Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast
Ленинградская область
Flag of Leningrad Oblast
Coat of arms of Leningrad Oblast
Anthem: Anthem of Leningrad Oblast[3]
Coordinates: 60°03′N 31°45′E / 60.050°N 31.750°E / 60.050; 31.750
CountryRussia
Federal districtNorthwestern[1]
Economic regionNorthwestern[2]
Administrative centerGatchina
Government
 • BodyLegislative Assembly[4]
 • Governor[6]Aleksandr Drozdenko[5]
Area
 • Total83,908 km2 (32,397 sq mi)
 • Rank38th
Population
 • Total2,000,997
 • Estimate 
(2018)[9]
1,813,816
 • Rank23rd
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
 • Urban
67.3%
 • Rural
32.7%
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[10])
ISO 3166 codeRU-LEN
License plates47, 147
OKTMO ID41000000
Official languagesRussian[11]
Websitehttp://www.lenobl.ru

Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Ленинградская область, romanizedLeningradskaya oblast’, IPA: [lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]; Veps: Leningradan agj; Finnish: Leningradin alue) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). The oblast has an area of 84,500 square kilometres (32,600 sq mi) and a population of 2,000,997 (2021 Census);[13] up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Census.[14] Leningrad Oblast is highly industrialized. Its administrative center and largest city is Gatchina.[15]

The oblast was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position. The oblast was named after the city of Leningrad. In 1991, the city restored its original name, Saint Petersburg, but the oblast retains the name of Leningrad. It overlaps the historical region of Ingria, and is bordered by Finland (Kymenlaakso and South Karelia) in the northwest and Estonia (Ida-Viru County) in the west, as well as five federal subjects of Russia: the Republic of Karelia in the northeast, Vologda Oblast in the east, Novgorod Oblast in the south, Pskov Oblast in the southwest, and the federal city of Saint Petersburg in the west.

The first governor of Leningrad Oblast was Vadim Gustov (in 1996–1998). The current governor, since 2012, is Aleksandr Drozdenko.

  1. ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
  2. ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
  3. ^ Law #90
  4. ^ Charter of Leningrad Oblast, Article 25
  5. ^ Official website of Leningrad Oblast. Alexander Yuryevich Drozdenko Archived September 10, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Governor of Leningrad Oblast (in Russian)
  6. ^ Charter of Leningrad Oblast, Article 18
  7. ^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  8. ^ "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  9. ^ Federal State Statistics Service, Wikidata Q2624680
  10. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  11. ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference ATSBookMurm was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  14. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  15. ^ "Gatchina officially became the capital of the Leningrad region". RIA (in Russian). March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2021.

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