Kaluga Oblast
| Kaluga Oblast (English) Калужская область (Russian) |
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 Coat of arms of Kaluga Oblast |
 Flag of Kaluga Oblast |
| Anthem | None |
| Political status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Political status | Oblast |
| Federal district | Central[1] |
| Economic region | Central[2] |
| Administrative center | Kaluga |
| Official language | Russian[3] |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2002 Census)[4] | 1,041,641 inhabitants |
| - Rank within Russia | 52nd |
| - Urban[4] | 74.8% |
| - Rural[4] | 25.2% |
| - Density | 34.84 /km2 (90.2 /sq mi)[5] |
| Area (as of the 2002 Census)[6] | 29,900 km2 (11,544.5 sq mi) |
| - Rank within Russia | 64th |
| Established | July 5, 1944[7] |
| License plates | 40 |
| ISO 3166-2:RU | RU-KLU |
| Time zone | MSK/MSD (UTC+3/+4) |
| Government (as of September 2009) | |
| Governor[8] | Anatoly Artamonov[9] |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly[10] |
| Charter | Charter of Kaluga Oblast |
| Official website | |
| http://www.admobl.kaluga.ru/ | |
Kaluga Oblast (Russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga.
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Geography
The oblast extends 220 km in the north-south direction from 53°30' to 55°30' N and 220 km in east-west, with a total area of 29,900 km2.
Relief, geological structure, and minerology
The region lies between the Smolensk-Moscow and Central Russian Upland and the Dneprovsko-Desna province. The Baryatinsko-Sukhinichi Uplands, located in the center of the oblast, were eroded and resurfaced by glacial activity. In the west, the Spas-Demenskij ridge stands out against the glacial plain. Further south lie raised outwash plains which form a part of the Bryansk-Zhizdrin woodlands.
Kaluga Oblast lies in the center of the East European craton. The thickness of the upper, sedimentary layer ranges from 400-500 m in the south to 1000-1400 m in the north. A large part of this sediment was deposited in the Devonian period; in the south, over 80% of the sediments, including those from the Quaternary period were deposited during that time.
The land contains significant stores (220 million m3) of fire clay and refractory clay, raw material for glass-making (11.6 million tons), and phosphates (94.7 million tons of ore, 7.5 million of which is P2O5).
Fauna
Common wildlife in Kaluga Oblast includes moose, boars, wolves, foxes, hares, squirrels, mink, weasels, and others. Common birds are grouse, quail, snipes, and woodpeckers. Fish include dace, chub, ide, rudd, tench, esox and wels catfish.
History
It was created in 1944 out of four other oblasts: Moskva Oblast, Orel Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, and Tula Oblast. It is located at the historical region of the former Kaluga Governorate.
Administrative divisions
Birth and death rates (2007)
- Births: 10,099 (10.0 per 1000)
- Deaths: 17,377 (17.3 per 1000) [11]
References
- ↑ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000).
- ↑ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ↑ According to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia, Russian is the official language on the whole territory of the Russian Federation. Article 68.2 further stipulates that only the republics have the right to establish official languages other than Russian.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_04_1.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2002 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox is not necessarily reported for the same year as the Census (2002).
- ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ↑ Charter of Kaluga Oblast, Article 3.2
- ↑ Charter of Kaluga Oblast, Article 26.1
- ↑ Official website of Kaluga Oblast. Gubernatorial Administration (Russian)
- ↑ Charter of Kaluga Oblast, Article 18.1
- ↑ birth and death rates
Sources
- Законодательное Собрание Калужской области. №473 27 марта 1996 г. «Устав Калужской области», в ред. Закона №18-ОЗ от 23 июня 2010 г «О внесении изменений в Устав Калужской области». Опубликован: "Весть", №79, 9 апреля 1996 г. (Legislative Assembly of Kaluga Oblast. #473 March 27, 1996 Charter of Kaluga Oblast, as amended by the Law #18-OZ of June 23, 2010 On Amending the Charter of Kaluga Oblast. ).
See also
- Upper Oka Principalities
External links
- Official website of Kaluga Oblast (Russian)
- Official website of Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of Kaluga Oblast (Russian)