Tula Oblast

Subject of the Russian Federation Tula Oblast Тульская область flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia surface 25,679  km² population 1,553,925 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) Population density 61 inhabitants / km² Administrative center Tula Official language Russian Ethnic composition Russians (94.1%) Ukrainians (0.97%) Armenians (0.59%) (as of 2010) governor Alexei Djumin (acting) Founded September 26, 1937 Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone prefixes (+7) 487xx Postcodes 300000-301999 License Plate 71 OKATO 70 ISO 3166-2 RU-TUL Website www.region.tula.ru

Coordinates: 53 ° 55 '  N , 37 ° 23'  E

The Tula Oblast ( Russian Тульская область / Tulskaja oblast ) is an oblast in western Russia , around 200 km south of Moscow.

The oblast is located on the southern edge of the Moscow industrial area. It is one of the most industrialized areas in the country. The most important branches of industry are lignite mining , the food processing industry and mechanical engineering.

population

In the last censuses in 2002 and 2010, there were a population of 1,675,758 and 1,553,925 residents respectively. The number of inhabitants thus fell by 121,833 people (−7.27%) in these eight years. In 2010, 1,233,689 people lived in cities. This corresponds to 79.39% of the population (in Russia 73%). By January 1, 2014, the population continued to decrease to 1,521,497 people. The distribution of the different ethnic groups was as follows:

The Shchokino Pond in Tula Oblast

Population of the oblast by ethnic group

nationality	VZ 1989	percent	VZ 2002	percent	VZ 2010	percent
Russians	1,774,939	95.35	1,595,564	95.21	1,462,184	94.10
Ukrainians	36,264	1.95	22,260	1.33	15,027	0.97
Armenians	1,394	0.07	6,507	0.39	9,145	0.59
Tatars	9,551	0.51	8,968	0.54	7,878	0.51
Azerbaijanis	2.006	0.11	4,491	0.27	5,629	0.36
Zigane	2,296	0.12	3,843	0.23	4.043	0.26
Belarusians	9,928	0.53	5,974	0.36	3,645	0.23
Uzbeks	790	0.04	782	0.05	3,263	0.21
German	7,049	0.38	4,689	0.28	2,718	0.17
Moldovans	1.912	0.10	1,656	0.10	2.128	0.14
Residents	1,861,411	100.00	1,675,758	100.00	1,553,925	100.00

Note: the proportions refer to the total number of inhabitants. Including the group of people who did not provide any information on their ethnic affiliation (4,312 in 2002 and 19,778 in 2010)

The area's population is around 95% Russian. Ukrainians are the only significant ethnic minority in Tula Oblast. Other larger ethnic groups traditionally settling there are the Jews (1959: 4,951; 2010: 838 people), Russian Germans (1959: still 12,928), Tatars (1959: 15,431) and Belarusians (1959: 11,032). However, their numbers are falling sharply. By contrast, tens of thousands of people have immigrated from the North Caucasus, Transcaucasus and Central Asia since the end of the Second World War. In addition to the nationalities listed above, there are also many Tajiks (1959: 0; 2010: 1837 people), Georgians (1959: 403; 2010: 1,807) and Yazidis (1959: 0; 2010: 1,075).

Administrative division and largest places

→ Main article : Administrative division of Tula Oblast

The Tula Oblast is divided into 19 Rajons and 7 urban districts. Its administrative center Tula has almost 500,000 inhabitants, other important cities are Novomoskovsk , Donskoi , Alexin , Shchokino and Uslowaya . There are a total of 19 cities and 11 urban-type settlements in the Oblast .

Partial view of the Tula Kremlin

Biggest cities

Surname	Russian	Residents (October 14, 2010)
Tula	Тула	501.169
Novomoskovsk	Новомосковск	131,386
Donskoy	Donskoy	64,552
Alexin	Алексин	61,732
Shchokino	Щёкино	58,139
Uzlovaya	Узловая	55,282

See also : List of cities in Tula Oblast

Web links

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

• Official website of Tula 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. ↑ Nacional'nyj sostav naselenija po sub "ektam Rossijskoj Federacii. (XLS) In: Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Rosstat, accessed on June 30, 2016 (Russian, ethnic composition of the population according to federal subjects , results of the 2010 census).