Pskov Oblast
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| Pskov Oblast (English) Псковская область (Russian) |
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.svg/200px-Map_of_Russia_-_Pskov_Oblast_(2008-03).svg.png) Location of Pskov Oblast in Russia |
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| Coat of Arms | Flag |
 Coat of arms of Pskov Oblast |
 Flag of Pskov Oblast (official status of the flag is dubious) |
| Anthem: None | |
| Administrative center | Pskov |
| Established | |
| Political status Federal district Economic region |
Oblast Northwestern Northwestern |
| Code | 60 |
| Area | |
| Area - Rank within Russia |
55,300 km² |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
| Population - Rank within Russia - Density - Urban - Rural |
760,810 inhabitants 13.8 inhab. / km² 69.8% 30.2% |
| Official language | Russian |
| Government | |
| Governor | Mikhail Kuznetsov |
| Legislative body | Oblast Duma |
| Charter | Charter of Pskov Oblast |
| Official website | |
Pskov Oblast (Russian: Пско́вская о́бласть, Pskovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Pskov. The oblast borders the European Union countries of Estonia and Latvia, as well as Belarus. It is the westernmost federal subject of mainland Russia (i.e. excluding the exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast). Its major cities are the administrative center Pskov (pop. 202,000) and Velikiye Luki (pop. 104,000).
Area: 55,300 km². Population: 760,810 (2002 Census), down from 846,449 recorded in the 1989 Census.
The Governor is Mikhail Varfolomeyevich Kuznetsov.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Time zone
Pskov Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).
[edit] Administrative divisions
[edit] Demographics
For the first half of 2007, the birth rate was 9.1 per 1000 [1]
According to the 2002 Census the 'national composition' was • 94.25% Russian • 1.64% Ukrainian • 1.27% Belarusians • 0.42% Roma • 0.30% Armenian • 0.20% Tatar • 0.17% Azeri • 0.15% Estonian • 0.11% Moldovan • 0.09% Latvian • 0.09% German • 0.09% Chuvash • 0.08% Jewish • 0.08% Polish • 0.07% Chechen • 0.05% Finnish • 0.05% Lithuanian • 0.04% Georgian • and 0.04% Mordvin • with many other groups of less than three hundred persons each. • An additional 0.34% of residents declined to state their nationality or ethnocultural identity on the census questionnaire. [1]
Vital Statistics for 2007: Source
Birth Rate: 9.52 per 1000
Death Rate: 20.92 per 1000
Net Immigration: -0.2 per 1000
NGR: -1.14% per Year
PGR: -1.16% per Year (Pskov had the highest Death Rate in 2007 out of all the 85 federal subjects of Russia.)
[edit] References
- ^ (2002). "National Composition of Population for Regions of the Russian Federation" (XLS). . 2002 Russian All-Population Census Retrieved on 2006-07-20.
