Pskov Oblast
| Pskov Oblast (English) Псковская область (Russian) |
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.svg.png) Location of Pskov Oblast in Russia |
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 Coat of arms of Pskov Oblast |
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| Country | Russia |
| Administrative center | Pskov |
| Established | |
| Political status Federal district Economic region |
Oblast Northwestern Northwestern |
| Code | 60 |
| Area - Rank within Russia |
55,300 km² |
| Population ( 2002) - Rank within Russia - Density - Urban - Rural |
760,810 inhabitants 13.8 inhab. / km² 69.8% 30.2% |
| Official language | Russian |
| Governor | Andrey Turchak |
| Legislative body | Oblast Duma |
| Charter | Charter of Pskov Oblast |
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Pskov Oblast (Russian: Пско́вская о́бласть, Pskovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Pskov Oblast borders the European Union countries of Estonia and Latvia, as well as Belarus. It is the westernmost federal subject of contiguous Russia (i.e. excluding the exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast). Its major cities are the administrative center Pskov (pop. 202,000) and Velikiye Luki (pop. 104,000).
Area: 55,300 km². Population: 760,810 (2002 Census), down from 846,449 recorded in the 1989 Census.
The Governor is Mikhail Varfolomeyevich Kuznetsov. Kuznetsov was replaced by Russian president Dmitri Medvedev in February 2009 due to economic policy differences.
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Geography
Time zone
Pskov Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).
Natural Resources
One of the most important natural resources of Pskov Oblast is wood. Forest takes up to one third of the territory of the region. Overall stocks of woods as for 1 January 2005 were 331,2 Million cubic meters.[1]
Administrative divisions
Demographics
For the first half of 2007, the birth rate was 9.1 per 1000 [1]
According to the 2002 Census the 'national composition' was • 94.25% Russian • 1.64% Ukrainian • 1.27% Belarusians • 0.42% Roma • 0.30% Armenian • 0.20% Tatar • 0.17% Azeri • 0.15% Estonian • 0.11% Moldovan • 0.09% Latvian • 0.09% German • 0.09% Chuvash • 0.08% Jewish • 0.08% Polish • 0.07% Chechen • 0.05% Finnish • 0.05% Lithuanian • 0.04% Georgian • and 0.04% Mordvin • with many other groups of less than three hundred persons each. • An additional 0.34% of residents declined to state their nationality or ethnocultural identity on the census questionnaire.[2]
Vital Statistics for 2007: Source
Birth Rate: 9.52 per 1000
References
- ↑ Natural Resources, The website of Pskov Oblast administration. Retrieved 2009-08-26
- ↑ (XLS) National Composition of Population for Regions of the Russian Federation. 2002 Russian All-Population Census. 2002. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/English/4-2.xls. Retrieved 2006-07-20.