Ryazan Oblast

Subject of the Russian Federation Ryazan Oblast Рязанская область flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia surface 39,605  km² population 1,154,114 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) Population density 29 inhabitants / km² Administrative center Ryazan Official language Russian Ethnic composition Russians (94.6%) Ukrainians (1.0%) (as of 2002) governor Oleg Kovalyov Founded September 26, 1937 Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone prefixes (+7) 491xx Postcodes 390000-391999 License Plate 62 OKATO 61 ISO 3166-2 RU-RYA Website www.gov.ryazan.ru

Coordinates: 54 ° 24 '  N , 40 ° 39'  E

The Ryazan Oblast ( Russian Рязанская область / Rjasanskaja oblast ) is an oblast in the Central Russia region, southeast of Moscow .

geography

The Oka at Konstantinowo

The oblast lies in the Eastern European Plain , more precisely in the Oka-Don Plain . The main river is the Oka , which flows through the oblast from west to east and divides the territory into two parts: a forested northern part and a southern part, which includes the deciduous forest zones and the forest steppe . The climate is temperate continental . The average temperature in January is -10 ° C, in July +20 ° C.

history

The history of the Principality of Ryazan goes back to the 10th century. Its location on the edge of the area populated by Russians has repeatedly led to wars, for example the Mongol storm of 1237 . The principality was able to assert itself against Moscow for a long time and only finally came under its sovereignty in 1521 .

economy

With the exception of the capital, the region is more agricultural. Mineral resources in the region are limestone , marl and clay . The deposits of limestone, glass and quartz sand are also of great importance . There are also occurrences of phosphorites , gypsum rock, brown iron stone , coal , mineral paint and peat . The main branches of industry in Ryazan are the processing of petroleum products, metal processing, communications electronics, the construction and food industries.

population

The last Russian censuses in 2002 and 2010 showed a population of 1,227,910 and 1,154,114 residents, respectively. The number of inhabitants thus fell by 73,796 people (−6.01%) in these eight years. In 2010 818,349 people lived in cities. This corresponds to 70.91% of the population (in Russia 73%). By January 1, 2014, the population continued to drop to 1,140,844 people. The distribution of the different ethnic groups was as follows:

Lake Beloje in the Meshchora near Spas-Klepiki

Population of the oblast by ethnic group

nationality	VZ 1989	percent	VZ 2002	percent	VZ 2010	percent
Russians	1,295,324	96.11	1,161,447	94.59	1,026,919	88.98
Ukrainians	15,542	1.15	12,671	1.03	8,894	0.77
Mordwinen	8,528	0.63	7,252	0.59	5,564	0.48
Armenians	927	0.07	4,458	0.36	5,549	0.48
Tatars	4,922	0.37	5,569	0.45	4,941	0.43
Azerbaijanis	1,777	0.13	2,939	0.24	3,652	0.32
Uzbeks	749	0.06	750	0.06	3,278	0.28
Zigane	1,597	0.12	2.165	0.18	2,862	0.25
Belarusians	4,580	0.34	3,500	0.29	2,425	0.21
Moldovans	1,490	0.11	1,133	0.09	1,671	0.14
German	1,054	0.08	1,571	0.13	1.010	0.09
Jews	1,264	0.09	636	0.05	361	0.03
Residents	1,347,753	100.00	1,227,910	100.00	1,154,114	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 13,217 and 2010 74,419 people)

The area's population is almost entirely Russian. The Ukrainians are the most important ethnic minority in Ryazan Oblast. Their number - like the number of Mordvines, Belarusians, Russian Germans and Jews - is falling sharply, however. By contrast, thousands of people have immigrated from the Transcaucasus, Anatolia and Central Asia since the end of the Soviet Union. In addition to the nationalities listed above, there are also many Tajiks (1989: 252; 2010: 1,612 people), Georgians (1989: 368; 2010: 630), Turks (1989: 7; 2010: 478) and Yazidis (1989: none; 2010: 265 ).

Administrative division and largest cities

→ Main article : Administrative divisions of Ryazan Oblast

Ryazan Oblast is divided into 25 Rajons and 4 urban districts . The administrative center of the oblast, Ryazan , is the only major city in the oblast. Kassimow , Skopin and Sassowo , which form the other three urban districts next to Ryazan, follow at a large distance in terms of population . There are a total of 12 cities and 21 urban-type settlements in the oblast .

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Biggest cities

Surname	Russian	Residents (October 14, 2010)
Ryazan	Рязань	524,927
Kassimov	Касимов	33,491
Skopin	Скопин	30,376
Sassovo	Сасово	28,118
Ryashsk	Ряжск	21,674

See also : List of cities in Ryazan Oblast

Web links

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

• Official website of Ryazan 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)