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Encyclopedia > Kostroma Oblast

Kostroma Oblast (Russian: Костромска́я о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma. Major historic towns include Kostroma, Nerekhta, Galich, Soligalich, and Makaryev. Textile industries have been developed there since the early 18th century. Image File history File links Kostroma_Oblast_Flag. ... Image File history File links RussiaKostroma2005. ... 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. ... Kostroma (Russian: ) is a historic city in central Russia, administrative centre of the Kostroma Oblast. ... Kostroma (Russian: ) is a historic city in central Russia, administrative centre of the Kostroma Oblast. ... Nerekhta (Не́рехта) is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, known since the early 13th century. ... Galich, Галич is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. ... Soligalich (Russian: Солигалич) is a town in the Kostroma Oblast in Russia, located on the right bank of the Kostroma River. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...


The region was detached from Yaroslavl Oblast in 1944. There are plans to unite them again, though. Area 60,200 km², population 736,641 as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census. Yaroslavl Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver, Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostroma, and Vologda Oblasts. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Geography

Kostroma Oblast borders Vologda Oblast (N), Kirov Oblast (E), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (S), Ivanovo Oblast (W), and Yaroslavl Oblast (NW). The chief rivers are the Volga and the Kostroma River. Much of the area is covered by woods, making it one of the principal timber producing regions in Europe. Categories: Stub | Oblasts of Russia ... Kirov Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Нижегоро́дская о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Ivanovo Oblast (Russian: )(21,400 km², pop. ... Yaroslavl Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver, Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostroma, and Vologda Oblasts. ... For other meanings of the word Volga see Volga (disambiguation) Волга Length 3,690 km Elevation of the source 225 m Average discharge  ? m³/s Area watershed 1. ... Kostroma (Кострома́) is a river in Russia, left tributary of Volga. ...


Time zone

Kostroma 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

Kostroma Oblast consists of the following districts (raions): See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ...

  • Antropovsky (Антроповский)
  • Buysky (Буйский)
  • Chukhlomskoy (Чухломской)
  • Galichsky (Галичский)
  • Kadyysky (Кадыйский)
  • Kologrivsky (Кологривский)
  • Kostromskoy (Костромской)
  • Krasnoselsky (Красносельский)
  • Makaryevsky (Макарьевский)
  • Manturovsky (Мантуровский)
  • Mezhevsky (Межевский)
  • Nerekhtsky (Нерехтский)
  • Neysky (Нейский)
  • Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский)
  • Ostrovsky (Островский)
  • Parfenyevsky (Парфеньевский)
  • Pavinsky (Павинский)
  • Ponazyrevsky (Поназыревский)
  • Pyshchugsky (Пыщугский)
  • Sharyinsky (Шарьинский)
  • Soligalichsky (Солигаличский)
  • Sudislavsky (Судиславский)
  • Susaninsky (Сусанинский)
  • Vokhomsky (Вохомский)

External link

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



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  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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  Results from FactBites:
 
Kostroma Oblast - definition of Kostroma Oblast in Encyclopedia (92 words)
Kostroma Oblast (Костромска́я о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia.
Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma.
Administration of Kostroma Oblast (in Russian) (http://kos-obl.kmtn.ru/), official homepage.
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