (Russian: Улья́новская о́бласть, Ulyanovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Ulyanovsk. Population: 1,292,174 (2010 Census preliminary results);[5] 1,382,811 (2002 Census);[6] 1,400,806 (1989 Census).[9]
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Ulyanovsk Oblast borders the Chuvash Republic (N), the Republic of Tatarstan (NE), Samara Oblast (E), Saratov Oblast (S), Penza Oblast (W), and the Republic of Mordovia (NW).
It is located on the northern edge of Central Steppes. A quarter of its territory is covered with deciduous forests; the rest is covered with steppes and meadows. The oblast is divided in half by the Volga River. Hilly areas to the west of the Volga are known as Volga Upland (elevations up to 358 m). Eastern part of the oblast is mostly flat. The water table occupies about 6% of territory.
Ulyanovsk Oblast has moderately continental, highly volatile climate. Average temperature of July +19 °C, of January −11 °C. As weather systems move in and out of the area, average daily temperatures often change more than 25°C in the matter of days. Fixed snow cover is typically present from November to the beginning of April. Overnight frosts occur until late May, restricting agriculture to cold-resistant plants such as rye and winter wheat. Annual precipitation drops out 400 mm a year. About time in three years in area there is a strong drought which causes a damage to region agriculture.
Ulyanovsk Oblast is located in the zones of wooded plain and broad-leaved scaffolding.
Soils are predominantly chernozem.
Scaffolding occupy 1/4 territories. In the northwest — large massifs of oak scaffolding with the participation of linden, maple; in the Transvolga region — meadow steppes, separate pine borons.
Were preserved moose, marten, squirrel, hare- white hare and other were numerous the planktonic and marshy- coastal birds. In Kuybyshev Reservoir — bream, pike-perch, carp and others. The Ulyanovsk region — one of the Russian centres of dwelling of wasps.
The protected areas are found on the territory of region: national park Sengiley mountains, the guarding zone of state preserve “Volga wooded plain”, the monuments of nature Undory mineral source, relict scaffolding etc.
55% of residents of Ulyanovsk Oblast live in two cities with population above 25,000—Ulyanovsk and Dimitrovgrad.
Population is[10] 73.6% Russian, 12.2% Tatar, 7.7% Chuvash, 3.2% Mordva, 3.3% others.
For the first half of 2007, the birth rate was 9.0 per 1000 [1] The area population is reduced and for 20 years since 1991 has decreased on 200 thousand persons.
Mostly Russian Orthodox Christian with Muslim minority of about 13%.
Ulyanovsk and Dimitrovgrad are industrial cities and contain a number of large plants and factories. Rural part of Ulyanovsk Oblast is agricultural and is focused primarily on animal husbandry, to the lesser extent on crop farming. In area territory there are two resorts - "White Jar" and "Dubki".
According to Herbert E. Meyer, of the CIA National Intelligence Council, Ulyanovsk implemented a plan to increase Russia's dismal population growth which stipulated that workers would receive the second half of the workday off in order to go home and "produce more future patriots." It is governor's idea.
Regional automobile code is 73. Ulyanovsk has the international airport.
Bandy (Russian hockey) is traditionally the number 1 sport in Ulyanovsk Oblast.[2]
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