Leningrad Oblast
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Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Ленинградская область, romanized: Leningradskaya oblast’, IPA: [lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]; Veps: Leningradan agj; Finnish: Leningradin alue) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). The oblast has an area of 84,500 square kilometres (32,600 sq mi) and a population of 2,000,997 (2021 Census);[12] up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Census.[13] Leningrad Oblast is highly industrialized. Its administrative center and largest city is Gatchina.[14]
Leningrad Oblast | |
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Ленинградская область | |
Anthem: Anthem of Leningrad Oblast[1] | |
Coordinates: 60°03′N 31°45′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal district | Northwestern[2] |
Economic region | Northwestern[3] |
Administrative center | Gatchina |
Government | |
• Body | Legislative Assembly[4] |
• Governor[5] | Aleksandr Drozdenko[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 83,908 km2 (32,397 sq mi) |
• Rank | 38th |
Population | |
• Total | 2,000,997 |
• Estimate (2018)[9] | 1,813,816 |
• Rank | 23rd |
• Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
• Urban | 67.3% |
• Rural | 32.7% |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [10]) |
ISO 3166 code | RU-LEN |
License plates | 47, 147 |
OKTMO ID | 41000000 |
Official languages | Russian[11] |
Website | http://www.lenobl.ru |
The oblast was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position. The oblast was named after the city of Leningrad. In 1991, the city restored its original name, Saint Petersburg, but the oblast retains the name of Leningrad. It overlaps the historical region of Ingria, and is bordered by Finland (Kymenlaakso and South Karelia) in the northwest and Estonia (Ida-Viru County) in the west, as well as five federal subjects of Russia: the Republic of Karelia in the northeast, Vologda Oblast in the east, Novgorod Oblast in the south, Pskov Oblast in the southwest, and the federal city of Saint Petersburg in the west.
The first governor of Leningrad Oblast was Vadim Gustov (in 1996–1998). The current governor, since 2012, is Aleksandr Drozdenko.