Astrakhan Oblast
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| Astrakhan Oblast (English) Астраханская область (Russian) |
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| Coat of Arms | Flag |
 Coat of arms of Astrakhan Oblast |
 Flag of Astrakhan Oblast |
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| Administrative center | Astrakhan |
| Established | December 27, 1943 |
| Political status | Oblast |
| Federal District | Southern[1] |
| Economic region | Volga[2] |
| Code ISO 3166-2:RU |
30 RU-AST |
| Area | |
| Area[3] | 44,100 km² (17,027.1 sq mi) |
| - Rank within Russia | 55th |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
| Population[4] | 1,005,276 inhabitants |
| - Rank within Russia | 55th |
| - Density | 22.8/km² (59.1/sq mi) |
| - Urban[4] | 67.7% |
| - Rural[4] | 32.3% |
| Official language(s) | Russian[5] |
| Government (as of July 2009) | |
| Governor[6] | Alexander Zhilkin[7] |
| Legislative body | State Duma[8] |
| Charter | Charter of Astrakhan Oblast |
| Official website | |
| http://www.astrobl.ru/ | |
Astrakhan Oblast (Russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, Astrakhanskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Time zone
Astrakhan Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).
[edit] Administrative divisions
[edit] Demographics
Population:
1,005,276 (2002 Census); 998,114 (1989 Census)
Ethnic groups:
According to the 2002 Census the ethnic composition was • Russian 69.69% • Kazakh 14.21% • Tatar 7.02% • Ukrainian 1.25% • Chechen 1.00% • Azeri 0.82% • Kalmyk 0.71% • Armenian 0.63% • Nogay 0.45% • Roma 0.43% • Avar 0.42% • Lezgin 0.36% • Dargin 0.35% • Belarusians 0.26% • Turkmen 0.21% • Korean 0.21% • Astrakhan Tatar 0.20% • German 0.14% • Kumyks 0.14% • Georgian 0.12% • Chuvash 0.12% • Turkish 0.11% • Uzbek 0.10% • Jewish 0.10% • Mordvin 0.09% • Tabasaran 0.08% • with many other groups of less than eight hundred persons each. • An additional 0.29% of residents declined to state their ethnicity on the census questionnaire.[9]
- Births (2008): 14,200 (14.2 per 1000)
- Deaths (2008): 13,660 (13.6 per 1000) [1]
[edit] Religion
A majority of the population (primarily ethnic Russians) adheres to Orthodox Christianity. There is also a significant Muslim minority, constituting around 20% of the population.
[edit] History
Astrakhan Governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Empire was created in 1717. It was on the southwestern frontier of the empire and was known as Astrakhan krai.
As of 1917, it bordered Saratov, Samara, and Stavropol Governorates, Don Cossack Voisko, Ural Cossack Host, Terek Oblast, and the Caspian Sea. It included the Kalmyk steppe and Kyrgyz steppe.
Since 1919 the geography of the guberniya/oblast has been changed many times. It assumed its present form in 1957.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 1. Федеральные округа», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 1. Federal Districts, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ^ 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. ).
- ^ 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 on 2008-10-17.
- ^ a b c 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 on 2008-10-17.
- ^ According to Article 68.2 of the Constitution of Russia, only republics have the right to establish official languages other than Russian
- ^ Charter, Article 22
- ^ Official website of Astrakhan Oblast. Biography of Alexander Alexandrovich Zhilkin, the Governor of Astrakhan Oblast (Russian)
- ^ Charter, Article 15
- ^ (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 on 2006-07-20.
[edit] Sources
- Государственная Дума Астраханской области. №21/2007-ОЗ 9 апреля 2007 г. «Устав Астраханской области», в ред. Закона №27/2009-ОЗ от 8 мая 2009 г. (State Duma of Astrakhan Oblast. #21/2007-OZ April 9, 2007 Charter of Astrakhan Oblast, as amended by the Law #27/2009-OZ of May 8, 2009. ).
- "Astrakhan Oblast. A Reference on Administrative-Territorial Subdivision, 1918-1983", Volgograd, 1984, in Russian. ("Астраханская область. Справочник по административно-территориальному делению, 1918-1983 гг." Волгоград: Ниж.-Волж. кн. изд-во, 1984. – 336 с.)
[edit] External links
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- (Russian) Official website of Astrakhan Oblast
- (Russian) The Book of Memory of Victims of Political Represions of Astrakhan Oblast, a list of 10,955 names repressed in Astrakhan Oblast in 1918-1986.
