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Yaroslavl Oblast (Russian: Яросла́вская о́бласть) 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. This geographic location affords the oblast the advantages of a close proximity to Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Additionally, the administrative center of the oblast — the city of Yaroslavl — is an intersection of major highways, railroads and waterways. Image File history File links Yaroslavl_Oblast_Flag. ... Image File history File links RussiaYaroslavl2005. ... 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. ... Central Federal District (Russian: Центра́льный федера́льный о́круг; tr. ... Tver Oblast (Russian: Тверска́я о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Moscow oblast (Моско́вская о́бласть) is an administrative subdivision of Russia officially established on January 14, 1929. ... Ivanovo Oblast (Russian: )(21,400 km², pop. ... Coat of arms of Vladimir Oblast Vladimir Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Kostroma Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Categories: Stub | Oblasts of Russia ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Yaroslavl (Jaroslavl, Russian: ) is a city in Russia, an administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located 250 km NE of Moscow at 57°37′N 39°51′E The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of Volga and Kotorosl. ... Highway in Pennsylvania, USA For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...

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Basic facts

Yaroslavl Oblast was established on March 11, 1936. 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

  • Oblast territory: 36,400 km²
  • Population (2002): 1,367,398
  • Governor: Anatoly Lisitsyn
  • Administrative center: Yaroslavl
  • Distance from Yaroslavl to Moscow: 282 km
  • Number of cities under the oblast's jurisdiction: 6
  • Number of cities under the districts jurisdiction: 5
  • Number of districts: 17
  • Urban population: over 80%
  • Number of historical and architectural monuments: over 5,000
  • Number of tourists (1997): 272,500

For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Anatoly Ivanovich Lisitsyn (born June 26, 1947 in Tver Oblast, then-called Kalinin Oblast, Russia) is the governor of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ...

Time zone

Yaroslavl 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). ... UTC redirects here. ...


Nature

The climate is moderate continental, with snowy winters and a short but rather hot summer. Formely almost all territory was covered with thick conifer forest (fir, pine), but now a large portion of it has been replaced with birch-and-aspen secondary forests and crop fields. Swamps also take considerable areas. FIR may stand for: finite impulse response (a property of some digital filters) far infrared, i. ... Species About 115. ... Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ... Species Populus adenopoda Populus alba Populus grandidentata Populus sieboldii Populus tremula Populus tremuloides Aspens are trees of the willow family and comprise a section of the poplar genus, Populus sect. ...


Large animals have been much reduced in numbers, but there are still some bears, wolfs, foxes, elks, and wild boars. Genera Ailuropoda Ursus Tremarctos Arctodus(extinct) A bear is a very large mammal of the order Carnivora, family Ursidae. ... Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call... A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) A fox is a member of any of 27 species of small omnivorous canids. ... Binomial name Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) Moose range map Alces alces, called the moose in North America and the elk in Europe (see also elk for other animals called elk) is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from other members of Cervidae by the form of the... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. ...


A great number of wild birds live and nests in the Oblast. Orders Many - see section below. ...


In cities, most common birds are pigeons, jackdaws, hooded crows, rooks, house sparrows and great tits. Binomial name Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 The Rock Dove (Columba livia), or feral pigeon, is a member of the bird family Columbidae, doves and pigeons. ... Binomial name Corvus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) Jackdaw range The Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) is one of the smallest species (34-39 cm in length) in the genus of crows and ravens. ... Binomial name Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 The Hooded Crow Corvus cornix, (48-52 cm in length) is so similar in structure and habits to the Carrion Crow that some authorities consider them to be merely geographical races of one species, however since 2002 the bird has been elevated to full... This article is about the bird. ... Binomial name Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) occurs naturally in most of Europe and Asia, though it is replaced by allied forms in some areas. ... Binomial name Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 The Great Tit, Parus major, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. ...


The Volga River flows through the Yaroslavl region, with two major dams constructed at Uglich and Rybinsk. The Rybinsk artificial lake is really large. 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. ... Transfiguration cathedral in the kremlin Uglich (Russian: У́глич, pronounced ooglitch) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River. ... Rybinsk (Ры́бинск), with population exceding 250,000, is the second largest city of the Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. ... The Rybinsk artificial lake (Rybinskoye vodokhranilishche) is a large water reservoir on Volga River and its tributaries Sheksna and Mologa. ...


Mineral resources are limited to construction materials (such as sand, gravel, clay) and peat. There are also some mineral water springs and wells. For other uses, see Sand (disambiguation). ... Gravel being unloaded from a barge Gravel is rock that is of a certain grain size range. ... Quaternary clay in Estonia. ... Peat in Lewis, Scotland Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. ...


Demographics

These are population figures according to the census of 2002: For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...

  • Total population: 1,367,398
  • Males: 617,889
  • Females: 749,509
  • Urban population: 1,106,805
  • Rural population: 260,593

There are 11 towns, 13 townlets, 6,024 villages. Townlet is an attempt to translate the Russian term posyolok gorodskogo tipa (посёлок городского типа) or the similar Ukrainian selyshche miskoho typu (селище міського типу)—literally urban-type settlement. A townlet was one of the results of Soviet urban design, a locality intermediate in character and status between towns...


Life expectancy: average — 63 years, males — 57 years, females — 71 years.


98% of residents are citizens of Russia.


Economic characteristics

  • Total volume of output for 12 months of the year 1997: 15,933.1 billion rubles1)
  • Total balance profit of enterprises for 12 months of the year 1997: 1,227.4 billion roubles2)
  • Total tax collection for 12 month of the year 1997: 4,781.8 billion rubles (including Federal budget accruals in the amount of 1,999.3 billion roubles)
  • Unemployment level: 2.4% of total workforce

1) large and medium-sized enterprises.
2) including industry, agriculture, construction, transport. The ruble or rouble (Russian: рубль, plural рубли; see note on spelling below) is the name of the currencies of the Russian Federation and Belarus (and formerly, of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire). ...


Administrative divisions

Districts

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

  • Bolsheselsky (Большесельский)
  • Borisoglebsky (Борисоглебский)
  • Breytovsky (Брейтовский)
  • Danilovsky (Даниловский)
  • Gavrilov-Yamsky (Гаврилов-Ямский)
  • Lyubimsky (Любимский)
  • Myshkinsky (Мышкинский)
  • Nekouzsky (Некоузский)
  • Nekrasovsky (Некрасовский)
  • Pereslavsky (Переславский)
  • Pervomaysky (Первомайский)
  • Poshekhonsky (Пошехонский)
  • Rostovsky (Ростовский)
  • Rybinsky (Рыбинский)
  • Tutayevsky (Тутаевский)
  • Uglichsky (Угличский)
  • Yaroslavsky (Ярославский)

Major settlements

The oldest town is Rostov. Danilov (Дани́лов) is a small town in Yaroslavl Oblast. ... Gavrilov-Yam (Гаври́лов-Я́м) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. ... Lyubim (Люби́м) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. ... Uspenye Chapel in winter Myshkin (Мы́шкин) is a small town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. ... Pereslavls most famous ruler, Alexander Nevsky, was baptized at the Saviour Cathedral (1152-57). ... Petrovskoye (Russian: ) is an urban-type settlement in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, situated on a major highway leading from Moscow to the Russian North, about halfway between the towns of Rostov and Pereslavl-Zalessky. ... Poshekhonye (Пошехо́нье) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. ... Rostov (Russian: Росто́в; Old Norse: Rostofa) is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden ring. ... Rybinsk (Ры́бинск), with population exceding 250,000, is the second largest city of the Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. ... Tutayev (Тута́ев) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. ... Transfiguration cathedral in the kremlin Uglich (Russian: У́глич, pronounced ooglitch) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River. ... Yaroslavl (Jaroslavl, Russian: ) is a city in Russia, an administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located 250 km NE of Moscow at 57°37′N 39°51′E The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of Volga and Kotorosl. ... Rostov (Russian: Росто́в; Old Norse: Rostofa) is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden ring. ...


The town of Mologa (known since the 13th century) has been engulfed by the Rybinsk artificial lake in 1940s. Mologa (Моло́га) is a former town in Yaroslavl Oblast, at confluence of Mologa and Volga. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ...


Other settlements

  • Berendeyevo
  • Bolshoye Selo
  • Borisoglebsky
  • Borok
  • Breytovo
  • Burmakino
  • Greshnevo
  • Itlar
  • Karabikha
  • Krasnye Tkachi
  • Krasny Profintern
  • Kubrinsk
  • Kurba
  • Nekouz
  • Nekrasovskoye
  • Pesochnoye
  • Prechistoye
  • Semibratovo
  • Tolbukhino
  • Tunoshna
  • Varegovo

The monastery of Sts Boris and Gleb near Rostov Borisoglebsky (Борисогле́бский) is a townlet in Russia, 16 km from Rostov and 77 km southwest of Yaroslavl. ... This article relates the Biblical story of Barak. ... Greshnevo (Гре́шнево) is a village in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. ... Karabikha (Кара́биха) is a village in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. ...

External link

  • (Russian) Official website of Yaroslavl Oblast.


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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. On 1 January 2008, Ust-Orda Buryatia will be merged into Irkutsk Oblast.
  3. On 1 July 2007, Kamchatka Oblast and Koryakia will merge to form Kamchatka Krai.
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Yaroslavl oblast was established in 1992 in accordance with the Russian Federation Law "On Chambers of Commerce and Industry".
The long standing partners of the Chamber are: the Yaroslavl oblast administration, the Yaroslavl city administration, the Yaroslavl oblast Duma (the oblast legislative assembly), the Yaroslavl Custom house, as well as Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Russia and abroad.
The Yaroslavl oblast is one of the most industrially developed regions of Central Russia, boasting a well-developed transport infrastructure, which facilitates growth of export, being one of the most important priorities of the oblast policy.
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