Yaroslavl Oblast

Subject of the Russian Federation Yaroslavl Oblast Ярославская область flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia surface 36,177  km² population 1,272,468 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) Population density 35 inhabitants / km² Administrative center Yaroslavl Official language Russian Ethnic composition Russians (95.2%) Ukrainians (0.96%) Tatars (0.45%) (as of 2002) governor Sergei Jastrebow Founded March 11, 1936 Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone prefixes (+7) 485xx Postcodes 150000-152999 License Plate 76 OKATO 78 ISO 3166-2 RU-YAR Website www.adm.yar.ru

Coordinates: 57 ° 40 '  N , 39 ° 15'  E

The Yaroslavl Oblast ( Russian Ярославская область / Jaroslawskaja oblast ) is an oblast in central Russia .

The oblast lies in the north of the Eastern European Plain, the climate is temperate continental, more than 40% of the area is forested. The Volga flows through the oblast; in the Rybinsk Reservoir it was dammed into a large lake. The abundance of nature and water make up one of the advantages of the region, as these are used for tourism.

The most important branches of industry include the chemical industry and petroleum processing, the textile and wood industries. Tourism is an important factor.

Sergei Yastrebow has been the governor of the oblast since May 2012 .

The oblast has been a partner region of the state of Hesse since the early 1990s .

Administrative divisions and cities

→ Main article : Administrative division of Yaroslavl Oblast

In March 1936, the previous industrial Oblast Ivanovo was divided into the new Oblast Ivanovo and Yaroslavl in the Russian SFSR . Yaroslavl Oblast received its present size in 1944, when part of it was separated for the new Kostroma Oblast .

Yaroslavl Oblast is divided into 17 Rajons and three urban districts , made up of the three largest cities.

The most important cities are the administrative center of the Oblast, Yaroslavl , the only other major city Rybinsk and the touristically important cities of Rostov and Pereslavl-Zalessky , which are part of the "Golden Ring" , as well as Tutayev and Uglich . There are a total of eleven cities and 13 urban-type settlements in the oblast .

Biggest cities

Surname	Russian	Residents (October 14, 2010)
Yaroslavl	Ярославль	591.486
Rybinsk	Рыбинск	200,771
Pereslavl-Zalessky	Переславль-Залесский	41,925
Tutayev	Тутаев	41.005
Uglich	Углич	34,507
Rostov	Ростов	31,792

See also : List of cities in Yaroslavl Oblast

population

In the last Russian censuses in 2002 and 2010, there were a population of 1,367,398 and 1,272,468 residents, respectively. The number of inhabitants thus fell by 94,930 people (−6.9%) in these eight years. The distribution of the different ethnic groups was as follows:

Population of the oblast by ethnic group

nationality	VZ 1989	percent	VZ 2002	percent	VZ 2010	percent
Russians	1,416,619	96.43	1,301,130	95.15	1,172,188	92.12
Ukrainians	18,477	1.26	13,155	0.96	9,492	0.75
Armenians	1,140	0.08	5,993	0.44	7.158	0.56
Azerbaijanis	2,295	0.16	5,667	0.41	5,327	0.42
Tatars	7.162	0.49	6,175	0.45	4,982	0.39
Belarusians	5,571	0.38	4,275	0.31	2,937	0.23
Uzbeks	786	0.05	687	0.05	1,397	0.11
Sinti and Roma	1,517	0.10	1,308	0.10	1,348	0.11
Tajiks	393	0.03	725	0.05	1,219	0.10
Jews	2,080	0.14	1.014	0.07	688	0.05
Residents	1,468,996	100.00	1,367,398	100.00	1,272,468	100.00

Note: the proportions refer to the total number of inhabitants. Including the group of people who did not provide any information about their ethnic affiliation (2002 11,830 and 2010 51,001 people)

The area's population today is over 90% Russians. The Ukrainians were the only significant ethnic minority in Yaroslavl Oblast. Their number - like the number of Belarusians, Jews and Tatars - is falling sharply, however. By contrast, numerous people have immigrated from the Transcaucasus and Central Asia since the end of the Soviet Union. A particularly fast growing group among them are the Yazidis (1989 not recorded; 2002: 2,718; 2010: 3,287 people).

Web links

Commons : Yaroslavl Oblast  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the oblast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Administrativno-territorialʹnoe delenie po subʺektam Rossijskoj Federacii na 1 janvarja 2010 goda (administrative-territorial division according to subjects of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 2010). ( Download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
3. ↑ С. А. Тархов «Первая советская реформа, укрупнение единиц административно-территориального деления в29. (soot.)
4. ↑ С. А. Тархов «Вторая фаза разукрупнения областей в 1943—1954 гг." (soot.)