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Oryol Oblast (Russian: Орло́вская о́бласть, Orlovskaya Oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Oryol. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Oryol_Oblast. ... Russia is a federation which consists of 86 subjects[1]. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation—two delegates each—in the Federation Council (upper house of the Russian parliament). ... Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: о́бласт) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ... Types of inhabited localities in Russia, Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states have certain peculiarities with respect to the English language traditions. ... Oryol or Orel (Russian: ) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Oryol Oblast. ...


It is located in the southwestern part of the Central Federal District. Kaluga and Tula Oblasts border it in the north. Bryansk Oblast is located to the west, Kursk Oblast—to the south, and Lipetsk Oblast—to the east. From north to south, it extends for more than 150 kilometers (93 mi), and from west to east—for over 200 kilometers (120 mi). It is one of the smallest Russian regions with a population of less than one million, approximately 62% of which is urban and 38%—rural.[1] Central Federal District (Russian: Центра́льный федера́льный о́круг; tr. ... Kaluga Oblast (Russian: ) (29,900 km², pop. ... Tula Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Bryansk Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Kursk Oblast (Russian: , Kurskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Lipetsk Oblast (Russian: , Lipetskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ...


Area: 24,700 square kilometers (9,540 sq mi), population: 860,262 (as of the 2002 Census). Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ...

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Geography

The oblast lies in the center of the Russian uplands within the steppe. The climate is temperate. The average January temperature is −8 °C (17.6 °F) and the average July temperature is +18 °C (64.4 °F). Rainfall averages 490 to 590 mm, and snow cover averages 126 days. There are 480,000 square kilometers (185,300 sq mi) of black earth soils (chernozems) in the oblast, which amounts to three-quarters of the world chernozem reserves.[1] A steppe in Western Kazakhstan in early spring In physical geography, a steppe (Russian: - , Ukrainian: - , Kazakh: - ), pronounced in English as , is a plain without trees (apart from those near rivers and lakes); it is similar to a prairie, although a prairie is generally considered as being dominated by tall grasses... Chernozem, or Black Earth (from Polish czarnoziem which means black soil), a kind of soil. ...


Time zone

Oryol 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: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Moscow Time (Russian: ) is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg, Russia. ... “UTC” redirects here. ...


Administrative divisions

Cities and towns under the oblasts jurisdiction: Oryol (Орёл) (administrative center) city distrcts: Severny (Северный) Sovetsky (Советский) Zavodskoy (Заводской) Zheleznodorozhny (Железнодорожный) Livny (Ливны) Mtsensk (Мценск) Districts: Bolkhovsky (Болховский) Towns under the districts jurisdiction: Bolkhov (Болхов) with 13 selsovets under the districts jurisdiction. ...

References

  1. ^ a b Orel Region. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.

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Oryol Oblast - definition of Oryol Oblast in Encyclopedia (92 words)
Oryol Oblast (Орловская область) is a regional subdivision of Russia.
Its administrative center is the city of Oryol.
Administration of Oryol Oblast (in Russian) (http://www.adm.orel.ru/), official homepage.
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The analysis of radiation risks and of the dose response relationship of thyroid cancer incidence focuses on the population of the Oryol oblast represented by residents of 3006 settlements.
Considering that the public health care level is better in Oryol than in other settlements and this may influence the registration level, the analysis of radiation risks was carried out both for the whole population of the oblast (separating out children and adolescents) and with the deduction of the population of Oryol.
Excluding Oryol from the study, the distribution of cases is shifting towards younger ages, which may be an indication of the exposure factor, however, to a lesser extent than in those exposed as children and adolescents living in the Bryansk oblast (Fig.
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