Vologda Oblast

Vologda Oblast (English) Волого́дская о́бласть (Russian)
Location of Vologda Oblast in Russia
Coat of Arms	Flag
Coat of arms	Flag
Anthem: None
Country	Russia
Administrative center	Vologda
Established	1937
Political status Federal district Economic region	Oblast Northwestern Northwestern
Code	35
Area - Rank within Russia	145,700 km²
Population ( 2002) - Rank within Russia - Density - Urban - Rural	1,213,721 inhabitants 8.3 inhab. / km²
Official language	Russian
Governor	Vyacheslav Pozgalyov
Legislative body	Oblast Duma
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Official website	http://www.vologda-oblast.ru/

Vologda Oblast (Russian: Волого́дская о́бласть, Russian pronunciation: [vəlɐˈɡotskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ], Vologodskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Area: 145,700 km²; population: 1,269,568 (as of the 2002 Census). Its largest city is Cherepovets, but the administrative center is Vologda.

Vologda Oblast is rich in historic monuments, such as the magnificent Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, Ferapontov Convent (a World Heritage Site), medieval towns of Velikiy Ustyug and Belozersk, baroque churches of Totma and Ustyuzhna, etc.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Time zone
- 1.2 Demographics
2 Administrative divisions
3 Bibliography
4 External links

Geography

Vologda Oblast borders Arkhangelsk Oblast (N), Kirov Oblast (E), Kostroma Oblast (SE), Yaroslavl Oblast (S), Tver Oblast (SW), Novgorod Oblast (SW), Leningrad Oblast (W), and the Republic of Karelia (NW).

Time zone

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

Demographics

Vital Statistics for 2007: Source

Birth Rate: 11.46 per 1000

Death Rate: 15.86 per 1000

Net Immigration: +0.3 per 1000

NGR: -0.44% per Year

PGR: -0.41% per Year

Administrative divisions

Bibliography

Brumfield, William. Vologda Album (Moscow: Tri Kvadrata, 2005) ISBN 5946070509 (in English and in Russian)

External links

(English) (Russian) (German) Official website of Vologda Oblast
(English) (Russian) (German) Culture of the Vologda Region
(Russian) (English) [architecture of Vologda oblast http://www.cultinfo.ru/brumfield ]

Subdivisions of Russia

Federal subjects

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Krais	Altai · Kamchatka · Khabarovsk · Krasnodar · Krasnoyarsk · Perm · Primorsky · Stavropol · Zabaykalsky

Oblasts	Amur · Arkhangelsk · Astrakhan · Belgorod · Bryansk · Chelyabinsk · Irkutsk · Ivanovo · Kaliningrad · Kaluga · 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 oblasts	Jewish

Autonomous okrugs	Chukotka · Khantia-Mansia¹ · Nenetsia² · Yamalia¹

¹administratively subordinated to Tyumen Oblast ² administratively subordinated to Arkhangelsk Oblast Federal districts Central · Far Eastern · North Caucasian · Northwestern · Siberian · Southern · Urals · Volga

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