Ulyanovsk Oblast
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Ulyanovsk Oblast (Russian: Улья́новская о́бласть, Ulyanovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is Ulyanovsk, named for Vladimir Illyich Lenin's family name Ulyanov.
Area: 37,300 km²; population: 1,382,811 (as of the 2002 Census).
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[edit] Geography
Ulyanovsk Oblast borders the Chuvash Republic (N), Republic of Tatarstan (NE), Samara Oblast (E), Saratov Oblast (S), Penza Oblast (W), and Republic of Mordovia (NW).
It is located on the northern edge of Central European Steppes. 25% of its territory is covered with deciduous forests;the rest is covered with steppes and meadows. Ulyanovsk Oblast is divided in half by the Volga River. Hilly areas to the west of the Volga are known as Volga Upland (elevations up to 358 m). Eastern part of the oblast is mostly flat.
Ulyanovsk Oblast has moderately continental, highly volatile climate. Average temperature of June +19 °C, of January −13 °C. As weather systems move in and out of the area, average daily temperatures often change up to +20°C in the matter of days. Fixed snow cover is typically present from late October – early November to mid-April. Overnight frosts occur until late May, restricting agriculture to cold-resistant plants such as rye.
[edit] Demographics
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55% of residents of Ulyanovsk Oblast live in two cities with population above 25,000—Ulyanovsk and Dimitrovgrad. Population is 72% Russian, 12% Tatar, 8% Chuvash, 4% Mordva, 4% others. For the first half of 2007, the birth rate was 9.0 per 1000 [1]
[edit] Economics
Ulyanovsk and Dimitrovgrad are industrial cities and contain a number of large plants and factories. Rural part of Ulyanovsk Oblast is agricultural and is focused primarily on animal husbandry, to the lesser extent on crop farming.
According to Herbert E. Meyer, of the CIA National Intelligence Council, Ulyanovsk implemented a plan to increase Russia's dismal population growth which stipulated that workers would receive the second half of the workday off in order to go home and "produce more future patriots."
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[edit] External links
- (English) Official website of Ulyanovsk Oblast
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