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Ryazan Oblast
Рязанская область
     
Coat of arms of Ryazan Oblast
Flag of Ryazan Oblast Coat of arms of Ryazan Oblast
Image:RussiaRyazan2007-07.png
Administrative center Ryazan
Area

- total
- % water Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... , Ryazan (Russian: IPA: ) is a city in the Central Federal District of Russia, the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ...

Ranked 58th

- 39,600 km²
- Here is a list of the 88 federal subjects of Russia in order of size. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ...

Population

- Total
- Density Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ...

Ranked 44th

- est. 1,227,910 (2002)
- est. 30/km² Here is a list of the 85* federal subjects of Russia in order of population according to the 2002 Census. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Political status Oblast
Federal district Central
Economic Region Central
Cadaster # 62
Official language Russian
Governor Georgy Shpak
Vice-Governor
Legislature {{{LegiNm}}}
Anthem

Ryazan Oblast (Russian: Ряза́нская о́бласть, Ryazanskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It has an area of 39,600 km² and a population of 1,227,910 (as of the 2002 Census). Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the largest regional city with a population of 535,000. The Russian Federation is divided into 89 subjects (administrative units), 49 of which are oblasts: Amur Arkhangelsk Astrakhan Belgorod Bryansk Chelyabinsk Chita Irkutsk Ivanovo Kaliningrad Kaluga Kamchatka Kemerovo Kirov Kostroma Kurgan Kursk Leningrad Lipetsk Magadan Moscow Murmansk Nizhny Novgorod Novgorod Novosibirsk Omsk Orenburg Oryol Penza Perm Pskov Rostov Ryazan Sakhalin... All of the federal subjects of Russia are grouped into seven federal districts (Russian: , sing. ... Central Federal District (Russian: Центра́льный федера́льный о́круг; tr. ... Russia is divided into eleven economic regions (Russian: экономические районы, sing. ... Central economic region (Russian: ; tr. ... Russia has one official language; Russian. ... Georgy Shpak (right) with Vladimir Putin. ... 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. ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ... , Ryazan (Russian: IPA: ) is a city in the Central Federal District of Russia, the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast. ...

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Geography

Ryazan Oblast borders Vladimir Oblast (N), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (NE), Republic of Mordovia (E), Penza Oblast (SE), Tambov Oblast (S), Lipetsk Oblast (SW), Tula Oblast (W), and Moscow Oblast (NW). Coat of arms of Vladimir Oblast Vladimir Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... The Republic of Mordovia (Russian: ; Moksha: Мордовскяй Республикась; Erzya: Мордовской Республикась) or Mordvinia is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ... Penza Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Tambov Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Lipetsk Oblast (Russian: , Lipetskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Tula Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Moscow Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) officially established on January 14, 1929. ...


Time zone

Ryazan 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: Ryazan (Рязань) (administrative center) city districts: Moskovsky (Московский) Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский) Sovetsky (Советский) Zheleznodorozhny (Железнодорожный) Kasimov (Касимов) Sasovo (Сасово) Skopin (Скопин) Districts: Chuchkovsky (Чучковский) Urban-type settlements under the districts jurisdiction: Chuchkovo (Чучково) with 12 rural okrugs under the districts jurisdiction. ...

Birth Rate

For the first half of 2007, the birth rate was 8.9 per 1000 [1]


External links

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Ryazan Oblast is a region in Russia's Don-Voronezh Region, which borders Lipetsk Oblast to the southwest, Tula Oblast to the west, Moscow Oblast to the northwest, Vladimir Oblast to the north, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast to the northeast, Mordovia to the east, Penza Oblast to the southeast, and Tambov Oblast to the south.
RyazanRyazan is one of the older cities of Russia, which has its own kremlin that served as a major fortress on the border of Tatar and Russian lands for centuries
Solotcha — once known (with some pretence) as an "Italy in Ryazan," Solotcha is a quiet town in the suburbs of Ryazan and home to the Solotchinsky Convent, which dates back some 700 years
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Russian Federation, capital of Ryazan Oblast, on the Oka R. The city is an industrial and transportation center.
Ryazan was originally established downstream from its present site; the city marks its founding date as 1095.
Oblast, on the Oka R. The city is an industrial and transportation center.
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