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Encyclopedia > Voronezh Oblast

Voronezh Oblast (Russian: Воро́нежская о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Major cities are Voronezh, Borisoglebsk, Rossosh, Liski, and Novovoronezh. 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. ... Voronezh (Воро́неж) is a large city in the south of Central Russia, not far from Ukraine. ... The Borisoglebsk is a Russian advanced Delta III SSBN nuclear submarine. ... Rossosh (Russian: ) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. ... Liski is a city in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. ... Novovoronezh is a small town nearby Voronezh (Russia). ...

Voronezh Oblast
Воронежская область
     
Flag of Voronezh Coat of arms of Voronezh
Flag of Voronezh Coat of arms of Voronezh
Image:RussiaVoronezh2005.png
Administrative center Voronezh
Area

- total
- % water Image File history File links Voronezh_Oblast_Flag. ... Image File history File links Voronezh_Oblast_Coat_of_Arms. ... Image File history File links RussiaVoronezh2005. ... Voronezh (Воро́неж) is a large city in the south of Central Russia, not far from Ukraine. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ...

Ranked 54th

- 52,400 km²
- Here is a list of the 88 federal subjects of Russia in order of size. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

Population

- Total
- Density Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ...

Ranked 23th

- est. 2,378,803 (2002)
- est. 45.4/km² Here is a list of the 89 federal subjects of Russia in order of population according to the 2002 census. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...

Political status Oblast
Federal district Central Federal District
Economic Region Central Chernozem
Cadaster # 36
Official language Russian
Governor Vladimir Kulakov
Vice-Governor
Legislature {{{LegiNm}}}
Anthem

Contents

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 Black Earth Region or Central Chernozem Region (Центрально-черноземная область, центральная черноземная область, центрально-черноземная полоса) is a part of the Eurasian chernozem belt that lies within Central Russia and comprises Voronezh Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Oryol Oblast and Kursk Oblast. ... Vladimir Kulakov is the governor of Voronezh Oblast in Russia. ...


Geography

Main rivers

Don, Voronezh, Bityug, Khopyor. The term Don may refer to; Don, Donald Ducks nickname. ... Voronezh (Воро́неж in Russian) is a river in Tambov, Lipetsk, and Voronezh Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Don. ... Bityug River (Russian: Битюг) is a river in the Voronezh Oblast in Russia, left tributary of the Don River. ... Khopyor (Russian: , also transliterated as Khoper) is a river in European Russia, a left tributary of Don. ...


Time zone

Voronezh Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD). Time zones of Europe: Moscow Time (MSK) is the time zone 3 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+3). ... 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

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

  • Anninsky (Аннинский)
  • Bobrovsky (Бобровский)
  • Bogucharsky (Богучарский)
  • Buturlinovsky (Бутурлиновский)
  • Ertilsky (Эртильский)
  • Gribanovsky (Грибановский)
  • Kalacheyevsky (Калачаевский)
  • Kamensky (Каменский)
  • Kantemirovsky (Кантемировский)
  • Kashirsky (Каширский)
  • Khokholsky (Хохольский)
  • Liskinsky (Лискинский)
  • Nizhnedevitsky (Нижнедевицкий)
  • Novokhopyorsky (Новохопёрский)
  • Novousmansky (Новоусманский)
  • Olkhovatsky (Ольховатский)
  • Ostrogozhsky (Острогожский)
  • Paninsky (Панинский)
  • Pavlovsky (Павловский)
  • Petropavlovsky (Петропавловский)
  • Podgorensky (Подгоренский)
  • Povorinsky (Поворинский)
  • Ramonsky (Рамонский)
  • Repyevsky (Репьевский)
  • Rossoshansky (Россошанский)
  • Semiluksky (Семилукский)
  • Talovsky (Таловский)
  • Ternovsky (Терновский)
  • Verkhnekhavsky (Верхнехавский)
  • Verkhnemamonsky (Верхнемамонский)
  • Vorobyovsky (Воробьёвский)

Liskinsky District (Russian: ) is a district (raion) of Voronezh Oblast, Russia. ... Semiluki is a worker town. ...

External link

  • ((Russian)) Official web site of Voronezh Oblast.


Administrative subdivisions of Russia Flag of Russia
Federal subjects
Republics Adygeya | Altai | Bashkortostan | Buryatia | Chechnya | Chuvashia | Dagestan | Ingushetia | Kabardino-Balkaria | Karelia | Khakassia | Komi | Kalmykia | Karachay-Cherkessia | Mari El | Mordovia | North Ossetia-Alania | Sakha | Tatarstan | Tuva | Udmurtia
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 | Tula | Tver | 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 take effect on 1 January 2008.
  3. On 1 July 2007, Kamchatka Oblast and Koryakia will merge to form Kamchatka Krai.
Federal districts
Central | Far Eastern | Northwestern | Siberian | Southern | Urals | Volga

  Results from FactBites:
 
Voronezh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (567 words)
Voronezh is the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast.
Voronezh was for the first time mentioned in Hypatian Codex under 1177; in 1585 was founded by tsar Feodor I as a fortress protecting the Russian state from the raids of Crimean and Nogay Tatars.
In the 18th–19th centuries Voronezh was a centre of chernozem agricultural region.
About Voronezh (705 words)
Voronezh oblast is situated in the Western part of European Russia.
Voronezh is also a capital of the Central Black Earth Region of Russia — a social and economic association comprising Voronezh, Belgorod, Kursk, Lipetsk, Orel and Tambov oblasts with a total population of 10 million.
Voronezh was founded in 1586 as a fortress for protecting southern borders of the Moscow State.
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