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Encyclopedia > Ivanovo Oblast

Ivanovo Oblast (Russian: Ива́новская о́бласть)(21,400 km², pop. 1,148,329 as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Image File history File links Ivanovo_Oblast_Flag. ... Image File history File links RussiaIvanovo2005. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Russia is a federation which consists of 89 subjects (Russian: субъект(Ñ‹); English transliteration: subyekty, sing. ... Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: о́бласт) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ...


Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (administrative centre), Kineshma, and Shuya. Ivanovo (Russian: Ива́ново) is the administrative center of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. ... Kineshma before the Russian Revolution. ... Early 20th-century photo of a bridge in Shuya. ...


The principal centre of tourism is Plyos. The Volga River flows through the northern part of the region. The Volga river in Western Russia, Europes longest river, with a length of 3,690 km (2,293 miles), provides the core of the largest river system in Europe. ...


The oblast was established in 1929 from the areas of Kostroma Oblast and Vladimir Oblast.-1... Kostroma Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Categories: Stub | Oblasts of Russia ...

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Geography

Ivanovo Oblast borders Kostroma Oblast (N), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (E), Vladimir Oblast (S) and Yaroslavl Oblast (W). Kostroma Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Нижегоро́дская о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Categories: Stub | Oblasts of Russia ... Yaroslavl Oblast (Яросла́вская о́бласть) is located in the Central Federal District of Russia, surrounded by the Tver, Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostroma, and Vologda Oblasts. ...


Time zone

Ivanovo Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD). Image File history File links RTZ2. ... Time zones of Europe: blue - GMT or Western European Time, red - Central European Time, green - Eastern European Time, khaki - Moscow Time. ... Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time or Z, is an atomic realization of Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich Mean Time, the astronomical basis for civil time. ...

Administrative divisions

Districts

Ivanovo Oblast consists of the following districts (районы):

  • Furmanovsky (Фурмановский)
  • Gavrilovo-Posadsky (Гаврилово-Посадский)
  • Ilyinsky (Ильинский)
  • Ivanovsky (Ивановский)
  • Kineshemsky (Кинешемский)
  • Komsomolsky (Комсомольский)
  • Lezhnevsky (Лежневский)
  • Lukhsky (Лухский)
  • Palekhsky (Палехский)
  • Pestyakovsky (Пестяковский)
  • Privolzhsky (Приволжский)
  • Puchezhsky (Пучежский)
  • Rodnikovsky (Родниковский)
  • Savinsky (Савинский)
  • Shuysky (Шуйский)
  • Teykovsky (Тейковский)
  • Verkhnelandekhovsky (Верхнеландеховский)
  • Vichugsky (Вичугский)
  • Yuryevetsky (Юрьевецкий)
  • Yuzhsky (Южский)
  • Zavolzhsky (Заволжский)

Zavolzhsk Заволжск 57°29′ N 42°09′ E is a town of the Zolotoye Kolzo, on the left bank of the Volga, about 200 km downstream of Kostroma, in Ivanovskaya oblast, Russia, 113 km north-east of Ivanovo. ...

External link

  • Link to a Russian language website Official website of Ivanovo Oblast.



Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

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Krais Altai | Khabarovsk | Krasnodar | Krasnoyarsk1 | Perm | Primorsky | Stavropol
Oblasts Amur | Arkhangelsk | Astrakhan | Belgorod | Bryansk | Chelyabinsk | Chita | Irkutsk2 | Ivanovo | Kaliningrad | Kaluga | Kamchatka3 | 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 | Tver | Tula | Tyumen | Ulyanovsk | Vladimir | Volgograd | Vologda | Voronezh | Yaroslavl
Federal cities Moscow | St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblast Jewish
Autonomous districts Aga Buryatia | Chukotka | Evenkia1 | Khantia-Mansia | Koryakia3 | Nenetsia | Taymyria1 | Ust-Orda Buryatia2 | Yamalia
  1. On 1 January 2007, Evenkia and Taymyria will be merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai.
  2. A referendum is to be held on 16 April 2006 on merging Ust-Orda Buryatia into Irkutsk Oblast. If the result is in favour, the merger will occur on 1 January 2008.
  3. On 1 July 2007, Kamchatka Oblast and Koryakia will be merged to form Kamchatka Krai.
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Central | Southern | Northwestern | Far East | Siberian | Urals | Privolzhsky (Volga)

  Results from FactBites:
 
Blazons of Ivanovo Oblast Towns (987 words)
Coat of arms of Ivanovo Oblast was instituted on December 25, 1997.
In this period the Ivanovo Oblast or province, as the independent administrative unit, did not exist.
Oblast was created from the parts of Vladimir and Kostroma provinces only in 1918.
Ivanovo Oblast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (190 words)
1,148,329 as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).
The oblast was established in 1929 from the areas of Kostroma Oblast and Vladimir Oblast.
Ivanovo Oblast borders Kostroma Oblast (N), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (E), Vladimir Oblast (S) and Yaroslavl Oblast (W).
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